Made in Richmond

Because I know you all care so much.

I’ve been on the topical stuff for a little over a week and I can already see a difference. I’ve had no irritation whatsoever. None. Zero. Huzzah! Things are balancing out, my face no longer hurts, and I’m feeling pretty, pretty good.

While I have still gotten a couple blemishes, they are totally small and manageable (I imagine that people like Taylor Swift or Alexis Bledel get zits like this). More zits are to be expected with topical treatments at first — they tend to draw the bad stuff up and out — but it hasn’t been anywhere near as bad as I thought it would be. That could all change in the coming weeks, but I’m pleased so far. Apparently it takes four weeks to really see the results, so hopefully things only get better from here.

With things clearing up, however, I’ve finally been able to determine what spots were blemishes and what spots were scars. And, well, a lot of them were scars. Not much I can do about that now. Or maybe ever? I don’t know how I feel about things involving “chemicals” and “peels” and “lasers.” For now, I’ll stick to “concealers” and “not really caring.”