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The story of how I overcame Acne. *A Thread*
2011 when the acne began. I kept popping this little zits on my face and I started getting dark spots.
2011 when the acne began. I kept popping this little zits on my face and I started getting dark spots.
I didn’t know what to do with myself, I was so lost and confused. These pimples kept coming..
2013 the acne had gotten to a point where I once got to a checkers counter and the cashier called all her friends to come look at me and then asked me what’s wrong with my face 
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I had few friends and once someone called me “rotten face”. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Loudly crying face" aria-label="Emoji: Loudly crying face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Loudly crying face" aria-label="Emoji: Loudly crying face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Loudly crying face" aria-label="Emoji: Loudly crying face">
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2014 I was referred to my dermatologist Dr vn der Walt. The best in Gauteng and he put me on Accutane. The side effects included skin sensitivity (got darker cos of the sun) , swolen pink lips and drastic weight loss
I was a whole freak and I was not bothered https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy" aria-label="Emoji: Face with tears of joy">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy" aria-label="Emoji: Face with tears of joy">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy" aria-label="Emoji: Face with tears of joy">
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The medication made lose so much weight that this was me in 2014. School kids started talking saying I have AIDS
2015 came along and things started looking better. I gained complexion thanks to Gentle Magic only https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😌" title="Relieved face" aria-label="Emoji: Relieved face">
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2016 started and I stopped taking Accutane.
The AIDS rumors stopped https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Loudly crying face" aria-label="Emoji: Loudly crying face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Red heart" aria-label="Emoji: Red heart">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥺" title="Pleading face" aria-label="Emoji: Pleading face">
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The boy started feeling himself https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy" aria-label="Emoji: Face with tears of joy">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy" aria-label="Emoji: Face with tears of joy">
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Kept eating, drank water and minded my own business while scrubbing the shit outta my face everydayhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☺️" title="Smiling face" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face">
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Here I was gaining weight. I started developing an appetite again and eating normally. My lips even started decreasing in size https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😅" title="Smiling face with open mouth and cold sweat" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with open mouth and cold sweat">
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2017 begins and I’m a whole new person... with confidence and some new clothes. Received “Hey Stranger” textshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥰" title="Smiling face with 3 hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with 3 hearts">
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It’s possible child. You too can get rid of all the confidence crushing spots/pimples on your face with the right treatment https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Loudly crying face" aria-label="Emoji: Loudly crying face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Loudly crying face" aria-label="Emoji: Loudly crying face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Loudly crying face" aria-label="Emoji: Loudly crying face">
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