Dammit, I’m 33. I’m an assistant professor at a large university. I showed up to teach my MWF 8am Freshman class and discovered shortly thereafter, that !(&@(@!^ hell there was this humongous, inflamed pustule dominating my lower lip. WTF?
WHEN IS IT GOING TO STOP!?!?!?!?!?!
:mad: 
Damn pimply skin.
On the bright side, people say I have a youthful face despite the plentitude of graying and thinner hair. SIGH.
Nevertheless, I have declared war on the pimples! Search and destroy!
Knorf
checks watch Time for another pimple thread already? Huh!
WHAT?? No splorting?
There ought to be some splorting.
I feel spent, yet unrelieved.
/me splorts a good one for Dijon Warlock.
Goddammit, I’m the Wicked Witch of the West! I command flying monkeys! Little dogs cringe at the sound of my voice!
I woke up this morning and there was a fucking wart on my nose! Curl up and die, pimple boy!
I have a big red zit on my chin. I picked it and squoze it and it spurted most rewardingly, but now there’s a huge red blecch where a simple zit used to be. I have new zits popping up on my forehead and a couple of weeks ago I got one in my nose. And I’m also 33. BUT! I’m not an assistant professor at a large university.
And also…
“I never thought I’d be writing to you, but I had an experience last week that I just couldn’t believe…”
hee hee hee hee hee
I’m 32! WTF is THAT! How is it that I can have grey hair, a ticking biological clock (not near midnight yet, but somewhere in mid-evening), AND ZITS! At least people tell you that you look young. They look at me and think, “She must have had a hard life for her to be only 32” LOL
But I DO have a semi-cure to the symptom: Toothpaste
Not the gel kind, it has to be the paste kind. And in my experience, the whitening kind works best. You put a small dab of that on your zit and go to sleep. By morning, it’s SIGNIFICANTLY reduced.
My doctor has also suggested Accutane (for a cyst problem), which is supposed to be good for acne. Only problem is: It’s WAY extreme! If you’re a woman, you have to be on birth control. Apparently you do NOT want a baby that you conceived while on this stuff (born without ears, eyes, nostrils and with big heads). So that’s gotta tell you something about the drug.
Aside from that, I was told that my skin would completely dry up and I’d have to use moisturizers. My lips would chap and I’d need chapstick. My eyes would be dry and I’d need Visine. My nostrils would be dry and I’d need nose spritz. I couldn’t bring myself to also ask if “something else” would be dry and I’d need KY or AstroLube.
You need blood tests once a month and to be weighed often (because the exact dose must be given according to weight).
Sounds like a party ~ NOT!
So, I’ll live with the cysts for now… And my tube of Crest.
Knowing in advance that I get no kickbacks, whatsoever for suggesting things:
Acnopur by Biotherm works remarkably well for many, many people. I whole heartedly recommend it. It’s a bit pricey (but less than Proactive, which doesn’t work for many people) and won’t dry your skin like products aimed at teens do.
Normaderm by Vichy is excellent for those who have super-sensitive skin but also tend to break out.
Both of these products are designed for ADULT acne, as opposed to 14-year-old hormonal breakouts - they have nicer quality ingredents, are more effect for adults, and will leave your all over skin feeling and looking super, as opposed to just blasting zits.
The Biotherm is easier to find in the US than Vichy, but Vichy is in some North-eastern locations and they will ship anywhere.
Just a thought or two.
I’ll be 59 in three months. . .
I didn’t have a lot of choice when I was younger. Clearasil was makeup. But when my son started sprouting I made sure he saw a good dermatologist. Doesn’t totally cure the problem, but there are a lot of options today that didn’t exist 40 years ago.
As to the emotional part of it, like that does any good. We who were born with oily skin can take a steam bath every day and we’ll still be oily.
Being teased as a teenager wasn’t a lot of fun. And I taught for a while, too. So that prolonged the adolescent reactions. Most adults don’t see blemishes nearly as much as we think.
Uh-oh. This is starting to turn into a MPSIMS! Why aren’t you people ranting!?
:dubious:
I guess folks just don’t get that worked up about facial blemishes. I was pretty pissed about yesterday, though!
Knorf
I’m 15, so I guess I shouldn’t complain too much, but I too fucking hate pimples. I mean, my acne was never really that bad (and lately I haven’t been getting many pimples). However, it always seems to be the worst when I least want it to. Instead of sprouting up and fading over the 5 day vacation, my acne starts the day before I go back to school.
Um, yeah! Pimples suck and all that.
And just for good measure…
SHIT PISS FUCK CUNT COCKSUCKER MOTHERFUCKER & TITS!!!
Yes, pimples are horrid! Now that I’ve gotten into my thirties I get to enjoy occassionaly pimply, oily skin, now with added dry patches. The good news is that accutane (I didn’t have any of the above-mentioned symptoms) really helped with the oily skin and pimples.
Still, if my body is going to start falling like a cake when somebody slams a door, I’d like to at least console myself with clear skin, dammit!
I’m seventeen. My skin should be starting to clear up and stop with the breakouts about now, no?
fucking zits. Beware the evil Neutrogena Soap and Lotions of DOom! You die now! I burning your dog!
No way. If you’re still a teenager, your skin is fair game.
When you’re in your thirties, as some of us are, then we’ll listen seriously to your pimple-bitchin’.
Truly, though, what we should be pitting is our stupid society for causing us all to idolize clear skin.
What’s wrong with blotchy skin? Huh?
Knorf
You know the bit where your eyebrow joins the top of your nose?
I’ve got symmetrical, identical zits on BOTH sides… Right in the middle of my face.
And are they Of The Small Kind? Oh noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo because that would be waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay less funny to the kind-observer-who-points-out-to-me-that-Did-I-Know-That-I-Have-Identical-Zits-on-My-Face?
I think I’ve sprouted horns…
BAH!!!
I think the worst thing about pimples is that they taunt you. I mean, what the fuck is it about these things that obliterate one’s memory? Huh. Let’s see. The last 500 times I enaged in combat with an ingrown zit, the resulting fallout was worse than if I had taken a 1000 degree cast iron skillet and slammed it into my face, but does that stop me from thinking that 501st time will be different? Nooooooooooooooo.
In recent months, I’ve been getting fewer and fewer zits. Seems like at 37, my zit-making glands may finally be closing shop.
However, when I do get something now, it’s usually some slightly raised bump under my skin that seems to look and feel like a primordial zit. Squeeze it hard, though, and … nothing. It just goes away after a couple of weeks. No whitehead, no splort, nothing.
My skin’s not fun anymore. At least there’s still my nose worms.