Beauty Tips For Body Care
I’m not a religious person, but I do think that I have reason to believe that things happen for a reason.I’ve had cystic acne since puberty. Not the worst case of all time, but enough to degrade my confidence. I tried normal drugstore medications, tried intense routines like most SCA people do, tried tretinoin, antibiotics, tons of topicals. Nothing seemed to really help.Fast forward to me at age 17. I was living at home with my parents, and we make the decision to try accutane. I was aware of the side effects and how time consuming it is to visit the derm, get bloodwork, do iPledge, etc. I figured, it’s worth it for clear skin someday.I still had to bring my parents to all my derm appointments because I was 17, almost 18 though, so I was almost able to go alone. It was important that my parents had to come with me for my first few visits.My dad, liking my derm, decided to get a thing on his leg checked out. He figured, at worst, it was skin cancer, so it was worth getting looked at. It wasn’t skin cancer, it was a rare form (iirc) of cancer called a leiomayosarcoma. They usually appear in women in the uterus or to men and women in the abdomen, and are very often fatal.It’s been a long road since then, and my dad just recently got his (hopefully) final surgery. He’s missing a very large piece of his leg. Getting it checked out when we did probably saved him from losing his leg, or having it spread and kill him.Today, I’m 18 and watching my skin clear from the accutane. My dad is getting better and better at walking again. As much as I’d love to have always had clear skin and my dad never get cancer, I’m incredibly thankful that I had bad skin and it caused my dad to go to the dermatologist. My dad even says. “Thank god for corgipal’s acne, it saved my life.”Things might just happen for a reason. Please, please get any moles or bumps checked out.
Girls Blog 2015
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