Post by Chris* on May 25, 2016 10:20:15 GMT -5
I KNOW what you are all talking about -- those awful and EVIL white tubey-white-thingys!!
My daughter first got them. She's a "picker", so that's when it got really bad. Then I started getting them--mine aren't exactly like hers, but very similar. I scratched my cheek and that's all it took!! They multiplied!! They were painful as HELL--unless you are lucky enuf to get the "tubey-thingy" out!! And THAT just isn't a simple task, either. The timing is key or they WILL NOT come out!! I first had them on my L. cheek, then my forehead, and then my R. cheek. My forehead finally healed and my L. cheek healed. My R. cheek healed, too, until it flared up again--that was almost a year ago. It's STILL a mess!! It doesn't matter if I mess with it or not. Those evil things just get worse. And it hurts--to even lay my face on the pillow!! Yes, I know you aren't supposed to "pick", but I get to the point "I DON'T CARE" -- I just want them ALL OUT!! I'm 64 years old and have never had this before. My daughter thinks hormones have a lot to do with it, and since I live with her, eventho I'm done with menopause, that bcuz we are 2 women living together that our monthly cycle is alike. I'm not convinced of all that. I just know that this SUCKS!! I'm too darn old to be having this crap!! I can't believe there's not a doctor or someone who has identified this problem--AND tried to fix it!! It is SOOoo depressing, SO debilitating, SO nasty!!!! I just can't believe no-one has addressed this?!?! There's got to be something that can be done. I'm SOOoo sick of it!! Tomorrow I'm calling a dermatologist and making 2 appts.--one for each of us!! My daughters face is ruined!! I know she's got a picking problem, so do I, but THIS?? It's ridiculous!! There seems NO HOPE for us!! Except to live with it and quite frankly I am DONE with it!! My daughter DID go to a dermatologist a few years ago with skin issues and the Dr. & the nurse made fun of her!!!! They actually laughed at her!! Real professional, huh?!!! She reported it. Nothing came of it. It WAS the Dr. himself who laughed, so no surprise there.
Please know that you are not alone!! You will all be in my
thots & prayers -- and I will be praying for a resolution to this awful and degrading condition. If you need to talk, I will listen~
May God Bless you~
Chris*
My daughter first got them. She's a "picker", so that's when it got really bad. Then I started getting them--mine aren't exactly like hers, but very similar. I scratched my cheek and that's all it took!! They multiplied!! They were painful as HELL--unless you are lucky enuf to get the "tubey-thingy" out!! And THAT just isn't a simple task, either. The timing is key or they WILL NOT come out!! I first had them on my L. cheek, then my forehead, and then my R. cheek. My forehead finally healed and my L. cheek healed. My R. cheek healed, too, until it flared up again--that was almost a year ago. It's STILL a mess!! It doesn't matter if I mess with it or not. Those evil things just get worse. And it hurts--to even lay my face on the pillow!! Yes, I know you aren't supposed to "pick", but I get to the point "I DON'T CARE" -- I just want them ALL OUT!! I'm 64 years old and have never had this before. My daughter thinks hormones have a lot to do with it, and since I live with her, eventho I'm done with menopause, that bcuz we are 2 women living together that our monthly cycle is alike. I'm not convinced of all that. I just know that this SUCKS!! I'm too darn old to be having this crap!! I can't believe there's not a doctor or someone who has identified this problem--AND tried to fix it!! It is SOOoo depressing, SO debilitating, SO nasty!!!! I just can't believe no-one has addressed this?!?! There's got to be something that can be done. I'm SOOoo sick of it!! Tomorrow I'm calling a dermatologist and making 2 appts.--one for each of us!! My daughters face is ruined!! I know she's got a picking problem, so do I, but THIS?? It's ridiculous!! There seems NO HOPE for us!! Except to live with it and quite frankly I am DONE with it!! My daughter DID go to a dermatologist a few years ago with skin issues and the Dr. & the nurse made fun of her!!!! They actually laughed at her!! Real professional, huh?!!! She reported it. Nothing came of it. It WAS the Dr. himself who laughed, so no surprise there.
Please know that you are not alone!! You will all be in my
thots & prayers -- and I will be praying for a resolution to this awful and degrading condition. If you need to talk, I will listen~
May God Bless you~
Chris*