How long do I have to put up with ZITS!!

[LynneSin]

Ugh - I have a big one on my lower left chin. I'm in my freaking 30's and I have acne. Damn cat must have given it to me!!!

[2bfree]

1. I am pushing 40...........

and am still having break outs, ugh!

[GOPisEvil]

2. I still get them, too.

Damned oily skin! x( Sometimes I think that * will want to sell my face to the oil companies for drilling rights.

[President_G_W_Bush]

9. Where do you live?

I'll dispatch agents to collect you...

[GOPisEvil]

13. In your adopted home state.

I should be easy enough to find.

[President_G_W_Bush]

16. I'll tell my agents to follow the oil slick.

[GOPisEvil]

17. They should be used to that by now.

[nini]

29. Yes.. but you don't wrinkle like others - do you?

I've got the Portuguese somewhat oily skin from my dad. I have to fight the occasional blemish but don't have anything near the wrinkles others my age do.

My dad had great skin until the day he died. So, I'll put up with the breakouts to be this fabulously young looking :P

[Kathy in Cambridge]

3. I just turned 40 and I still get a 'monthly' zit

if you know what I mean. Here I am trying to fight wrinkles and I have to worry about a PMS boil on my face!

[VelmaD]

4. Don't blame the cat...

I'm in my 30s too and I still get stupid zits. No cat here to blame either.

When we were teenagers and they told us we would outgrow it...THEY LIED!

[LynneSin]

5. I blame the cat for everything

He just meows in agreement with me - cuddly sweet guy! And yes, he still has his acne too

:cry:

[WillParkinson]

7. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!

It's nice to know that I'm not alone in the near 40 adolescent stage!

[proud patriot]

6. My mom still gets one every now and again and she's in her 50s

:shrug:

[President_G_W_Bush]

8. You think YOU have problems?!

Just try taking over the world!

The stress of it has given me a pretty bad case.

Pickles does *not* like asspimples, BTW.

:nopity:

[ihaveaquestion]

10. Happens to everyone (well, almost). Wash your face

with Aveeno Clear Skin foaming cleanser every morning and you'll rarely have a problem any more. It's gentle and kills the bacteria that causes acne - which is always present no matter what you do! Other acne remedies work too, but this is the gentlest one I've found. Others cause irritation that leads to breakouts - for me, anyway.

[skypilot]

11. OK, this is as good a place as any...

...to share this, although you'll probably all wish thay I hadn't. For years I'd worked at jobs where I was on my feet most of the day. In fact, every job I've ever had involved standing. Anyway, at my current job I actually sit all day. For months I swear my ass must have had to adjust because I was getting the worst case of body acne--but only on my ass. To say that it was a pain in the ass is painfully obvious but it was. I think I've finally made the adjustment because the outbreaks have stopped.

[Kolesar]

12. I'm 43 and I still have to use benzoyl peroxide evry day

Oxy-wash and coat the problem areas with oxy-10. I wish I could find 5%.

My father had young looking skin up until he was 79, so having oily skin is not all bad. People with dry skin get more wrinkles.

What ever you do--stay out of the sun if you want your skin to stay young. Get just a little bit at a time, and not too often.

[Kahuna]

14. Ha! I'm pushing 50 and still get them...

Frequently! x(

[MuseRider]

15. 50 with acne

I started having problems when I got pregnant. It has been off and on since I was 28. I just turned 50 and my poor face exploded. It was so bad this time that I finally gave in and am taking medication until it clears all the way up. Damn, wrinkles and now acne scars!

[TXlib]

18. I've got a prominent one on my chin today.

KCDem likes to pop my back-pimples.

I remember a comedian who said that zits never go away... after 30, they just migrate to your ass.

[Ilsa]

19. You're at the difficult stage in life:

acne and gray hair. Sucks, doesn't it? It's potentially worse sometimes when you're pregnant. At least, this has been my experience. I do better when I minimize my dairy intake.

Maybe a dermatologist can help? Or an endocrinologist?

Hope you get better soon. You don't want to be carded ALL the time.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

20. I'm 41 and I still get them

You are most definitely not alone. ARRRGGGGHHHH! But now I've gone from oily skin in the "T" zone around my nose to dry, peeling skin which nothing will cure. Sigh. People tell me what beautiful skin I have - they obviously aren't looking closely enough!

[Bertha Venation]

21. Forever.

I'm forty-one and have the skin of a sixteen year old! I suppose I should be grateful; I guess I would be if that didn't naturally include "blemishes."

[devilgrrl]

22. I'm 40...

and am still grappling with it. I'm cursed.

[Jack_Dawson]

23. Wash with warm, rinse with cold

Warm drains the oil from your grill...cold seals your pores back up.

[prolesunited]

24. I used to have more problems

but now with the exception of monthly hormonal shifts, my face is relatively clear.

What did it for me was becoming a vegetarian, replacing most carbs like bread and pasta with whole grain ones, and eliminating a lot of processed food from my diet. I also greatly increased my soy intake, which practically cured the problem I had been having with fibroids. I went anemic so often that surgery was the next step, but they have since shrunk considerably.

It truly is amazing how what you put in your body affects so many aspects.

This is what worked for me. Mileage may vary. Hang in there. Nothing a dab of cover up can't help. :-)

[mantis49]

25. I'm 50

and still have one or two monthly.

Sorry, know you didn't want to hear that.

[SarahB]

26. I don't know

:shrug:
I've been blessed that it's never been much of a problem. Seems like for many women though, they have to deal with it unitl menopause. Sorry. :(

[geniph]

27. Look on the bright side

you may get pimples until you're my age (44) or older, but I'll LOOK older than you will. Oily skin ages better than dry, delicate skin. I'm starting to look my age, and if you ask me, that sucks.

[NashVegas]

28. That's the Revenge

You get those coveted tiny pores in youth. I get people who say "you're how old?" in mid-life.