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Olive Oil horror story (acne)

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long but please read... I really need help
EDIT 9/10/10: UPDATE ON PAGE 7 :)
EDIT 8/21/10: PLEASE READ MY POST ON PAGE 4


Okay, so this is the most embarrassing, stressful thing I've ever gone through, and I'm really at the end of my patience now. This is kind of a long story but please bear with me.

So, some background information on me:
This might sound arrogant, but I'm not trying to be. I just want to let everyone know how it used to be: I used to have the perfect "ideal" ivory white skintone that Koreans tend to want... totally blemish-free, no blackheads, not oily or dry, invisible pores, etc... you know what I mean. Song Hye Gyo style. I even did makeup modeling and that's what people used to compliment me on: having beautiful, perfect white skin. And I took care of my skin VERY well, always getting facials and doing masks and stuff like that. I think I got maybe 3 pimples in my whole life.

Here's where it when downhill:
I started reading about how olive oil is very good for your skin and decided to do olive oil masks. I found a bottle in my kitchen and put it on every night for about 2 weeks, really rubbing it in, letting it sit and even sleeping with it. At first, it was like a dream, it made my skin even softer than it was before and I got that "glow" that people talk about. My skin was amazing... until I started breaking out... like CRAZY. Not just small pimples... I mean like cysts and blackheads and whiteheads and tiny bumps EVERYWHERE especially my cheeks and chin area. Oh my god... it was seriously horrific, like the kind they show on before photos of Proactiv commercials.

I was like WHAT THE :vicx:  is going on??? I was freaking out because this happened nearly overnight.. within a period of about a week, my face was completely broken out in huge cysts and pimples everywhere. Then I realized that the olive oil I was using was 3 years old. YES, seriously. I don't know WHY it was still in our kitchen and why I didn't see the expiration date before.

I f*cked up my skin BIG time.

So for the past year and a half I have tried just about EVERYTHING. I have spent over $1000 on facials, gone to various treatment places, tried every type of skin lotion/toner/cleanser, tried herbal remedies, even organic food masks and all that crap.... nothing has worked. Going to the facialists have just given me icepick scars on my cheeks... I have HUGE pores from all the "cleansing" they've done... And I've given a lot of time to each type of treatment I've tried (between 3 months to 6 months each).

I don't know what the F to do anymore... I have even prayed that I'd be willing to gain 50lbs in exchange for clear skin again :tears: My skin problem has made me completely insecure, my self esteem is virtually nonexistent, I have pushed away all my friends, I don't like to go out and if I do, I have to put on BB cream which I know is not doing me any favors. My life is totally different because of my skin... To be honest, I've even considered suicide many times this summer because I don't even feel like a human anymore. My depression is very bad and I have social anxiety issues... which I never had before.

I know that it's my fault for being vain and trying to improve skin that was already fine to begin with... but I don't know if I deserve so much pain because of this.

My last resort is maybe trying the caveman regime that I've heard about on here. I figure that's the least destructive to my face... but I don't even know anymore.

Somebody PLEASE give me some advice... ANYTHING. I am desperate. My face is a WRECK and I know it will never be the same again but I just want this to be OVER. Please help. :tears:

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