Societal views around acne are changing. Teenage boys and girls are wearing Starface zit stickers like badges of honor, and unfiltered influencers show their spots to the world without an ounce of shame. I know no one wants pimples, but it’s impressive to see people who no longer allow it to disrupt their lives.
Meanwhile, when I was in high school, I once made my mom pick me up early because my foundation was sweating off and I didn’t bring my makeup bag that day.
That’s right, I asked my mom to leave work, come to my school, and bring me home because I was embarrassed about my skin.
Does embarrassed even cover it? I honestly felt like my acne was holding me hostage. It called the shots, kept me hidden (behind a thick layer of coverup), and refused to back down.
I’m glad our feelings around acne are changing, but as someone who grew up in the era of the Noxzema girl, it made me feel ugly and insecure. It elbowed and bullied its way into every part of my life – even into adulthood.
Old acne can leave us with physical scars as well as emotional ones. For the majority of my twenties and thirties, I was on a single-minded mission to make the redness & discoloration of my teenage acne disappear. I tried everything on the shelf, behind the pharmacy counter, and even tried my hand at homemade recipes.
Exactly five years ago (almost to the day), I finally found it. My miracle cream.
The miraculous cure? MSM cream! There are tons of brands out there with MSM cream, but the one I swear by is from Skin Food Fix. It has multiple uses, but it works wonders on redness and scarring from old acne. There is a lot more science to it but, according to the website, MSM plays a vital role in skin repair and collagen production – often lacking in our bodies.
A couple of years ago, I was getting a facial and the esthetician said, “You have great skin, no acne…” and once she said no acne I just BLACKED. OUT. and didn’t hear the rest. I had been hiding behind makeup for my whole life, too scared to let any of the redness show – and in that singular, blissful moment I felt SO free.
I am recommending this miracle cream because I hope that it will help someone – a teen, a mom like me, or even a 90-year-old who is still on the journey to make peace with – and even love – their skin. I hope it works as well for you as it did for me. Happy healing! Receive 15% off with the code Courtneymsm on the Skin Food Fix website.
