Of course, the morning after I proclaim that I am acne-free for the first time, I wake up this morning with three neck pimples, which I pop and then end up with splotches on my neck for the whole day. What did I put on these to help them? Cortisone cream, people! Like they were [...]
Seriously, I am writing this post because this is the first time in TEN YEARS that I do not have even one pimple. I am attributing this to luck and coincidence, of course. Of course, I have totally been avoiding dairy (which has been hard, but I am sorry to say, is making a [...]
My new dermatologist seems to have this magical theory that dairy is what causes acne—in everyone, all the time. I think he says this to everyone who walks in the door with a zit. I humor him because at least once a month he fits me in for cortisone shots when hormone-related acne flare-ups make [...]