Why Is 28 The New 16?

So here I am in my late 20's and I feel like it is picture day on the first day of high school all over again. I am suffering from adult acne. Zits, pimples, blemishes, blackheads, whiteheads, call them what you want, I had a horrible breakout this week. Perhaps due to stress or depression or maybe the weather change, who knows.

To make matters worse, the breakout only adds to my stress, which causes me to breakout even more. What a vicious cycle.

What's worse is that adults are just as cruel as kids. I mean I felt the stares from people at work, on the train and at the gym. Oh the gym, what a horrible place with all its mirrored surfaces. I couldn't even hide from my ugly mug.

I spent over one hour in the drugstore last night attempting to find the magic cure that would clear up my skin. I am sure one product works as well as the next but I hoped to make an educated purchase. Where is “consumer reports” when you need them? I mean you hear all the testimonials on the TV infomercials for that wonder treatment (you know the one used by Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson and even P. Diddy). But does it really work? Does any of it work?

I settled on a face wash with salicylic acid, a honey and vitamin C facemask, and a spot cream with 10 % benzoyl peroxide. Hopefully my face will cooperate and I’ll be able to face the world again. Or perhaps it will just get worse from all those scary chemicals.