Who I am: 26 (soon to be 27) year old who is sick of riding the acne roller coaster.
My breakouts weren’t too socially unbearable in high school, although I had my share of embarrassing moments. One moment, still uncomfortably clear in my head after 10+ years, was when I had a large pimple on my nose. During lunch, a boy walked by and called me Rudolph (as in The Reindeer….the Red-Nosed Reindeer).
I’ve tried to determine why I never had my skin under controll…but the “if’s” “ands” and “buts” would go on for days.
- Yes, I’ve visited a dermatologist.
- Yes, I’ve tried going on birth control.
- Yes, I’ve tried “popular name brand products”.
None of them have worked.
I would like to sit here and blame a progestin only birth control pill, because that’s the point in my life when I feel my face became a wildfire from hell…but that seems to easy of a solution to my issue(s).
The long and short is having adult acne is embarrassing, and, quite frankly, it sucks. Period. The end.
But that’s not the end for me. My self assigned mission is to clear my skin in roughly 90 days and share it with the world (yeah…that sounded dramatic). In doing so, maybe my small corner of the internet will help someone else who feels defeated by small, painful blemishes like I do. If I fail, at least I’ll have concrete proof that I tried.
People…Failure is NOT an option.
Welcome one and all. My name is Sam, and this is my story.
