Acne?

**notoppings** · 08-08-2008, 08:06 AM

Were you/are you plagued with acne? What impact did it/does it have on your self image? Did it/does it affect your social interaction?

How bad was/is it? bad enough for a doctor or just over the counter medicine? Has it stopped? At what age?

I think I went through the easy form of acne while I was growing up a few break outs nothing that affected me. I had friends that were plagued with it they were afraid to show their face, I guess I was luck.

**Mozzes** · 08-08-2008, 08:52 AM

Acne was never an Earth-shattering problem for me. By around the age of 20 I rarely had any pimples showing their ugly faces. I still get a pimple from time to time but usually only when I eat certain foods - particularly gluten-containing grains. I can't really help it though, the siren call of pizza is too overpowering.

**Deadgod** · 08-08-2008, 03:06 PM

Epidermic problems occur when there is a diet consisting largely of iodized salt. Cutting down on foods with iodized salt and replacing with foods high in Vitamin B complex and Vitamin A usually helps with skin issues.

**dandylion** · 08-08-2008, 07:53 PM

I first started getting acne when I was like 10 or 11. Stupid early puberty. Anyway, I still have it--I'm convinced I'm destined to have it for life--but at least I've got it under control with a clean diet, lots of exercise, and a good skin care regimen. Zinc, B-complex, and vitamin C supplements help a lot, too. I never let acne get in the way of my social life.

**Shadow** · 08-08-2008, 09:29 PM

I'd say I have low-medium amounts of acne, but it's pretty much all on my back so it doesn't really affect me. I'm through the worst of it anyway and I assume it'll clear up in a couple years.

**Monte314** · 08-09-2008, 09:08 AM

It was kind of bad for me for a year or two... by the time I was 19 or 20, it was fading away.

**mkay** · 08-09-2008, 09:21 AM

I didn't have acne as a teen. I get a pimple now and then nowadays, but no biggie.

08-08-2008, 08:06 AM	#1
notoppings Veteran Member [53%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,128	Were you/are you plagued with acne? What impact did it/does it have on your self image? Did it/does it affect your social interaction? How bad was/is it? bad enough for a doctor or just over the counter medicine? Has it stopped? At what age? I think I went through the easy form of acne while I was growing up a few break outs nothing that affected me. I had friends that were plagued with it they were afraid to show their face, I guess I was luck.
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08-08-2008, 08:52 AM	#2
Mozzes Veteran Member [50%] MBTI: xxxx Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2,008	Acne was never an Earth-shattering problem for me. By around the age of 20 I rarely had any pimples showing their ugly faces. I still get a pimple from time to time but usually only when I eat certain foods - particularly gluten-containing grains. I can't really help it though, the siren call of pizza is too overpowering.
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08-08-2008, 03:06 PM	#3
Deadgod Member [28%] MBTI: INXX Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,144	Epidermic problems occur when there is a diet consisting largely of iodized salt. Cutting down on foods with iodized salt and replacing with foods high in Vitamin B complex and Vitamin A usually helps with skin issues.
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08-08-2008, 07:53 PM	#4
dandylion Member [41%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,678	I first started getting acne when I was like 10 or 11. Stupid early puberty. Anyway, I still have it--I'm convinced I'm destined to have it for life--but at least I've got it under control with a clean diet, lots of exercise, and a good skin care regimen. Zinc, B-complex, and vitamin C supplements help a lot, too. I never let acne get in the way of my social life.
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08-08-2008, 09:29 PM	#5
Shadow New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 60	I'd say I have low-medium amounts of acne, but it's pretty much all on my back so it doesn't really affect me. I'm through the worst of it anyway and I assume it'll clear up in a couple years.
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08-09-2008, 09:08 AM	#6
Monte314 Core Member [412%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 16,504	It was kind of bad for me for a year or two... by the time I was 19 or 20, it was fading away.
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08-09-2008, 09:21 AM	#7
mkay Member [29%] MBTI: ENTP Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,171	I didn't have acne as a teen. I get a pimple now and then nowadays, but no biggie.
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