Health: Today, I followed an acne treatment. It was only after I'd finished...

By Painfulfaceforme - 14/03/2010 02:30 - Canada

Today, I followed an acne treatment. It was only after I'd finished the treatment that I read the bottom line, stating "Do not scrub your face". I only had one pimple to start with, now it looks like I sandpapered my face. FML

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By Tingly - 16/08/2010 03:12 - United States

Today, I realized that that tingly feeling on my face when I put a new combination of acne wash, acne medication, and my usual moisturizer on was not, in fact, "it working." It was slowly peeling away the top layer of skin. I look and feel sunburned. I also still have acne and oily skin. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/03/2010 05:04 - United States

Today, I was applying some acne ointment. The directions said, "Apply a thin layer, covering the entire affected area." In other words, for me: My entire face. Lovely. FML

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By greeple - 10/09/2012 16:19 - Singapore

Today, I decided to clean my face of unwanted visitors, and spent my shower popping the pimples on my cheeks. Twenty minutes later, I remembered that I was showering ahead of a date with my girlfriend. My cheeks now look like the crater-filled surface of Mars. FML

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By RedFaced - 27/05/2016 00:11 - Netherlands - Capelle Aan Den Ijssel

Today, I discovered the effect the cream has that my mom gave me. It was for my acne and it worked, in a way. Instead of having a lot of little pimples, I now just have a few gigantic ones. FML

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Irony

By DeepCleanAcne - 02/09/2017 20:00

Today, I found out that my intense acne is actually an allergic reaction to the "deep clean" product I've been using to reduce it. I've been using this product for the past ten years. Ten years of suffering through "acne" could have been easily avoided. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/06/2011 17:30 - United States

Today, I woke up to find that not only did the toothpaste I put on my pimple make it more noticable, but it made it worse. FML

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Routine maintenance

By xXCHCKXx - 25/08/2023 08:00 - United States

Today, and for the past few days, my skin has been all blotchy and messed up so I tried a new face mask that was supposed to peel off easily. It ended up sticking to my skin like glue. I spent hours in front of the mirror trying to peel it off, one painful sliver at a time. FML

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By pizzaface - 15/03/2010 11:50 - United States

Today, I looked at my face to see if my new age-defying lotion was working. My skin does look younger, it's covered in pimples like a teenager's. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/01/2014 18:38 - United States - Canton

Today, I'm now able to put my acne cream on my face without having to look in the mirror, because I've memorized the crater and trench-filled war zone that is my acne-riddled face. FML

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By Zit-Blues - 04/01/2010 13:50 - United States

Today, I had a large pimple on my temple. I decided to try the whole "put toothpaste on the zit to make it dry up" technique that all the magazines say to do. Not only is my pimple still there, but the toothpaste irritated my skin and my already large pimple now appears three times bigger. FML

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jif_fml 0

Sunday 14 March 2010 9:31

if you only had one pimple, why would you have put the treatment all over your face anyway? obvious YDI.

JonathanG_fml 0

Sunday 14 March 2010 9:01

always read the bottle first. YDI

Comments

SamIsSoaked 0

Monday 15 March 2010 8:53

RTFM!!!!

dancingxthexmoon 0

Monday 15 March 2010 10:23

88 I agree. 85 ur a immature dick who spoils the funof fml comments by talking about ur gay grudge. get a life.

metalhead256 0

Tuesday 16 March 2010 0:06

well organized chaos if you knew my side of the story almost every fml i go to snick is psm'ing all over it so stop being a panzy

skgirl 0

Tuesday 16 March 2010 7:28

imma call you sandpaper face ya sound good...read things first your fault

tayza249 20

Friday 8 April 2011 13:44

one pimple is NOT acne! acne sufferers have pimples and redness all over their face and also commonly their backs and other places on their bodies. you have one pimple, and as many people have said, you don't need acne medication. leave it alone for a few days and it should dry up and fall off.

Madstar744 0

Saturday 16 April 2011 15:10

I'm sure you'd rather acne on your face, back, chest and arms... Poor thing :(

Madstar744 0

Saturday 16 April 2011 15:20

People that actually have acne and have tried everything probably don't appreciate you calling one pimple "acne".

michael38 2

Sunday 15 May 2011 11:25

it's so funny how people get so over the top on this website and really try and empathise with the person, or do the other thing like that stupid snick girl and assume she's better than them, snick, stfu.