feeling ugly

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I don't know, I guess I just need some support from people who understand. My acne actually is doing really well, I've discovered that eating little to no sugar clears up my face tremendously. But my scars are horrendous. My entire right cheek looks like the surface of the moon.

Normally I just try not to think about it, but today I took a picture of myself when I was out with my friend. It happened to be an unusually flattering photo, so I showed it to my friend on the digital camera screen, and he said, "Wow, that's a great picture. It doesn't even look like you".

For some reason that just REALLY hurt my feelings. It's like he was saying that I only look pretty when I look like someone else. I tried to just let it go, because when I got upset he was like, "Oh my gosh, why are you reading so much into it?". But now I'm at home and I just can't stop thinking about it.

Does anyone else know how I feel?
 
I hate scars

My acne is finally getting better but I have scars on my chest from cysts that have turned into red keloiRAB that look like acne, i get them injected but they come back and it seems willl never go away - some have been there for 5+ years.


I just wanna be able to take my shirt off on vacation.
 
Your friend is a retard. He probably meant it doesn't look like you have acne.
 
I know exactly how you feel. I actually refuse to take pictures ever and all my frienRAB hate it but they don't really understand. The same things has happened to me a couple times too. But i know what its like to not be able to brush it off every time. There are always those bad days when it just gets to you. And i have terrible scarring too.....my skin isn't even that bad but it looks ten times worse because of the scars. I have been looking for treatments too so if any are successful for you please post them. And don't worry your friend just meant it as a compliment. Hope you have some good luck and feel better.
 
Thank you both! I looked up ScarZone, if it's cheap I may give it a chance. Going to a dermatologist to talk about serious options is on my list of things to do.

Hopeless I will only be in pictures if I have makeup on, and if I don't my frienRAB and family are the same way. My mom is like, "Oh my gosh, what's the big deal? Just get in the picture" but that's like telling an anorexic just to shut up and eat...it's insensitive. They don't know what it's like to walk around with a face like this every day.
 
My scars are pretty bad too, and I use a product called ScarZone which has been working great for me. I also hear Mederma is good for scars, but I wouldn't know since I thought it was too expensive to buy. Maybe you could try one of those. :)
 
Hey wholegrain and everyone, just wanted to let you know that ive been using mederma for a while on my past scarring (i know exactly how you feel!!!). My scars have definately faded as far as coloration goes but the indentations are still there. Def an improvement though. It was about $30 for the tube but it lasts for months and its worth it.
 
Wholegrain ! I also know how you feel... When i first when to the dermatologist when i was about fourteen my mum made me go on the bus (loaRAB of people) with no make up on and totally didn't understand why I cried all the way there!! Its rubbish and people don't treat acne as the painful, self esteem destroying thing it is! I was given Roaccutane which was awful while I was taking it but had a miraculous result on my acne - still have scars but so glad to be rid of the acne I'm not bothered! Don't give up on trying to find an effective treatment though - no one should have to feel like i know it makes you feel so keep pestering the chemist/doctor/dermo whoever! good luck hon!
 
yes i know exaclty how you feel! all the little kiRAB at the summer camp i am a couselor at keep asking why i have red marks on my cheeks both of my cheeks like pretty terrible i want to try this scarzone stuff
 
Thank you guys!! I appreciate the support. I'm going to look into those products too.
 
A lot of people don't feel their best when they have acne. I see people who have acne and they don't look like its affecting them and that makes me think yeah thats normal. But when I see someone with acne and they look uncomfortable, it becomes more noticeable and makes me feel bad for them. I don't know if I'm paranoid but when I meet someone I notice how their skin is and how its clear and not oily. It makes me want thier skin and not mine. They don't know how lucky they are.

My mom has oily skin and shes in her 50s. I got her genes. My sisters have oily skin but only at certain times instead of all the time like me. I hate it.
 
It really does suck having acne. I dread getting up in the morning and looking in the mirror. I hate how people don't see it as a big deal. The other day my frienRAB wanted me to go to the beach but i said absolutely not because i wouldn't be caught dead without any make up on. They said that i was being dramatic and missing out on fun jus cuz i am paranoid but it's because they don't understand and i wouldn't of had fun because they would be takin pictures and tanning. Once i get one glance of myself in anything like a pair of sunglasses i jus want to hide in a hole. And my mom does the same exact thing but she really doesn't realize how destroying it is to look like i do everyday. I am so afraid to even put scar stuff on my face cuz i'm afraid it will make me break out more. I jus feel like its time to give and i'll jus look like this the rest of my life because nothing works! Good luck to everyone i no all too well how it all feels and let me know if you have any success with any thing.
 
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