[uncledaddy]

I've had trouble with acne since I was twelve or thirteen, and I'm going on twenty-four. Lucky me... After trying pretty much everything under the sun, from astringent scrubs to plain old water and all manner of this-and-that in between, I finally went to a dermatologist a few months ago (mind you I wouldn't have been able to go long before then for financial reasons, otherwise I likely would have). Got prescribed a gel that seems to work fairly well for me. I just have to remember to use it heavily twice a day, or else the acne will come back with a vengeance. It sucks, I tell you.

But yeah, I have a thing about picking at imperfections. Scabs, pimples, and any other weird little thing I find (even moles, and that never ends well) get the same treatment: claw at it until it's gone and left a big bloody spot in its place. And I do it to other people, too, if I can get away with it. But I've been getting better about that and not doing it so much, because while sometimes it does actually help, sometimes it just makes things worse and I definitely don't need any scabs or scars on my face.