Today, I found out that my intense acne is actually an allergic reaction to the "deep clean" product I've been using to reduce it. I've been using this product for the past ten years. Ten years of suffering through "acne" could have been easily avoided. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out that what I thought was "acne" is actually an allergic reaction to a cream I've been using for years. I thought the cream was helping me with the breakouts but my doctor says the real acne probably went away naturally years ago. FML
Today, I finally saw a dermatologist due to my unusually severe acne. Now I know I actually have a rare disorder that makes me allergic to my own acne. FML
Today, I found out that my recurring acne is actually bedbug bites. I have wasted about a hundred dollars on acne cream. FML
Today, I realized that the tingly feeling on my face when I put a new combination of acne wash, acne medication, and my usual moisturizer on was not, in fact, "it working." It was slowly peeling away the top layer of skin. I look and feel sunburned. I also still have acne and oily skin. FML
Today, I found out that the acne under my arms was worse then the severe acne on my face. FML
Today, I noticed that my acne has gotten so bad, I can see it out of my peripheral vision. FML
Today, I got a new skin cream for my acne. I tested it on a small patch of skin just to make sure I wasn't allergic. I was, and the reaction didn't stay on that small patch of skin. My left arm is now almost entirely covered in a horrible rash. FML
Today, I realized that acne is a major side effect of a medication I'm taking. The medication is to help me with my anxiety. The acne is creating more anxiety. And the more anxious I get, the more meds I need. And the more my face breaks out. FML
Today, I followed an acne treatment. It was only after I'd finished the treatment that I read the bottom line, stating "Do not scrub your face". I only had one pimple to start with, now it looks like I sandpapered my face. FML
Today, I discovered that the painful eczema I get every winter was actually being caused by the moisturising cream I use to treat it. FML
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Top comments
TheUnbreakable55 16
YDI, but only because after even a year of use, if you don't see results, you should probably change what you're using
SarBear23 13
i dont know why after so long you didnt stop using it. if my acne wasn't going down, and i was using a product that wasnt providing results after one month, i would find something else. like 10 year of using one product? no results? geez.
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Comments (17)
Shabnam Moghal 14
At least you finally spotted the problem
Mungolikecandy 19
If the product had not impacted upon the acne after, say, a year of use then why keep using it for nine more years with no improvement rather than moving to a different product? It sort of ends up a YDI as a result.
sumocj 14
Maybe you were using it backwards?
Someweirdhobo 12
You deserved it 100% due to your own stupidity. If i had bad acne and the scrub i used wasn't working, i would try a different one. Shouldn't have continued to use the same stuff over 10 years. Thats just stupid
shannon2348 14
I'm trying to understand why you used a product for 10 years that obviously was not working. ydi
icecreamisrad 13
Why would you continue to use a product that wasn’t helping in the first place...I can’t haha