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It's Acne Awareness Month! I Celebrate by Recapping my year in Bad Skin

There's a new app out of skin-obsessed Japan designed to document your every pore! Fun right? Looking back, it turns out I've actually been tracking my own skin since September when I was first hit with nasty bout of acne.

Why would anyone want to commemorate their breakouts, you ask? I don't know, it's strangely gratifying to watch their progression and in the practical sense, skin pics help to track pimple patterns.

Had you told me last fall that I would end up sharing my creepy collection of face shots, I would have called you a liar. Never, never, never! Alas, nearly a year later, I've drank the xoJane self-acceptance Kool-Aid.

Happy Acne Awareness Month (or every month of my life)!

Julie

Jun 7, 2012 | 119 comments

  • 9/20/11: Clayton took this picture the week that I joined xoJane. My skin broke out in a mysterious rash that I hid under this hat.

  • 10/10/11: This cheek breakout popped up in October and stuck around for the rest of 2011.

  • 11/5/11: Here it is again, still hanging on in November.

  • 12/8/11: In an act of desperation, I try extractions and a chemical peel...

  • 12/8/11: Only to reveal a full face breakout that takes several weeks to clear.

  • 12/27/11: Here are the unstoppable left-side cheek spots again, later that month.

  • 1/10/12: "Can't stop, won't stop," says my acne.

  • 1/15/12: Post-shower skin is always the worst.

  • 2/23/12: This one was taken at Blow before a date, I think. It marks a rare moment in clear skin.

  • 4/23/12: Here I am at the glamorous Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel with spots and an alcohol allergy. Get in line boys!

  • 5/3/12: Miraculously clear-skinned, but a bit aggressive on the "strong brows."

  • 6/6/12: This month's pimples are all about the forehead region. 

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