Although I cannot be bothered to wash my face on a daily basis,* I am excited to link to my friend's blog, Ask An Esthetician. She is a licensed esthetician who is giving out excellent (free!) advice on beauty, particularly skin care. I know that most women are not slovenly shlubs like me who wander around with uncombed (albeit usually clean) hair, un-moisturized skin, and legs and armpits that make them look like Chewbacca's midget sister, so I thought I'd do a public service promote her blog.
*Despite this gross habit, my skin is pretty clear. I am not sure why this is since in my pre-teens I was a horrid pizza face on the way to scars that would make Norriega look like a beauty queen. My mom insisted that I go to a dermatologist even though I protested, and the antibiotics he prescribed made a huge difference. (Thanks, Mom!)
After years of happy skin, I was covered with cyst-like zits in my early 20s. Another dermatologist gave me drugs, which did not work well, and he said I should consider Acutane as an option. No fucking way was I going on Acutane. In addition to requiring me to take birth control pills (which I was on anyway) and submit to regular pregnancy testing because it is so dangerous to fetal development, and cause hair and skin to fall out in chunks, it could cause people with depressive tendencies to commit suicide. I told him I'd rather be zitty than dead and fleshless.
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I'm glad your were zitty instead of dead and fleshless. I completely agree. I'm pretty sure we were both just zitty together as I'm pretty sure you wash your face (and hair) more than I do. Although I do believe that I may sometimes shave more than you do and I still insist on having the brows waxed a few times a year.
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I don't wash my face either, and I have what most consider to be beautiful skin. But that, like just about everything related to our physical being, is just genes and luck. And as I have blathered on about, I don't shave very often, either.
ReplyDeleteI don't wear make-up (regularly), and I have never done anything to my brows other than keep them from growing together.
Here's the odd part - I LOVE beauty products. I love lip-gloss and eye-shadow, scrubs, creams, and soaps. I have spasms of joy in places like LUSH and the Body Shop. I have more tubes of lipstick than a transvestite, but yet I never wear it. Because I know in my heart that I won't wear the stuff, I try to limit my spending to body wash and good smelling stuff.
I'm a freak.
I don't think you are a freak. I love stuff that smells good too. But I rarely buy it, as I am tempted to eat it...
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. Who was the first dermatologist? If he successfully treated you, then why did you go to the second doctor? Who was the second doctor? Coincidentally, I just saw a news item that stated that Acutane was "quietly" taken off the market this past July, but there is a generic form available with some of Acutane's ingredients.
ReplyDeleteAnd that is very interesting to hear about Accutane.
ReplyDeleteDr. Tancil was the first. He was successful for about 10 years, which I think is pretty good. You wouldn't know the second because I was in my 20s and living in NYC. I think the horrid acne was triggered by my emotional state at that time.
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