Thursday, September 6, 2018

My first War with Acne



I have been fighting with acne since in the 5th grade of elementary school. My first acne was on my left cheek. A big one and eye-catching enough to get people’s attention. My mom told me to put cream (it was k*elly p*earl) on it. Later I knew that it was hormonal acne. But it didn't stop me from trying another skin products.

I was that victim of advertisement who believed that beautiful skin was of which had fair complexion. I even trust somebody who said that I could put whitening body lotion on my face to get brighter skin face. And suddenly my face felt burnt at night. I put ice cube on my face but it couldn’t help.

Since elementary school I had tried some face (day) cream and some face wash. I just followed what people wear on their face or what seemed fancy on TV advertisement. I didn’t know how to start using skincare or learned what my skin actually needed.

Then came my puberty when my skin looked better and became glowing. I was in high school. But when I was in the last year of senior high, my hormonal acne bothered me. I was a bit stressed out since I was preparing for national exam and college enrollment test.

Then the worst nightmare of my skin finally happened. It was my worst breakout. My skin became dull, sometimes oily, and pimples everywhere. I gave up on curing myself so I went to see doctor. Until the day I wrote on this blog, I had meet 6 different doctors (some are dermatologist, the rest I still doubt it) to cure my acne caused of hormonal or skincare usage. I had had hormonal injection, drinking zinc pills, laser for acne, etc.

In this year (2018) finally I have courage to stop using doctor skincare product. Since I know number 1 rule for beauty clinic skincare product is you have to consult to your doctor regularly which I can’t do anymore since I currently live away from big cities where the clinic branch lies.

And the journey begins…

p.s. I'll share my progress on my next post

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