This is Scary. And Gross. And Painful

*Updated*

And personal. And adolescent.

I started doing an oil cleansing method for my skin. Not a good idea. In this photo I thought my skin was bad. So I stopped. Then I started to use other "natural" and store bought stuff.

And things got worse.

12/8/2012
And worse. So I started taking a homeopathic herbal supplement called Clearin.
Where the skin was good, it was GOOD. I used 2 bottles in 3 weeks at $25 a pop.

and worse....


Tea tree oil for open sores, aka popped pimples.

Slather on the Benzoyl Peroxide


Couldn't afford the supplements anymore. So I stopped taking them.


Then I started antibiotics. And a couple sessions of accupuncture. And light therapy.



Slightly better....

Raging Hormones....all has exploded.

And present day. Continuing light treatments (thanks to a gracious friend who isn't charging me for them).

So, there's my dirty little embarassing secret.

Update* Things are clearning up, slowly but surely. It looks worse than it is. Most of the redness is just discolored skin. I do have blemishes, but not nearly as many, or as painful ones. I suppose God wanted me to learn to be grateful for the health and beauty I had (have).