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Why doesn’t anyone understand that I have a serious skin condition? Can anyone pleas give me advice?

September 6, 2010 by  
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I'm a guy and for the last 2 years, I have been trying to find a cure for my skin. The skin on my face is sort pigmented (if thats how you say it), what I mean by that is it's pinkish dark purplish and makes me look weird. The reason why my face is like that is because junior and senior i was getting severe acne all over my face and i was paranoid over it. I had a lot of scars from it. Now I don't, which I am happy about but, at the time i had dryed skin with really really red blothes on my forehead, both cheeks, and chin which made me look very sick and I was sick and tired of looking at myself in the mirror everyday with pimples all over my nose, forehead, cheeks, and chin. I hated it, and i would buy acne products every week to try which non of them worked. So, one day i bought this one organic liquid soap and it said its good for acne and scars and leaves skin feeling soft. So I tryed it and i washed my face 3 times with the soap and after that my face turned a different color. It scared me because my face was literally pinkish, purplish and i thought it was gonna be the end of my life. I didn't want to go out in public or school. I was shocked at what happened. So to this day i use this shampoo which basically changes or evens out my skin to a palish toned color and it is sad but i have no choice but to deal with it now. I'm sorry, i had no idea the soap was going to do that to my face for life. My parents won't take me to see a skin doctor because they laugh at me and say there's nothing wrong with your face when truly there is and no one even cares enough to help me. I have to help and take care of myself till this day. I tell my mom to buy certain things i need and she says why, i say because i just need it. They will never understand because they are perfect and me suffering from terrible condition that i try to fix. I have tried tea to help my skin but doesn't do much for me. I guess I'll just live with it and they ask me why am I always depressed well this one of those reasons. It is a severe condition because nobody in my family even bothers to talk to me anymore since i have gotten it except my mom and dad but they don't care and my brother always wonders why my skin is like that. Well right now I have no job or money and no one is willing to just send me to see the skin doctor just to be on the safe side.





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2 Responses to “Why doesn’t anyone understand that I have a serious skin condition? Can anyone pleas give me advice?”
  1. belladonna112 says:

    You could have developed Rosacea or even Vitiligo. Both can be treated but seldom go away for good. Google both of them and look at some of the pics to see if they look similar to what you are experiencing now.

  2. Gina says:

    If it is Rosacea, a tube of Metrogel (metronidazole gel) will help it, but you need a doctor’s prescription. And you would have to use it indefinitely, because Rosacea doesn’t go away and requires continued treatment. This diagnosis would mean that nothing you used on your face caused the discoloration. You would have the redness and Rosacea anyway.

    If it is Rosacea, you need to stay out of the sunlight, not use anything rough or harsh on your skin or it will make the redness worse, try not to get overheated, be gentle when touching and washing your face.

    Tell your mom and dad that this skin condition is affecting your social life, school, career, your mental health, your happiness, and your entire being. Tell them there are treatments to help you and you need their help getting you to a skin doctor. Tell them it will be a loan and that you will pay them back when you have a job and are in good shape financially.