Cystic Acne Made Me Hate Myself

I cried every single time I looked in the mirror.

By Grace K. Bianco

TRIGGER WARNING: Talk of dark/suicidal thoughts

My lovely pics (-; Sorry for the up-close look, but I needed to show you all just how bad my acne was.

I went from having a blemish here and there to full blown cystic acne in 2020.

Acne was never a huge struggle of mine. In middle school and high school, I would breakout on my chin…