[Acne] My journey

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Basically just want to give you guys a heads up of my journey, maybe you can glean some advice from it.So all my life id never had any acne, never developed even a spot/pimple anywhere, it made me confident, more than that, I was arrogant. I thought I was the shit, every girl wanted me, every guy wanted to be me. They didn't, I was a jerk and thats that. Fast forward to the fine old age of 18, I am just off to university and I start to develop a few spots, I think nothing of it, I am sure they will go, but with time they get worse. I was horrified with my appearance and lost all confidence in myself. I couldn't look people in the eyes and I would be lying if I said I didn't get upset at times. I developed habits that I am sure a lot of people with acne will have, I stopped looking in mirrors, became frantically obsessed with hygiene, diet, anything that could rid me of my problem. Nothing worked, so I went to the doctor, he prescribed BP and I used it, to no avail, if anything it made my skin worse, my skin became extremely dry and cracked at times even with moisturiser. I remember looking in the mirror one day without my glasses on and thinking my skin looked good, just to put my glasses on and almost break down there and then. Then a friend said something to me, not aimed at me but it hit home, he said 'I'll give you a metaphor, if you look at yourself really close in the mirror for a long time, you will see every wrinkle, every blemish, every flaw in crisp detail. But why are you looking so close? You should take a step back and look at yourself as a whole person, that is what other people do'. This changed my life.Going into my second year I had stopped trying so hard to get clear skin, I maintained a standard such as washing my face twice a day, using a light moisturiser and changing my pillowcase but I stopped lathering product after product on my skin, stopped avoiding every single type of food that could possibly cause acne and just enjoyed my life. I became more confident, people noticed, people complimented, I got myself a girlfriend. In just one year my life changed so much, I still have minor/moderate acne, but I don't let it define me.I guess what I want to say is that I know its hard to dwell on every single pimple on your face but other people don't and you shouldn't. Stop letting your acne tell you how to live your life.
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