FOR MY ENTIRE adolescence, I had perfect skin and I completely took it for granted.
Without very much effort at all, I was more or less spot-free for the vast majority of my teenage years, bar a couple of hormonal spots on my chin at certain stages of my cycle. When I hit 20, I was quite relieved that I had made it to the other side of my teens without suffering with acne. I had been on high alert, because some of my family members had pretty bad acne as teenagers.
However, in the autumn of 2016, I developed adult acne, quite suddenly. What a treat. Until it happened, I had been pretty ignorant about the whole thing and assumed that most adults were just suffering with the same acne that they had been diagnosed with as teenagers.
I’m posting them lol I had an idea of not covering my acne so I thought why not put star stickers on top of them&then my foundation especially since right now I’m struggling with a lot of break outs but at the same time I want to do makeup so I hope y’all like! it made me happy pic.twitter.com/KzgaDeuWZs
— Rocioceja💫 (@Rocioceja_) September 17, 2018
My diagnosis with acne coincided with the increasingly popularity of Instagram MUAs and influencers, many of which began to gear their Instagrams in the direction of acne positivity.
We won’t go all Bloggers Unveiled, but at this stage we all know that people can basically portray themselves whatever way they like on the internet. So, naturally it’s pretty refreshing to see people flaunting their acne and acne scars on Instagram and Youtube.
It’s easy to see why it should make you feel better about having acne. You’re supposed to think, “If someone else can be proud of it, then why can’t I?” But does it actually make a difference?
