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Article: Acne? Why Me?
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- March 15, 1988
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A reader in Arlington, Va., wants to know the answer to an
important question: "Now that I'm in seventh grade, my skin has
changed. How come my face has bumps on it all of a sudden?"
If you are somewhere around 12 or 13 years old, you may have been
asking yourself the same question when you look in the mirror in the
morning. And whether you call those bumps pimples, acne, blemishes
or zits, they don't look too good. To you, they look horrible. You
may wish that you could go to school with a bag over your head.
Don't worry. Facial blemishes have a way of looking a lot worse to
the person who has them than they do to others.
You might feel better if you take a close look and realize that ...