Couple of things: one, I had moderate to uh... upper moderate acne all throughout high school. Looking back, I'm POSITIVE that it killed a lot of chances I had throughout my years there. I had the personality, the basic good looks, etc, but breakouts would bring me way down. I mean, there's no denying it... acne looks ****in' awful. When I see a chick with really bad acne, that's a pretty huge turn-off right there.
Luckily for me, over the counter clearasil plus a bit of a change in diet cleared me up pretty good by about halfway through my first year of college. I still, to this day, get a few zits now and then... I never really break out, but sometimes I'll wake up and have a monster on my face or upper lip. You can still sorta see the faded remains of acne from long ago on one side of my face, unfortunately, from the days when I did nothing to cure my breakouts. It's slowly fading, but I don't think it'll be fully gone for another year at least. At least people don't look at me now and say "there's a guy with acne". I only get problem spots every once in a while, and that's downright awesome compared to where I used to be.
Anyway, the thing that should be a good cheer-up for you is that I have a friend that has what I would call upper moderate to bad acne, but otherwise good facial structure, etc, who I introduced to a rather attractive co-worker of mine 11 months ago (maybe an HB-low-7). Well this month they are celebrating their 11 month anniversary, and despite the fact that everyone tells her she's dating beneath her league, he still bangs her every night, so whaddya want me to tell you. There's hope... just exude confidence, maybe you'll find a girl that doesn't care. Besides that, drink tons of water, find different doctors, and keep your chin up. One day this won't be a problem anymore, my friend.
Oh yeah, one postscript. I blame misrepresentation in the media of acne for all our woes. Movies and TV show only the clearest of the clear-skinned, but how many people have acne in real life?? Tons! The media portrays this unrealistic ideal that is representative only of the minority (of teens that is).
Okay, I'm stepping off my soapbox now.
