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source : RD.com |
When I enrolled to university I would never imagine to have growing acne
on my face – because I never had such in my life. My face skin was a normal
one, with common hormonal acne problem that only struck once period comes.
Later on, after 2 or 3 months freshmen year passed, acne started popping out
from my face like mushroom.
A real horrifying mushrooms.
At first it grew on certain areas alternately, such as the middle part of
my cheeks then it went to chin, as well as forehead and nose. Quickly in a month
my face changed into a field full of acnes. Since it was this reddish tomato
type of acne – papules and pustule –
later on I found it was not easy to be covered by typical drugstore foundation
or BB Cream I had at home.
Irritating. At one day it
appeared to be this small zit, but at the other days it could be disgustingly
red pimples with this yellowish, liquid pus at the center of it.
Long short story, I have tried everything people shared out there to deal
with this acne problems – fixing cleansing habit, changing pillow’s sheet,
using only natural ingredients on my skincare regime – all hacks you can
mention, I have done it all. Some worked, some not. Those which worked kept
staying as my skincare routine up to date, and those which not should be left
behind since it did nothing but irritating my skin.
During that long war, fighting back zit that still coming up to today, I
have learned several precious experiences that left deep impression to me. Some
of them are :