my skincare journey!

hey guys! if you follow my tiktok you would’ve seen that i posted this video which talks for the first time publicly about my skincare journey. this was a huge step for me BUT in the spirit of #NewYearNewMe i want to be more transparent and talk about how my confidence #GlowUp has lead me to feel comfortable in my skin!

i started getting acne VERY young. i mean like 11/12 type young. doctors in sg always labelled it as typical teenager / hormonal acne so i never took the accutane route (big mistake). when i found out at 16/17 that all my friends went on acne when they were around 14 i was so upset, i felt like i missed a window. and from that day on i promised myself i would find a way to fix my skin myself but let me tell you, it’s been a journey.

i never went to dermatologists, i don’t know why. just local doctors that i went whenever i needed to get medical advice. i was put on doxycycline first for 8 months, i found out later i should only be on it for 2 weeks. at the same time i started diane35 birth control which i would never recommend birth control to a 15 year old (or birth control in general) anymore due to the side effects. i stayed on BC for about 4 years after that and now i’m happy to say i’m almost 2 years BC free and my body/mind/skin has never felt better for it. but yeah, that’s what i took as medicine during my journey.

now with skincare products: there’s likely nothing i HAVENT tried. i went crazy for many years spending money on crazy products or supplements or whatever i could find that promised results. this only got worse when my skin cleared up and scarring was left. there’s only a handful of products i can truly say worked really well on my skin and i’ll talk about them in detail in another post, but the BEST product consistently has been differin! I just started differin again 2 months ago and the results have been outstanding. I used it also in 2017 and that also left me with skin that felt new and glowing.

the number one thing i’ve struggled with throughout has been my confidence. it’s been hard for me to leave the house without makeup for many years and some of my biggest panic attacks have come from hating my appearance or worrying what people are saying about my skin behind my back. i had to teach myself that if someone says something bad about something you can’t change in 5 minutes, it says more about their character than it ever will about your appearance. i’ve learnt that i am NOT defined by my skin conditions and if someone can’t see past my physical appearance then they don’t deserve to get to know me on the inside! and if i don’t treat myself with kindness then how can i expect others to be kind to me.

if you want an in depth routine please let me know and i’ll post it ASAP! just wanted to share this 10 year acne journey with you and say it will get better for all of us just don’t lose faith!!🤍

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