Stop Hating Your Skin [Misc]

Beauty Tips For Body Care
My acne used to be a burden, until I began to see it in a new way. My pimples taught me how to deal with difficult, stubborn problems. I learned how to research, when I spent hours trying products, looking up ingredients, and solutions for my acne. It taught me to be dedicated to a cause since I stayed away from certain foods, stuck to a routine, prioritized my health, and made sure to keep up with something as unpredictable as acne, all requiring lots of discipline. It also taught me to deal with a burden that many people don’t have, and that society looks down upon. My scars taught me to accept what I can’t change, and to love being a human. I learned how to accept other people’s flaws, and love their humanity. I don’t care about a guy’s “hotness” anymore, and I don’t get jealous of another girl’s beauty. The acne journey taught me to be okay with imperfection, which as somebody with OCD, was the hardest battle in my life. I probably won’t have perfect skin ever, and that’s fine. I can only try my best to improve the features that have shaped who I am, not destroy the old me. Acne also trained me for aging. I’m still a kid, but I know what it’s like to go from being valued for almost entirely what’s on the outside, to being expected to hate yourself for being ugly. I know what it’s like to not have male (or any) attention and to be mistreated for my looks. And I know that one day my skin will ultimately sag and fold, and I’m okay with that. Acne is a struggle that put me through dark, awful times, but it also carried me to the top when I accepted it. I have acne and I will try to improve it for myself- but FUCK YOU if you think I should see myself or my acne as ugly, or that being ugly is even a bad thing. We can only be expected to be human, an human beings are shaped by the ugly and unspeakable. It’s okay. I LOVE MY ACNE AND YOU SHOULD TOO!!! Tldr; See how your acne has helped you at a deeper level in order to stop hating it.
Girls Blog 2015
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