Maybe this time it'll be "Differin"

I thought getting older meant there were certain things you didn't have to worry about anymore - you know, like curfew, having to listen to your parents, getting your own tax rebate! . . . . 




. . . . acne.  


BOOOO.  Acne is embarrassing enough when you're young and trying to deal with middle or high school and just life in general.  I thought all that was supposed to stop by the time you hit. . . i don't know . . .post puberty . . . and I would like to think 24 / 25 is definitely post-puberty!  So frustrating!!  And for the longest time I thought it was just me doing something wrong with my whole "washing of the face" regimen.  I can't even begin to tell you how many different products and creams and gels and washes and masks and this and that and yada yada yada I've been through in the last 3 years!  Walgreens and make-up counters alike should make me their spokeswoman!!  (free face stuff for me!!)  Seriously!


But, alas, no.  Happy to announce I'm not actually doing anything wrong.  Instead, my body just hates me.  Apparently my hormones haven't quite caught up to 2010.  They're still partying circa 1999.  That . . . or they just hate me, but I like the way the former sounds.  Either way, though, they are messing with my face!  It's called a "party in your pants" not "party all over your face" people!  Come on, hormones, get with the program.


Luckily, (*insert superhero music here*), my shiny-new dermatologist came to the rescue. Prescription antibiotics and Differin gel should apparently, in 1-3 months, do for my hormones what boot-camp does to new recruits.  *yay!*  I just needed to fill the prescription!


W-O-A-H.  Hold the breaks.  Can I tell you how much that prescription cost!!  I nearly passed out right there in Walgreens.  There were 5 numbers blinking back at me from the register (yes, decimal point included), but still!  I'm sorry, you want me to pay how much?!  I'd prefer to see those kinds of numbers added to my paycheck, not a 1-month's prescription bill!!  But wait!  Apparently I can go on their website and get a $5 coupon!  


All I can say is this "boot-camp" better be amazing.  My face better look "differin" in the next few months!