[Personal] What was your worst skincare mistake? Like looking back what did you used to do to your skin that would make you cringe in the present?

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I can tell you mine, when I was a wee preteen and in that awkward phase of wanting to be popular and pretty I began obsessing over my face and kept noticing how dull my skin was and I tried to find ways to brighten it up...one of my "genius" moments was rubbing a pumice stone on my face every time I showered...ugh my skin was so abused and red and to top it all off I used ivory soap to wash too...ugh but I guess I'm still quite fortunate in that despite doing this I've never developed acne and I like to say my skin forgave for that lapse in judgment....I guess it's because I equated good skin = squeaky dry clean... It never occurred to me then that skin needs nourishing as well...in my defense, it was 2006 and I was 13
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