Week 8..clear skin please!

Niamh

Tuesday 06 May, 2008

Hi everyone!!
Hope everyone is doing good!..
where do I start..
skin not as bad as it has been altough in saying that its stil crap..:( im so fed up now of looking in the mirror in the morning with that feeling of hope only to be shot back down again! new spots appearing and iv the all important wedding on thursday that iv been looing forward to and i swear if my skin is horrible i just wont go!

i decided to put make up on the other day and it looked like pure shit and peeled off..cried for an hour!

also in work today two lillte children were like why do you have so many dots on ur face.. i had to hold the tears back and my reply was in shame..”I dunno” and i couldnt have been more right!

very down the last 2wks any little thing will upset me,and NONE of my friends understand they even have a go at me for not drinkin and im just worn out telling them why also afraid to keep repeating cause everyone will end up knowin that im on it then!

inside of nose really dry and sore:(..any suggestions??
i really want my course to just end and have clear skin cause im slowly starting to get tired of everything..
I hope everyone else in doing a bit better than me..
xx

5 Responses to “Week 8..clear skin please!”

#1 becky says...

aww hun, you sound like your havin a bit of a rough time, remember the result will be worth all this hassle in the end so bear that in mind, i know its hard but its not forever and your almost there *hugs* as for the crusty nose vaseline should sort that out.

x x x

May 6th, 2008 at 8:14 am

#2 Kris says...

Just try and be open with ya friends. I think most of my close friends know I’m on them now. They’re aware of my skin, and I don’t find it embarrassing to tell them I’m taking them! In fact it makes things easier, they just accept it, they know why I’m not drinking (I’m a student - I should be drinking!).

I think the more I try and hide the fact I’ve got bad skin (which is pretty impossible) the worse it makes it for yourself, as you become much more self concious.

Just accept it for now, people really don’t mind or pay alot of attention.

Good luck with it, and just remember that the end is in sight, and that this short time of inconvenience will result in a lifetime of greater confidence.

May 6th, 2008 at 4:18 pm

#3 Nina says...

Hey,

Doesn’t sound like you’re having fun at all babe!

I was SO miserable throughout weeks 8 and 9 because my skin got really bad (probably worse than before i started Roaccutane), i’m now on week 10 and it’s starting to clear but it’s a slow process, for me anyway because i’m a nightmare picker.

But like Kris said i actually felt better when i told my close friends… once you have you realise how uninterested everyone else actually is in your skin.

Just remember that you’re half way through already and when it’s all over you’ll look back and be so glad you did it.

Chin up, Nina, xxx

May 8th, 2008 at 5:41 pm

#4 Niamh R says...

Hi guys!,
THANKS for the comments,cheered me up!
my skin is getting slightly better,but i think iv just got to the stage now where i wanna jsut have clear skin like most other people!
on the friends thing most of my friends know but my 3best friends are fine the rest of the girls aint the best of friend(if u get me) so i may aswel be talking to the wall… then they bring it up in front of everyone when were out and thats when i start to get down!!..
had the wedding yesterday..thought it was ok until i reached the church and it had started to peel and i had 2white heads appear(CRY!!!!) i was fine in the church then after for photo’s i totally disappeared(which im mad now cause iv only a few&it was my sisters wedding) so went straight home washed my face LAYERED moisturiser on&got rid of the 2spots(I know i shudnt!!) but the make up stayed on a bit better and my confidence soared so at least that was somethin!!
just gettin ready for the next day celebrations now and iv the moisturisers lined up!!..hee…
im on a 6month course so iv a while to go yet:(…
thanks everyone,its the support from all you that keep me goin!
THANKS XXXXXX
p.s the vaseline worked!!!!xxx

May 9th, 2008 at 11:03 am

#5 Nina says...

Oh how awful that they brought it up infront of everyone! They sound great Can understand why that would bring you down. One of my uni mates who doesn’t know i’m on Roaccutane mistook a spot that i’d picked at over the last week for a dimple today - awkward!