I am going through one of those phases where I can't help feeling sorry for myself......and I hate feeling like this. I like to look at myself as a positive person, but every now and again it just gets too much.
I suffer from PCOS and UC (ulcerative colitis). I haven't found much support on the Internet for UC, just one forum where everyone seems to ***** at each other... This site however is fantastic and even though I feel totally alone and could just sit and cry, I find support in reading your threads.
I am at my wits end with my acne and am looking at so many different ways that I can try to sort it out. I'm also worried about permanent scarring...as I am sure we all are. I'm even considering treatments I can't afford just to give them a go. I've tried all of the usual creams, vitamins, meds from the doc, but nothing helps...
I can't keep living like this, someone give me some hope.....
Thank you so much for your reply, it really means a lot. I always feel worse around my period so I guess it could be that, but I'm just getting so fed up of trying new things and nothing working. It's just hard to keep finding the energy to keep fighting. Being dx with UC in Jan didn't help, yet another problem to deal with...
Thanks for the link, I have forwarded it to myself at home to have a read through (I am sat at work at the moment).
I'd be interested to know about the chemical peel, I hope it goes ok.
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Have you tried using Tea Tree Oil for your acne? I started using it twice a day (3-5 drops on a cotton ball) and it really cleared up my acne. It was instant, but it did work. If you have really sensitive skin then you may want to dilute the cotton ball with water.
Another thing to consider is that sometime people have food sensitivities that they are unaware of and they get acne as a reaction to the food.
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Bethers, thanks for your reply. As you can probably tell, I am sat at work doing nothing, hence my quick replies!
I did use tea tree oil for a while but I found that it dried my skin out quite a bit and although the spots cleared up a bit faster, they hung around looking red for ages. Perhaps I should try using it with a bit of water as you suggest, see if that makes a difference. I was using it straight onto my skin before...
I have actually just sent off the York Test for food intolerances. It's expensive but I figured it might hold some answers and should also help my UC as well, so fingers crossed with that. I've been guessing with a number of foods for years, but this way I should find out as soon as I get the results back...
I do feel as though I am making progress with regards to trying new things, but then when I get a bad outbreak (like now) I just feel totally let down and fed up and that is when I feel as though I'll never find the answer. I just feel so paranoid about my skin all of the time.
I don't feel as though the doctors are helping me at all, they don't seem to understand and the specialists only give me 5 mins of their time every 6 months or so. My friends and family try to understand but unless you are there I don't think you can 100%. I'm just so glad I found this site.
Are you on bcp's? I had soooo much acne before I was diagnosed and bcp reeaally helped, my face is totally clear except for the occasional pimple and the blackheads!
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No I am not on any BCP. I tried Dianette for a few years to help my acne (before I was dx with PCOS), it helped initially but by the end my acne was back and my periods were a mess so I had to come off it. I was then dx.
Since then I've tried Yasmin, but the doc took me off after a month as I couldn't handle it and was a mess - my moods were all over the place, I would cry at nothing, I had bad tummy ache, sore bits and felt awful.
I could just cry 
