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Fionna Lee

How Acne can Affect Someone's Life?


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Having acne on the face is normal nowadays in which people from all walks of life will have experienced especially in this generation. Acne is a skin condition in which we will have red pimples that do not look good on our faces. Many people have been trying to get rid of acne but it is a Herculean's task if they do not use the correct method. In order to get rid of acne, we must first know the causes and effects of having acne. There are a few causes and effects of how acne will affect someone's life.


As the younger generation nowadays like to stay up late at night which causes them to not have enough sleep, this has been a major cause of having acne on their faces. Most of them like to stay up late to do the things they like as they think that night is the time when their parents are asleep and they are out of their parents' sight. Hence, they can do whatever they want such as playing online games, watching dramas, or even chatting with friends for the whole night. However, when they keep on burning midnight oil every night, they will end up not getting enough sleep the next day. Sleep deprivation will cause stress and bad conditions and this is how the acne formed. If they do not take good care of it and continue staying up late at night, their skin condition will become worse. They will then regret staying up late. Although there are many reasons that lead to having acne, having not enough sleep is the major cause of it.

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Furthermore, having a lot of acne on the face will affect one's appearance. They will not look as pretty as before having acne all over the face. People might make jokes about those who have acne on their faces as it does not look good. Cyberbullying might occur and it will cause a huge impact on the victim mentally and physically. The victim might lose confidence and become low self-esteem as they will judge themselves on their look. They will not be as cheerful as before and they might even end up having depression. Some might even hurt themselves as they cannot accept their bad skin conditions. For instance, they might commit suicide as some people really care about their profile. Therefore, it is obvious that having acne will badly affect one's appearance.


To cope with the problem of having acne on the face, some people will choose to put on makeup to cover the acne. The foundation will help to cover all the acne and the makeup help to beautify the person. This will help the individual to build confidence and they will be happier as they do not have to afraid that people will judge them because of having acne on their faces. On the other hand, putting on makeup in a long run will cause the skin condition to become worse as the chemical substances in the makeup will corrode the skin. This will make the skin worse and will have more acne. As a result, the individual will have to put on more and more makeup to cover all the acne. Although putting on makeup can overcome the problem of having a bad appearance, it is not a good method to be used in a long run.

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As a result, the individual will have to put on makeup for the rest of his or her life for her to feel confident. They can only gain confidence when they are putting on makeup. They will feel insecure and afraid to face other people without their makeup on as they already used to having makeup on. However, others might have trust issues with them at the same time as they are always putting makeup on and not in their true form. Apart from that, the individual will have to afford a lot of money on cosmetics. As they are relying on makeup, they have to buy a lot of cosmetics products. In addition, the products that they buy have to be branded and of a high standard so that their skin will not become worse due to cheap and low-quality products. Hence, it is undeniably true that these individuals will have to put on makeup to help them build confidence in the long run.


It may be said without fear of contradiction that having acne will badly affect someone's life. Hence, we must take good care of our skin so that we will not have to worry about having acne all over our face and we will not have to cry over spilled milk.




Written by Fionna Lee

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