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Readers Respond: How Has Acne Affected Your Life?
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By Angela Palmer, About.com

Updated June 17, 2009

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From the article: Acne and Your Self Esteem

Not all acne scars are ones you can see. Although acne is a skin problem, the effects of acne can extend much deeper. For many, acne negatively influences their self-esteem and self-image.

How has having acne affected you?

Are you less confident and more reserved? Do you spend more time (and money) on makeup, or run from family photo-ops? Or has acne not changed the way you feel about yourself at all? Share your thoughts, feelings, and what you do to boost your self-esteem.

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Emotional Healing and Acne

I suffered with acne from age 11 to age 24, there was nothing that worked. For a few years my doctor advised a drug called 'Clindamycin' which got rid of the acne fast enough but was addictive because the acne came back every time I stopped. Eventually I stopped because I found I was slowly putting on weight every time I was on clindamycin. At age 24 I asked my teacher (energy field practitioner) to treat me for acne and he did - successfully. Before he even started treating my energy field with medicine (the same medicine I now prepare), my acne was already lessening because of his emotional healing advice. He encouraged me to be aware of what I was feeling. I realized I'd been suppressing my emotions over the years, because of peer pressure and family pressure and so on. It's as if I needed some sort of mental go ahead to even know what I was feeling in my heart or sensing. My teacher helped me get rid of that attitude and my face absolutely cleared up.
—kayce2009

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