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Okay, so I'm hoping some of you will be able to relate to this (otherwise I'll be very embarrassed), but does anyone have poor personal hygiene? If we're going to be honest, I definitely do. Showering is a chore for me. When I'm at school, I shower every evening, but on holidays... I can go for up to a week without showering. I wash my face and brush my teeth before I sleep, but not when I wake up. I used to skip brushing my teeth, too, but as I get older, I realise more and more how important it is to care for your teeth. You only get one set, after all (yeah, I know, rich coming from someone who only brushes once a day). I do brush twice a day whilst at school, however. On the holidays, I basically spend every hour of the day on the computer. I wake up anywhere between 1-4pm, get on the computer and go to bed somewhere between 3-6:30am. When I wake up, literally the first thing I do is turn on the computer. I don't even go to the bathroom or get a drink or even breakfast. Nothing. I don't even get changed. I spend the whole day in my pajamas. I don't go outside because I feel so disgusting. My hair's gross. I don't know how to care for it! I wash it, but it doesn't seem to do much. Every time I go to the hairdresser, she looks at my hair like I've just come in with a terminal illness and washes my hair for free. That's how bad. My skin's gross, too. I get pimples. It's not acne or anything, but I pick at them with tweezers. Problem is, it's scarring. That's making me even more self-conscious. When I watch TV, I see how close they zoom in on the star's faces and wonder how that could ever be me at this rate. I hope it's not too late and that my skin could possibly repair itself (I'm 16). I don't know how to look after my skin. I tried Proactiv Solution. It worked at first and I was over the moon. I couldn't remember ever feeling so confident. However, taking my great new skin for granted, I stopped using it consistently and the effects wore off. I never got back into a solid routine of it. I tried, but it was like I had built a tolerance to it or something. I want to see a dermatologist about it, but I'm afraid that it's not serious enough and s/he won't offer me a decent solution. Kind of like falling over and going to the emergency room. I was also thinking off going to a dermatologist, but I'm worried they'll think I'm totally disgusting. They're so well-groomed. They'd be horrified! So yeah, I don't know what to do about my skin and hair, it's really dragging my self-esteem down. I have more problems, but I've actually got to go now. I'll add to this later. ...If I get any replies.
Is anyone else 'falling apart'? Even if it's not as bad as me.
Is anyone else 'falling apart'? Even if it's not as bad as me.