Hi just ranting cause nobody around me gets it. Had a terrible breakout when I was 17 and now, six years on, I've tried 2-3 antibiotics, the pill, am on my 5th month of accutane and have not found a permanent solution. I hesitated so long going on accutane and hoped for a miracle but nothing has changed. Recently found it may be a hormone disorder, of course I just have to be that person whose disfigurement can't be treated. My dermatologist is stumped as to why I'm not responding. Every girl around me seems to have perfect skin without even trying
How is your diet, could it be linked to a food allergy or an unhealthy diet? Hugs and welcome!
Hey there, I know what it's like to look around and think "what are they doing that I'm not." Seeing other people with really nice skin is hard because it can make you feel inferior. There are so many factors that play into why skin does what it does. It's our largest organ and one that isn't very well understood. I am at my wits end with my seborrheic dermatitis ( an itchy, bumpy, red, flakey, rash on my face and chest). Have tried elimination diets, water filters, supplements, washes.... The search never stops. I've spent endless amounts of time wasting my life away trying to find a cure. For some reason this is just what our bodies do. It really blows, oh god can skin conditions make you suffer. I sincerely hope that something works for you but I also hope that if not, you'll find a way to cope with it. I recently read an article about how acne makes people feel like something must be fixed or purified but acne has been documented for many many years in healthy people that have a genetic disposition to it. I can't help but think that if we just didn't perceive acne as being so horrible or defective that most people wouldn't give it much thought. I'm sorry for the rant and I really hope that you can find relief. I suggest working on it from a mental stand point as well, because if you can perceive it differently then the acne itself won't be able to make you feel as bad. I know some with very scaring acne that loooooove life and themselves. That's what we lack.
thanks for the comments, of course I could have been blindsided by an allergy but I have never had history of nor any other signs of one. I generally eat non-processed foods and again, have not had any reason to try elimination diets, etc. My dermatologist suspects PCOS and is arranging an endocrinologist visit. The only thing left for me to try is probably spironolactone, if that doesn't help then god only knows what will. Capture, thanks for that reassurance, I do indeed feel like something must really be wrong and I've even thought that I'll never have children because I'm now fairly sure that this is genetic (my dad's family all had pretty severe acne, I'm told, and if I have PCOS that's largely genetic too) and I would never want them to go through any of this