My MIL is very worried these days. A wedding in the family is up and coming while my face has become the land of eruptions, yet again. Well, its one of those phases (that comes back every month, almost) where one after the other numerous, ugly, painful, irritating, beauty defying pimples pop up all over my face. It starts with this one nasty boil in a corner and before I realize and get serious about battling it, I have this whole army of resistant reddies stationing themselves at the most impossible places on my face. Between the eyebrows and under the chin and the most embarrassing of them all, right at the tip of the nose (thanks for those "I know how that feels").
And I have been battling with these pain causers for many many years now. All through school and college and job (and even today when I am married and 27), they have been scheming to bring my confidence down every single month. Ofcourse I have tried all means from boroline to clove to sandalwood to doctor prescribed medicines to toothpaste to face washes to scrubs to expensive facials to curd to fruits to water to nothing at all. And all in vain quite obviously. Someone even told me today to rub a clean finger on a pimple for it to go away. If Only.
So, ultimately one needs to build a shield (mental shield) to live with this trauma. To bear the embarrassment of showing up at parties with a pimple for a beauty spot or the disgusting looks from the passerbys (most irritating are the looks of the aunties at family functions). To be not affected when referred to as the girl with pimples on her face. Very early on I decided that I wont let a meager pimple ( or 10) on my face to dampen my spirits and lower my confidence. Even today I put my best face forward in the wake of adversity. But who am I fooling. It hurts to see girls with clear skins and I still buy each product in the market that claims to cure my problem.
But I am fighting on, have not given up and have sworn to see the other side of it. I am still hopeful, there will be a time in my life where there will be no pimples and I will be able to say yes to any outing without thinking twice and I will stop avoiding certain relatives and finally I will be able to use the countless creams that (I buy and not use) are lying in my closet without the worries of another one of the dreaded race popping up. Here's wishing you all a very happy pimple free year ahead!! CIAO!!
And I have been battling with these pain causers for many many years now. All through school and college and job (and even today when I am married and 27), they have been scheming to bring my confidence down every single month. Ofcourse I have tried all means from boroline to clove to sandalwood to doctor prescribed medicines to toothpaste to face washes to scrubs to expensive facials to curd to fruits to water to nothing at all. And all in vain quite obviously. Someone even told me today to rub a clean finger on a pimple for it to go away. If Only.
So, ultimately one needs to build a shield (mental shield) to live with this trauma. To bear the embarrassment of showing up at parties with a pimple for a beauty spot or the disgusting looks from the passerbys (most irritating are the looks of the aunties at family functions). To be not affected when referred to as the girl with pimples on her face. Very early on I decided that I wont let a meager pimple ( or 10) on my face to dampen my spirits and lower my confidence. Even today I put my best face forward in the wake of adversity. But who am I fooling. It hurts to see girls with clear skins and I still buy each product in the market that claims to cure my problem.
But I am fighting on, have not given up and have sworn to see the other side of it. I am still hopeful, there will be a time in my life where there will be no pimples and I will be able to say yes to any outing without thinking twice and I will stop avoiding certain relatives and finally I will be able to use the countless creams that (I buy and not use) are lying in my closet without the worries of another one of the dreaded race popping up. Here's wishing you all a very happy pimple free year ahead!! CIAO!!
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