Whiskers, zits and other facial anomalies

Before I had these babies I had great skin. I never had acne as a teenager (before you think you would have hated me as a teenager I had the frizziest hair in history and braces....good skin was the only thing I had going for me!). I am now sprouting the weirdest things all over my face! I really did cut myself some slack after having the twins because I know hormones can cause all kinds of weird things, but c'mon! My babies are almost ONE! The other day I found a giant whisker growing out of my chin! What am I, someone's grandma? Is this just the magic of turning thirty? Or did these babies make my face spontaneously grow whiskers?! I have gotten more zits in the past year than I have in my entire life up to this point. And the irony is now I have less time to put make-up on to cover it all than I ever have up to this point. Arrrggghhhh. My face is just blotchy and gross. What is a girl to do? Heeeelllllllllllllppppp!!

Reyna

 

no advice here, but i feel you on the great skin all your life to the most spontaneous, biggest zits! UGh, so annoying!

 

QUOTE(mrsfussypants @ Apr 7 2008, 02:37 AM) [snapback]708351[/snapback]
Before I had these babies I had great skin. I never had acne as a teenager (before you think you would have hated me as a teenager I had the frizziest hair in history and braces....good skin was the only thing I had going for me!). I am now sprouting the weirdest things all over my face! I really did cut myself some slack after having the twins because I know hormones can cause all kinds of weird things, but c'mon! My babies are almost ONE! The other day I found a giant whisker growing out of my chin! What am I, someone's grandma? Is this just the magic of turning thirty? Or did these babies make my face spontaneously grow whiskers?! I have gotten more zits in the past year than I have in my entire life up to this point. And the irony is now I have less time to put make-up on to cover it all than I ever have up to this point. Arrrggghhhh. My face is just blotchy and gross. What is a girl to do? Heeeelllllllllllllppppp!!

Reyna


No zits, but my skin was/is SO different during pregnancy and after, and not just my face. I had never had a mole in my entire life until I was pregnant, but was covered w/ skin tags & moles when I was. They've basically just dried up and went away but there are still remnants, it drives me nuts! I found some really long, fine, white-(what the ?) hairs on my stomach near my navel, eww! Seriously I pulled one off that had to have been over an inch long, and I am not a hairy person. Ever since I had the babies last June I've had this weird quarter-sized splotchy spot on the top of my left foot. What's weird is it isn't even my skin, it's underneath the skin and looks like burst blood vessels. But as huge as my feet and ankles, er shall I say cankles, were, it doesn't surprise me...gosh it's going to look oh-so lovely when I wear sandals this summer

Oh, and about the turning 30 thing, I would say no - my skin never looked better than when I was in my 30's! I'm 42 now and still no whiskers, lol

 

Sounds like a hormone issue. Maybe talk to your doctor about getting your hormone levels checked. Are you still BF-ing? Until then there is always tinting moisturizer and wax.

 

QUOTE(Leighann @ Apr 7 2008, 12:39 PM) [snapback]708703[/snapback]
Sounds like a hormone issue. Maybe talk to your doctor about getting your hormone levels checked. Are you still BF-ing? Until then there is always tinting moisturizer and wax.


Yes I'm still Bf'ing...but weaning soon. Maybe that'll do the trick! But thank goodness for tinted moisturizer and wax!

Reyna

 

:rotflmbo: Oh the joys of motherhood, right! My skin also looks like whodunit and why. Just gross-pasty and dull and blemishes galore. And I have the whiskers too....eew! I usually manage to keep them under control, but every now and then, I'll think I'm whisker free only to get in the car under natural lighting and see that I've missed them! Of course this only happens when I'm going somewhere special and I have no tweezers on hand. Ugh! No suggestions other than a good facial waxing and maybe a deep pore facial every month or so. I can't afford them, but I know they work.

 

QUOTE(serranoboys @ Apr 7 2008, 02:35 PM) [snapback]708935[/snapback]
:rotflmbo: Oh the joys of motherhood, right! My skin also looks like whodunit and why. Just gross-pasty and dull and blemishes galore. And I have the whiskers too....eew! I usually manage to keep them under control, but every now and then, I'll think I'm whisker free only to get in the car under natural lighting and see that I've missed them! Of course this only happens when I'm going somewhere special and I have no tweezers on hand. Ugh! No suggestions other than a good facial waxing and maybe a deep pore facial every month or so. I can't afford them, but I know they work.



It's ALWAYS in the car that I noticed how badly my eyebrows need plucking, the dreaded whisker (how do I not notice them until they are like 2 inches long?) and how not blended my blush actually is.

Reyna

 

AMEN! I totally know where you're coming from. AHHHHHHHH

 

QUOTE(mrsfussypants @ Apr 7 2008, 03:00 PM) [snapback]708990[/snapback]
and how not blended my blush actually is.

Reyna

You're KILLING me! :rotflmbo: :rotflmbo: :rotflmbo: I mean seriously! I could swear I'm ready to be the star of the next MAC campaign when I'm in the bathroom only to find I actually look like Bobo the clown!

 

Oh I know what you are talking about. I have bumps all over my face and they are not even real pimples and the hair on my chin eeewwwww.

 

I have never had this problem, what are you talking about, is something wrong with you?

 

QUOTE(serranoboys @ Apr 7 2008, 03:17 PM) [snapback]709040[/snapback]
You're KILLING me! :rotflmbo: :rotflmbo: :rotflmbo: I mean seriously! I could swear I'm ready to be the star of the next MAC campaign when I'm in the bathroom only to find I actually look like Bobo the clown!


Now THAT was funny, I'm dying here

 

Grrrr I have found a few whiskers on my chin and my eyebrows need to be waxed more often it seems! And the pimples, I thought those were from drooling all over myself when I sleep!?!? ardon:

 

QUOTE(serranoboys @ Apr 7 2008, 11:17 AM) [snapback]709040[/snapback]
You're KILLING me! :rotflmbo: :rotflmbo: :rotflmbo: I mean seriously! I could swear I'm ready to be the star of the next MAC campaign when I'm in the bathroom only to find I actually look like Bobo the clown!

Ditto That and if i don't see it my boyfriend will definitely bring it to my attention.

 

I had terrible zits for the first 4 months after my girls were born. It got better after that, but it's still worse than it was before I got pg.

Where do I get a deep pore facial? Maybe DH is getting me that for Mother's Day.

 

QUOTE(Her Royal Jennyness @ Apr 7 2008, 04:22 PM) [snapback]709189[/snapback]
I have never had this problem, what are you talking about, is something wrong with you?




HA! :lol: Too funny! I guess there's some comfort in knowing I'm not the only one!

Reyna