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Post by thornyking on Jul 15, 2009 19:46:51 GMT
 Here is my acne:  Don't let this be a flop.  |
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Post by jay on Jul 15, 2009 19:55:30 GMT
 i just took this now. i'm sick of my chin being infected/sore. FUCK ACNE. i look vile. lmao. |
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Post by thornyking on Jul 15, 2009 20:07:53 GMT
It totes hurts. My face isn't so lumpy right, but at one point I had a tight cluster of five on one cheek. OUCH.
Yours are barely visible! & you do not look vile, but you can pretend to be so we can be prance in vile together!
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Post by jay on Jul 15, 2009 20:12:37 GMT
this is it in the 'in between' stage. a few days ago it was really bad and i bet it will be again soon.
prance time!
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Post by Rhiflect on Jul 15, 2009 20:39:18 GMT
Contributing  Not that bad (and not technically acne, but whatevs) but spots around lips = most painful spots EVER. |
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Post by thornyking on Jul 15, 2009 21:04:06 GMT
What are they if near the mouth? I'd had some very near but not on lips, and I'm quite sure it's still acne. We'll let you join the club if you want to!  |
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Post by thornyking on Jul 15, 2009 21:56:22 GMT
Also: We can all prance while slathering montrous amounts of anti-cream on our faces. It'll be ridiculous and we'll probably fall, but it won't matter because are "VILE!" Oh wow am I ridiculous.  |
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Post by Rhiflect on Jul 15, 2009 21:59:29 GMT
WOO HONOURARY ACNE I will join the prancing, but can we make sure the cream we are slathering doesn't have benzyl peroxide in? I'm allergic to that |
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Post by thornyking on Jul 15, 2009 22:00:57 GMT
It also might drip on our nice clothes and bleach them.
I use it at night. My pillowcases are bright yellow now.
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Post by Rhiflect on Jul 15, 2009 22:14:54 GMT
Oh dear, that is not good! I wouldn't know, my pillowcase is brown (chocolate brown, not a disgusting poo-ey brown). I use freederm |
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Post by thornyking on Jul 15, 2009 22:25:19 GMT
I just went to their website, and it looks really dodgy. It tried to not let me leave. I use the stuff my dermatologist superscribes me: dapsone and benzoyl peroxide. I used to take antibiotics, but now my insurance wants to charge me $500 for a month's jar. At one point my pillowcases weren't bright yellow. edit: lolz, "superscribes." PRESCRIBES. |
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Post by Rhiflect on Jul 15, 2009 22:44:19 GMT
Ha, i read prescribes anyway! And I tried Benzyl Peroxide products for a while but they eventually made everything about a million times worse, it was horrific! Freederm's one of the only creams without it. I deffo don't want to go on antibiotics, despite them being free. It's not THAT bad, yet.
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Post by thornyking on Jul 15, 2009 23:02:42 GMT
Benzoyl peroxide helps me so much, if you can believe it by looking at my current state.
Apparently the antibiotics are over $1,000 without insurance. Yeesh.
My acne started--well worsened--when I was 18. I do not understand. I've heard relatives say, "What happened to erik's beautiful skin?!"
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Post by jay on Jul 15, 2009 23:21:43 GMT
that's when mine hit, too. i got prescribed duac 'once daily' gel which contains 1% clindamycin and 5% benzoyl peroxide. i don't use it anymore... because i don't like the way it smells and it makes my skin feel 'bitty' if that makes any sense. now i take three or four of these clear complexion herbal tablets and they do the trick. the only reason i've got a flare-up at the moment is because i stopped taking these for a number of weeks and i've been really stressed lately. luckily i do not have periods so i don't get hormonal flare-ups, just stress ones. pics of when i was 18 for reference... many lols..  (also featuring gerbil mouth, when i had an infection in my wisdom tooth)   aww, baby acne.  |
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Post by thornyking on Jul 15, 2009 23:51:11 GMT
Ayeee, thank you! Sounds worthy of checking out. They don't sell them in the US, but it's inexpensive enough that it'd be fine. (I think the total will be less than all the cremes/gels I rub on my face.) Usually tablets won't dry up skin like what you apply directly. Is that the case? I don't think I have any photos of me when my acne was the worst. I had discovered photoshop and liked to make myself feel pretty. younger erik with good skin:  This was with my awful camera that was taped together at the time.  Edit: Oh oh found one  Delicious.  |
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Post by jay on Jul 16, 2009 0:07:32 GMT
the tablets do make your skin dry initially, and mine itches a lot sometimes... but that goes within a few weeks. |
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Post by thornyking on Jul 16, 2009 0:11:37 GMT
Hm, hm. I think I will see.
Thank ya!
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Post by lastgoodbye on Jul 16, 2009 21:55:19 GMT
This will probably sound really weird, but hey; Erik, Jay and Rhi, I think you all look... actually really lovely in those photos. Your acne does not detract from how pretty/attractive you all are. Maybe it's because often, people seem more attractive when they have visible imperfections, (or I think that, anyway), because their faces aren't a scary degree of flawlessness. Often people look just as nice when they don't have any makeup on and when their pictures haven't been edited etc. All three of you just look natural and beautiful. Although I accept that you might have a different perspective on that if you actually have to live with acne; I never have, but I'm still super paranoid about my skin, so I do empathise with that. Interesting thread, this.
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Post by Rhiflect on Jul 16, 2009 22:22:46 GMT
I love Florence the most ever. ALSO ERIK IN THE NICEST POSSIBLE WAY YOUNG YOU LOOKS LIKE THE ACTOR THAT PLAYS YOUNG VOLDEMORT IN HARRY POTTER 6! |
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Post by husbandwifeheroin on Jul 16, 2009 22:24:23 GMT
OH MY GOD, HE WAS GORGEOUS.
Erik I'm fan girling over you.
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