My Acne Story

This is pretty hard for me to talk about but I really want to share my story and help as many of you as I can.

I first got acne when I was in my second year of High School, so pretty young. I had no idea how to deal with it. I just thought it would disappear. It was beyond covering. I made the total mistake of plastering makeup on top to try and conceal it as much as I could- if I could tell my younger self anything it would be to NOT USE MAKEUP. It doesn’t help anything!! But I was at an awkward stage of High School and I was making friends, I honestly felt so victimised. None of my friends suffered from it. I used to cry every night I got home, and try and pick it off. I was in a really bad place and my Mum did try her best to help me, but she obviously had no idea how to deal with it. Which is why I want to write about this to help you if I can.

I ended up going to the doctors where I got put on so many different medications. None of them helped. All the creams, serums, washes they gave me did not help AT ALL. I was put on the pill which did calm the spots down but obviously my face was still a mess, and it was on my cheeks of all places! The most obvious! Anyways, I still wasn’t happy so I was transferred to a dermatologist (a breakthrough!) this was definitely the best call as I was then put on Roaccutane- a very very strong drug- I was only a wee 13 year old! However this cleared my acne right up. It did have severe side affects and I went through a really depressing time during this course which was obviously a massive downer (for the lack of a better word) of it. If you want to know any more about this medication please leave a comment or let me know and ill make a more detailed post of my course.

I ended up coming off the Roaccutane and was acne free for a good 3 years and my scars fading. But at 17 it came back but this time I was straight to a dermatologist and back onto the roaccutane. I wasn’t going through the hell I did the first time. So the second time cleared up pretty quick.

Anyways, for all of you with bad acne and nothing is helping please take the time to go to the doctors and be very abrupt. You want to see a dermatolist. You want the best medication possible. The best acne medicines are very expensive, so obviously  they aren’t going to just dish out to everyone. But definitely try and get something by demanding! I certainly didn’t take any sh*t the second time I got it.

PLEASE DON’T PICK. It is probably the worst mistake I have ever made. But obviously I was young and vain and just wanted it to go away. Trust me it will not make it go away!! I'm now stuck with scars for the rest of my life.. but that’s a different blog post.

If you liked this please like and comment. I hope to help at least one of you. <3