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My skin has been so bad ever since i got to college. Anyone else?
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Anonymous 78w

stress will do that to skin

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Anonymous 78w

diet change maybe? i find that eating less sugar overall REALLY does help, and its so easy to eat crap in college

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Anonymous 78w

Yep, that’s stress, mold in dorms, unhealthy food, and drastic changes in sleep schedule

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Anonymous 78w

stress, no sleep, food, alcohol, hard water

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Anonymous 78w

Same. I hate stress break outs

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Anonymous 78w

DUDE I SWEAR ITS THE DORM WATER

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Anonymous 78w

this happened when I got there but my main problem was not moisturizing (different air quality caused my skin to get excema)

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Anonymous 78w

Yes (we have 5+ confirmed kinds of mold in the dorms but they just blame us and do nothing about it)

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Anonymous 78w

It’s def the water. Filtered shower head helps

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Anonymous 78w

Diet change, bad sleep, stress, different water, mold… so many reasons

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Anonymous 78w

get a filter for your faucet and shower head trust it’ll do wonders

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Anonymous 78w

Some of it might be hard water on top of the stress you’re going through

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Anonymous 78w

Hi so I went thru the same thing! I talked to a few upper classman and they said to get a sink filter. I replaced it and the old aireator had a film of rust and most. Never in my life has my acne been so bad. Once I got a filter (25 dollars off amazon) literally so clear omg.

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Anonymous 78w

yes. panoxyl has saved my skin this year in school.

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Anonymous 78w

it’s a combination of things. stress, diet change, water quality change, if you drink alcohol it dries you out, etc.

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Anonymous 78w

Yup

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Anonymous 78w

Nahh frl

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Anonymous 78w

yes bro i

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Anonymous 78w

LITERALLY ME

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Anonymous 78w

Yess me too. Maybe our skin is just adjusting to the different water? Mine has been clearing up recently

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Anonymous 78w

yess, my skin has broken out so bad ive had to buy 3-4 different products to help it stop

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Anonymous 78w

lowkey mine has gotten better bc i am in more of a routine so i can focus on skin care more consistently

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Anonymous 78w

It’s somehow the opposite for me

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Anonymous 78w

yup. stress, food, the water

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Anonymous 78w

Gotta be something in the air

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Anonymous 77w

I cannot let the shower water hit my face at school idk. I use a wet washcloth at the sink and pat my face with it and that is all my skin can handle.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 78w

also alcohol can cause your skin to get dehydrated if you party, so drink 5x as many water than you did at home and use lotion

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 78w

the other reasons were stress but sadly there is not much you can do about that in college 😔

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 78w

Looking through the comments and seeing if anything will help. But I already drink so much water, have well water so it doesn’t affect my skin like other water, i moisturize and do my typical skin care routine and I don’t drink alcohol and I’m eating fine. IDK WHAT TO DO😭😭😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 78w

what kind of skin do u have? im going into derm so i know a lil bit and could try to help

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 78w

This and dairy, everytime I am sick I avoid dairy so my nose isn’t as congested and my skin gets a lot better too

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 78w

😭I know this is true but me and my sweet tooth man

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 78w

YES I SWEAR MY HAIR AND SKIN ARE DYING BC IF IT

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Anonymous replying to -> #14 78w

SEE IM NOT CRAZY

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Anonymous replying to -> #19 78w

NO YOUR NOT

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 78w

Dry

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 78w

Senior here 🙋‍♀️let me just insert what I’ve learned since freshman year self care wise and I hope someone finds it useful *water filter for your dorm bathroom *hepa filter and humidifier(we are counteracting the mold *I know it’s a pain but clean your vents and get a filter patch for them *avoid the dining hall at allllll costs (they aren’t using real eggs if that tells you anything) *aldi is my go to food shopping spot, it’s cheap, you can get 2-3 weeks worth of healthy food for about $100

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Anonymous replying to -> #24 78w

*aldi also sells wellness shot drinks such as b12, vitamin c, tumeric(hack:take the college town bus there and real mobile back) *eat your greens, your saturated fats like avocados, grains like rice and they are filling, protein bars (chocolate if you have a sweet tooth) *sunscreeeennnnmm *hylaronic (can’t spell sorry) for acne and panoxyl works wonders *hydrate plssss(i am completely sober but if you are drinking hydrate 2x more ) *drink with your friends instead of coop and tav(avoiding sick

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Anonymous replying to -> #24 78w

*if you’re working out shower as soon as you can after so you don’t have bacteria growing and causing acne *cover up as much as possible at the gym and wipe evening down before and after(same bacteria concept) *take time for you , DONT BE AFRAID TO SAY NO!!!if you are being invited out but are too tired or know you have to be up early in the morning don’t give in to FOMO And burn yourself out. All my friends did this freshman year (including me) and I am the only one who is still in college!

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Anonymous replying to -> #24 78w

*Sleep your 8-9 hours don’t worry about party chasing ! Good luck freshmen I hope you all have a happy healthy year

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 78w

Well when I went to college people said I lost face fat I did loose a shit ton of weight I’m currently a sophomore

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Anonymous replying to -> #31 78w

do you know the name of the filter you got?

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