My 30's

“Do You Have Any Stress?”

August 17, 2010 at 10:54 am Leave a comment

In the last year or so, putting on makeup or doing my hair in the mirror has become a real struggle for me. It’s not the MAC makeup or the recent switch in shampoo that depresses me.  It is the fact that I’m starting not to recognize the face staring back at me.

Not only do I notice the appearance of those fine lines and wrinkles the television is always warning me about, but these ‘strange’ red bumps have begun appearing around my jaw line.

Great, I now have the skin of a pubescent teenager with the crows feet and laugh lines of a middle-aged woman. Real funny, higher power above.

After months of struggling with acne skin care products, changing makeup, switching moisturizer, all to no avail (and at the strong suggestion of my boyfriend), I finally decided to go see a dermatologist.

As I walked into the doctor’s office and checked in with the front desk, I looked around at all the assistants with glowing radiant skin. Not one of them had a red bump, laugh line or dark hairs growing from their chin. It must be nice to work at a dermatologist’s office, I thought to myself.

“So, how long have you been struggling with acne?” the doctor asked.

“Maybe six months or so,” I answered.

After going through the many causes of adult acne, the doctor then asks…

“Do you have any stress?”

Hmmm. Let’s see…. in the last six months I was miserable working at a job I couldn’t stand, I was juggling life as a single mom… I quit my ‘koosh’ job to follow my dreams of starting a business, moved in with my boyfriend, sold most of my belongings to fit into his house, enrolled my son in kindergarten, started working on being a entrepeneur with absolutely no income…

Nope! No stress, doc.  None at all.

So, I’m hoping the prescription for the antibiotics and topical cream will not only clear up my ever aging skin…but will clear up this hectic crazy life I’m living at the moment!! 

(hence the lack of posts lately!)

Entry filed under: Beauty & Fitness, Being A Single Mom, Getting Old. Tags: beauty, being 30, getting older, stress.