I hope I can say the same to my blemishes!
These are pretty common things that you have already heard about. There's nothing here that you don't already know. But I can tell that it really pays off to avoid bad habits.
Back in 2014, I suffered from acne. What started out as a lone pimple on my cheek turned into a nightmare. Yes, that lone resident enjoyed its stay on my cheek for almost a month. I didn't know why it stayed that long. Usually, pimples heal after three days or so. But that lone prick occupied my cheek for almost four weeks! Grabe!
Just when I thought it would move on, aba! di pa nakontento at talagang nag-invite pa ng iba. Imagine a nice peaceful place without residents. Then suddenly a lone person stumbled upon it and decided to settle in. He enjoyed the place's serenity and the solitude. Then one day, he realized he was lonely and thought of having other pricks to occupy the damn place.
You know what happens to a place when there's a lot of people. The serenity withers and wanes. And that's what happened to my face.
I woke up every day, looked at my face in the mirror to see if the loner had wilted, only to find another pimple had suddenly popped out on my cheek. Back then, I didn't feel the need to worry. Why should I? Having a pimple or two wasn't unusual. But!!! It was damn frustrating when each pimple didn't heal right away. It was itchy so I couldn't help but scratch or touch my face. Believe me, I tried not to but the urge to scratch it till dawn annoyingly gnawed me! You can imagine what happened from then on.
It wasn't my first time to suffer acne. In my
previous post, I wrote about how I suffered acne back in 2009 and it was excruciating! My skin isn't perfect and it will never be but I just want to have a normal skin free of acne. I dread to have another acne experience. I'm not really conscious about my physical appearance but having pimples is very annoying and damn uncomfortable. I hope there won't be a third time.
My intuition why I suffered acne. Lol! Intuition?! I never approached a dermatologist so let's call it intuition, suspicion or whatever. These were the things I did back then and some that I still do. I won't tell which. πππ
This is one of the common causes why we get those pricks!
-I sleep really late. I usually sleep at 3 or 4 in the morning. Imagine that! But it is not uncommon here in the Philippines. Most of the people sleep at dawn. We know it's unhealthy but we still do it. Why do some people stay up late? It's because of those evil gadgets. Haha! Unplug those and have a good night's sleep!
-I don't usually eat breakfast and I eat at midnight. I usually get up one hour before noon so that's why I never have breakfast. What I eat for lunch is considered as breakfast, what I eat for dinner I considered it as my lunch and what I eat at midnight I considered it as my dinner. Haha! Magulo ba?! Another reason why I'm confident to go to bed really late is that I don't have to go to work early. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and I often miss it. Then when I get home, I'm usually hungry so I make myself a bowl of something. Eating or snacking late at night is very unhealthy. It doesn't only have negative effect on your weight but it can cause other health problems, too.
-I sometimes, SOMETIMES eat unhealthy food. I remembered eating something with butter for three consecutive days back then. I suspected that it was one of those factors that triggered my acne.
-I don't exercise. Hahaha! I'm very lazy and my inner self cringes. Two years ago, I didn't feel the need to exercise I haven't gained weight. I mean, who the F would gain weight if you sleep late and never eat breakfast. But lo! I was wrong. Just because I thought I haven't gained weight doesn't mean I shouldn't exercise. I still need to sweat those cholesterol and whatever unhealthy oils that I have out!
I changed soaps frequently.
I changed from one soap to another that time when I felt like it, when I noticed that the soap didn't live up to what it has promised or what it has claimed and when I discover other brands of soap that a blogger claimed to be effective. Naku! Mabilis pa sa alas kwatro ang pagpapalit-palit ko ng sabon! ππ I should never have changed soaps unless my skin doesn't mind me changing soap too often. Wait, what? ππ
When my cystic pimples took a while to shrink, I pricked them. My logic fooled me. I thought if I pricked my pimples and forced whatever fluid made those pimples swell out, it would heal fast. Never, ever prick pimples! It would cause severe skin irritation.
I used different facial toners at the same time.
Some toners don't agree with your skin. Some would even cause inflammation! So be careful on choosing products for your skin. I know some would go to such great length just to get rid acne in an instant but just calm down. Take it easy and don't overdo it. One at a time lang! Ganoon! Ang lola niyo kasi, desparadang mawala ang acne-eklavoo, ayun pinagsabay na. Haha
So how did I rid SOME of my pimples? I tried and keep on trying to avoid the things listed above as often as I possibly can. I would have shown a picture back when I still have those annoying pimples but it might gross someone out so I decided against it. Another excuse is, my old pics were stored in my broken phone's memory. Had I known, I would have transferred all the files to my memory card. I still get a pimple or two, but it's nothing I can't handle.
I'm still apprehensive about posting my pictures here but maybe one day, I'll be courageous enough to flood every entry with my face! πππ :D :D :D
