Beauty Tips For Body Care
My hormonal imbalance has been an issue that I had to deal with since puberty. Irregular periods, pimples, you name it. At 19 I started taking the pill and the situation definitely improved in that aspect, but I got severe depression, to the point where I would have killed myself if I wasn't completely sure that it was the pill causing me to feel that way. I stopped taking it shortly after that and have never again experienced depression.I discovered this sub a couple of months ago and after following some of the advice here, my skin was almsot perfect. The only issue I had were some blackheads. My acne was gone, my skin was glowing, I just felt amazing.Fast forward to June this year, I had to take a very important exam. I am in law school and that required a lot of sleepless nights and a lot of caffeine, not to mention the stress that I was experiencing. And it showed. My skin started looking terrible. Never have I had such acne before. It only got worse when I got my period two weeks ago after not having it for a long time, and now I have itchy, painful cysts all over my chin area and cheeks.Now, I work part time as a cashier, so on Saturday while I was at work, it got busy around closing time, as usual, and I went about my work at the cash register. There were at least seven people waiting in line to pay, one of which was this older gentleman. In front of all customers he asked me "What is that on your face?". At first I thought I had food or a piece of paper on my face, so I touched the area to which he was pointing. Then I realized he meant my acne. I said "those are pimples" and continued to scan the hand soap that he was buying. I was very embarrassed and it didn't help that I felt like every single customer in line was staring at my acne at that moment. Then he said "You need to rub lemon on that and wash your face with this soap, it will be gone in a week". I wasn't annoyed up until that point, but when I heard "lemon" I clenched my teeth, so I said "I doubt that would work, sir". He still continued to persuade me and I thanked him for his advice, but he still remained there, as if he wanted to make sure I actually would try it out. It was just weird and uncalled for.I talked to one of my friends about it afterwards and she said "lemon might not work on your skin, but it does work in general". I'm just thinking about how many people walk around and literally spread potentially dangerous information without ever being asked for advice. I also don't understand why someone would approach a cashier about their skin. It just made me even more self conscious, since it showed me that makeup won't hide the acne either. And you know how we always say "Acne is normal, nobody will notice anyways?", well I can't rely on that lie anymore. Idk I just had to let it out somewhere I guess. It made me really uncomfortable.
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