i boycotted that shit when he came out and have survived just fine.

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Be proud of your acne scars? I mean, really?

It's completely different from the scar I have on my nose from my bike accident as a kid, or the scar on the my chin from splitting it wide open on a slippery pool floor.

Those are stories. Life experiences.

But what are acne scars? Feeling ugly every single day you look in the mirror. At least that's the way I feel.

And honestly, I feel the same way about my stretch marks. I mean, it's great that people think they're tiger stripes or oh so cute (I've seen women refer to them as this), by mine make me gag.

Funniest thing is I can't wear them as "badges of honor" from pregnancy (which I never want to experience anyways). Or from growing up into a woman. They're from BEFORE puberty. Lucky, huh?

I was just left with shitty skin from the very beginning. So excuse me if I'm not proud. Because I'm ashamed. And that's as valid as what anyone else feels.

Yeah, I'm cranky today.

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I already have acne scars, blemishes, and pick at my skin.

I think having chicken pox would probably make me go nuts.

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And now? I love it. It's admittedly faded quite a bit and is still very visible but not as red and raised, but I just stopped giving a shit a few years ago and now it's one of my favorite features. If anything, it makes me look like a badass and guys think it's sexy. I always wanted a tattoo for a long time, but now I have something way cooler with an awesome story behind it.

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I ended up scratching and picking at my arms until I bled everywhere from them.

Needless to say, I don't like my scars as they do nothing but remind me of that.

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And yeah, mine doesn't exactly remind me of flowers and puppies either - people ask about it all the time and it gets annoying to explain the whole story over & over and be constantly reminded that I am still sick and could still very likely die from this disease at some point. But whatever, you know? It's part of who I am now, even though it took me a long time to accept the fact that this illness doesn't own my body - I do.

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"In regards to scars, I wish people wouldn't be so insecure about them. Am I the only one's who wears my scars like a badge of honor..."



Yes, you spoke about scars in general terms, but it wasn't really odd that I read that to include acne scars, since you were responding to a quote about acne scars. I mean you said, "I get that acne scars are different as they are more visible BUT", and it's just really not a "but", it's completely different. You used a quote that was about *acne scars* to talk about how people should wear their scars as a "badge of honor." They are not my badge of honor!

I wasn't really upset in response to your post! I mean no hard feelings, I get that most people probably have no idea what it feels like, so I just wanted to share how different of an experience it is to have acne scars vs. scars from a childhood or adult accident. And a lot of people do tend to get dysmorphia over their acne and scars, so I mean, as far as that goes I wish I could stop stressing over "little imperfections." But I have had a parent point me out in a grocery store to his son and say "scarface", and I have gone from feeling like a hot young woman to a completely unattractive person in my 20's. And I really tried almost everything and nothing could cure my cystic acne. Thank god for makeup. It's just a really shitty thing to experience and maybe not the best topic to start talking about how everyone should love their (completely different!) scars.

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and sorry about that scarface comment that's just rude and disgusting, ugh the gall of some people.

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There are of course internet forums for everything (acne treatment boards), so I can see I'm not alone in this near dysmorphia, I think it's a pretty common (though sad) reaction to acne scars. Of course, people who are more neurotic about it probably read and post on those sites! But some people get suicidal over them, it is sad, and I'm not sure it's just a "different strokes" type of thing either. It's hard to watch your face slowly become destroyed. There are many things I accept about my figure and other physical flaws, but I think this is just one of those things that is harder to just "get over" than anyone can realize.

And yes, this did get a little too TMI, and you probably won't even read this, but I think a lot of people don't realize the emotional toll having these scars can take on people!

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Come on. He's defending his wife, and himself. I don't see anything wrong with what he wrote on his blog.

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