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Article: Ageless Acne: Skin condition affects people of any age.
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- The Monitor (McAllen, TX)
- Article date:
- April 24, 2006
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Byline: Kate Lohnes
Apr. 24--When she started her freshman year at Mission Veterans Memorial High School, Nina Rodriguez began to get what many people consider a teenage rite of passage: Acne.
"Basically I thought, aThis sucks,'" said the now 17-year-old. "If someone tried to take a picture of me, I'd be like, aNo no.' " Make-up couldn't cover the problem, Rodriguez said, and over-the-counter remedies couldn't fix it. She said it frustrated her because acne damages your self-esteem as well as your appearance.
"If you're confident in the way you look you're more confident in the things that you do," she said. "(Acne) affects who you are."
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