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The skin positivity movement on social media is helping those with severe acne learn to feel good in their own bodies – like Katie Gu, who still battles severe breakouts at 23.
Katie Gu started developing acne at the age of 12. The California-born woman, now 23, says that she grew up feeling insecure and self-conscious as a result. “I learned how to wear foundation at a young age, listened to well-meaning people tell me to wash my face, drink more water and consume less dairy, and dealt with salespeople at beauty.
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Influencer Trend We Are Here For: Real. Effing. Skin.
This generation doesn’t want your filters, tyvm. Feb 22, 2021
Take a quick scroll through your socials right now and I guarantee you’ll see what I’m seeing ultra-curated poreless selfies and Facetuned jawlines being quietly replaced by something much cooler: honest, unretouched pics that put acne on display in all its unpredictable glory. I m talking about content that s
genuinely relatable; like, just-crawled-out-of-bed, still-wearing-zit-cream, this-is-what-skin-looks-like relatable. And it s powerful.
It’s true that skin positivity has been around for a minute, but in a time when most of us don’t have the energy to care about getting “perfect” filtered-beyond-recognition skin (we’ve sort of had other priorities, you know?), the movement is blowing TF up. Hashtags like #FreethePimple and #AcnePosit