01-06-2010, 00:03
So I have a quick rant about my mother that is totally unrelated to NBE so feel free to skip over it.
I have had issues with my skin since I was 12 or so, and I'm 20 now. I've been seeing a dermatologist on and off for 6 years and never really gotten my skin to where I'd like it. To be clear though, I have stubborn, little red pimples and blackheads, and more recently milia but that's cleared up. I've never had the terrible cystic acne that one thinks of when you think of someone going to the dermatologist. I've broken out recently (within the last week) and spent this memorial day weekend at my parents since it's close to where I work when I'm down from school. Today my mom put on her concerned face and goes "You should really make an appointment with your derm" Like I don't know my forehead is clustered with little red pimples that won't pop! Like I don't notice the pimples I have and need to be told my skin is freaking out! For the last two days it's been so dry I looked 75, and honestly, where does she come off telling me how to care for my skin when she doesn't wash her face?! *sigh* And she's the one who helped foster the complex I have that no one will like me if I don't have clear skin because she does this EVERY TIME I BREAK OUT. How am I supposed to keep my self-esteem intact if the person who's always supposed to be my biggest cheerleader is telling me my face is so offensive it needs to be checked out by a medical professional? Another thing that frustrates me is that I've told her all this- at least a half dozen times and it doesn't seem to matter.
Rant over- thank you for listening
I have had issues with my skin since I was 12 or so, and I'm 20 now. I've been seeing a dermatologist on and off for 6 years and never really gotten my skin to where I'd like it. To be clear though, I have stubborn, little red pimples and blackheads, and more recently milia but that's cleared up. I've never had the terrible cystic acne that one thinks of when you think of someone going to the dermatologist. I've broken out recently (within the last week) and spent this memorial day weekend at my parents since it's close to where I work when I'm down from school. Today my mom put on her concerned face and goes "You should really make an appointment with your derm" Like I don't know my forehead is clustered with little red pimples that won't pop! Like I don't notice the pimples I have and need to be told my skin is freaking out! For the last two days it's been so dry I looked 75, and honestly, where does she come off telling me how to care for my skin when she doesn't wash her face?! *sigh* And she's the one who helped foster the complex I have that no one will like me if I don't have clear skin because she does this EVERY TIME I BREAK OUT. How am I supposed to keep my self-esteem intact if the person who's always supposed to be my biggest cheerleader is telling me my face is so offensive it needs to be checked out by a medical professional? Another thing that frustrates me is that I've told her all this- at least a half dozen times and it doesn't seem to matter.
Rant over- thank you for listening