Of course, there's tons of naysaying — negativity about the positivity. But I'm going to cherry pick some of the positivity about Acne Positivity Day. See below. Nobody is saying they like having acne or don't want it to heal. They're just being positive about their overall worthiness as a person and appreciating the support.
When I was little I thought pimples were really pretty bc they were pink. Then skin care commercials and beauty products taught me that they were undesirable. Beauty is subjective, don’t let anyone force their insane standards on you #AcnePositivityDay
— Sarah Luciano (@lucianobunny_) September 1, 2021
I wanted to show off my cute handmade earrings in this pic from the other day, but felt self conscious about my skin & don’t do filters. I’ll share it since it’s #AcnePositivityDay and I’m trying to love the skin I’m in (smooth or not) pic.twitter.com/QirkBFWRF1
— Amanda Wilson (@Amanduh_Wilson) September 1, 2021
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I won't comment on the skin, but the earrings look like something might great-niece might make. She's 8.
Yes, let us all be positive about the bacteria laden puss polyps on our faces. Maybe we can change human nature to find pimples attractive! Next up leprosy!
Her skin's fine, nothing to be self-conscious about. But is that a stud just stuck in her neck behind her ear? That weirds me out just looking at her picture.
Well then, "go acne!!!"
I had terrible acne in the 8th grade. Antibiotics and frequent face washing controlled it somewhat until I was a junior in high school when Accutane came to market. I was surely one of the first people who took it under prescription (I got the first prescription the week it came to market). For me, it was basically a wonder drug. I took it for about a half year after which I never suffered from severe acne again.
The truth is most kids didn't hassle me about it when it was at its worst- especially once I got into high school- it wasn't like it was an uncommon ailment.
'But is that a stud just stuck in her neck behind her ear?'
Recharging post. Her real name is Blackenstein.
Yancey - That was my experience. I had horrible uncontrolled acne. Accutane fixed that. I believe I was in one of the trials. It was really expensive, and I had to have lab tests regularly on my blood. But it was an absolute miracle. Only had to deal with the horrible dry skin resulting during treatment. To this day, I rarely if ever have a pimple.
I can't wait for "Festering Boil Day."
Chris,
Yeah, I remember the blood tests- I think they were checking for triglyceride levels to monitor liver function- at least that is what I remember the dermatologist telling me at the time.
No one cares that you thought pimples were pretty when you were a child. Children think lots of stupid and/or uninformed things. Infections are infections, pus is pus. It's not a "beauty standard" that informs humanity's prejudice against them. They would be just as negative if they were in a place that humans never see and could therefore never impose a beauty standard of any sort, strict or lax or OMG PATRIARCHICAL or whatever.
So charming, in a way, to be focusing on acne in an age when some teens are determined to become a new gender.
"Beauty is subjective, don’t let anyone force their insane standards on you"
No one who suffers from severe cystic acne (which is an entirely different animal) would ever utter those words.
I had severe acne during adolescence and into my early twenties. Bummer. The time that I was most self conscious about my appearance was the time that I was most unsightly. Nobody ragged on me that I recall, but I knew and everybody in the world knew that I had hideous facial blemishes. Technically it wasn't as bad as leukemia, but at least with leukemia, you get to make a wish and ride in a Batman car. You don't get much sympathy for acne. The subject was studiously avoided....I don't have any positive things to say about pimples. They cleared up, but the scars remain.....Perhaps the kids who had the easiest time in high school were more prone to hubris in later life and my early acquaintance with poverty and pimples made me more sensitive and appreciative of the good things in life that later came my way. Sure. It was a blessing in disguise. Everything happens for the best in this best of all possible worlds.
Joe Smith,
“Recharging post.”
All right, LOL is a cliche by now, but I really did at this.
Acne remains a big negative in the genetic lottery.
Those with lovely clear skin have an unearned and unequal advantage over those of us with some or bad acne.
Most beauty, and ugliness, is undeserved/ somewhat random.
Life is not fair. This is not an injustice.
This might be the dumbest thing I have scene in the last year. People think acne is gross and ugly because it is.
I had horrible acne as a kid. I still get unsightly blemishes from time to time. I am not a victim, just unlucky. Acne is gross and ugly. It is not some nefarious plot by the clear-skins. It's just life. I lost the lottery on acne, but I won on some other things. I'm tall, relatively strong and otherwise decent looking (at least good enough looking for my wife's tastes).
People need to relax and find something worth caring about ... like maybe feeding hungry people.
One kid signed my junior high yearbook "to the pimple on the forehead of society."
I'd like to think the acne experience made me a more humble and introspective person.
He went very bald, forehead back, right out of high school.
My skin cleared up.
Karma
This made me smile because it brought to mind Schitt's Creek, with David Rose complimenting himself on his 'dewy unblemished skin.' He would not be acne positive.
I’m positive that I’m looking at acne on the lady w/earrings…
Will we get a covid positivity day? Where we're "just being positive about their overall worthiness as a person and appreciating the support"
I didn't think so.
That's a very mild case of acne. Not a big deal.
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