Picture this: it is the night before family wedding and you are brushing your teeth. Then you see it. A deep, red, painful bump right on your chin, like it’s been living there for a week and just decided to introduce itself. I’ve been there more than once. The first time I did what most … Read more
There’s a unique kind of frustration that comes with cystic acne. You actually feel it before you can even see it — a hard, tender lump building up under your skin. Usually a day or two before it fully forms. Unlike a normal pimple that rises to the surface, forms a head and clears up … Read more
I still remember standing in front of my bathroom mirror at 2 am. pressing an ice cube against painful lump on my jaw that hadn’t fully surfaced yet. It wasn’t a normal pimple — it was deep, angry and throbbing under the skin almost like it had its own heartbeat. If you’ve dealt with cystic … Read more
Honestly, I still remember that morning like it was yesterday — finding that first cyst on my chin. Not a pimple. A cyst. Deep, red, throbbing — the kind that hurts even when nobody’s touching it. I was 26 at the time. Way past the age I figured I’d have “grown out of” acne by. … Read more