I have a giant size pimple growing on my nose. I didn't realize that I was still in puberty! It all began on Sat. morning. I felt something on my face as I was washing up in the morning. I didn't think twice about it and just went about my business throughout the day. I went to a great picnic for our church marriage and family life ministry and then when I came back, there it was! I was red in the face and I initially thought that I got sun-burned. But upon a closer examination, I saw a mammoth sized pimple right on my nose! I mean this sucker hurt and it was getting bigger and bigger!
So a pimple, or acne, is a very common skin condition that affects most teenagers at puberty. But the only thing is... I'm not a teenager and I ain't in puberty anymore. So what caused my nose to have a titantic zip? I found out that a pimple begins as a blockage to a oil gland duct. Something called sebaceous gland duct is blocked but oil from your face continues to be produced and the gland keeps getting bigger and bigger, a bit like a balloon. Bacteria then grows in the blocked gland and produce fatty acids, which eventually bursts and releases the irritating material. This causes intense inflammation and swelling which is what we see as the pimple. I don't ever remember having too many pimples on my face during my teenage years. I called my mom to tell her about my pimple on my nose and she just laughed at me. She said that I'm too stressed and also that I'm watching too much television. What?! How can watching too much television get me a pimple? My mom is crazy!
My wifey said my pimple has turned into a boil. I said, "What's a boil?" She said, "A boil is something larger than a pimple. It's like the bigger, older brother of a pimple." Oh boy... I've got a brother of a pimple hanging out on the tip of my nose and it seems he won't be leaving for awhile.
I put some skin medicine on my nose. Nothing. I put some white toothpaste on my nose. Nothing. I felt the burn of both medicine but the boil keeps growing. I had to go in front of my whole church on Sunday and preach in front of them. I need all the help I can get when I'm preaching and I'm sure having my congregation be distracted with a giant pimple on my face didn't help either. The worst was when my senior pastor and his wifey came up to me and said, "Hey Justin, what's wrong with your face? Did someone hit you?" I told them that I had a pimple on my nose. Their reaction? Laughter as they walked away. I felt like everyone was just staring at my nose instead of really talking to me. My wifey and I went to Borders the other night to just read and hang out and everyone kept staring at my nose. At the check out counter, I was buying a few stuff when I noticed the cashier staring at me... straight at my nose. I wanted to say, "It's not nice to stare so stop it or I'll have to pop my zit onto you!" but I pimply and simply said, "Thanks" as I walked away.
Man, this sucker hurts. My wifey began singing, "Rudulph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" the other day. That was not funny. Even my daughter has gotten into the act even though she probably doesn't know it yet. I was holding her in my arms when she kept staring at my nose. She kept reaching to touch my red zit. Once or twice, she actually punched and scratched my nose which made me yell out loud because it hurt so much. And then I found Tabitha smiling and giggling. So sad. Even my whole family is making fun of me.
My mountain of a pimple has gotten bigger this morning. I hope it will get to a point when it's ready to be popped. My wifey said she will help me. I think we'll need a whole roll of a paper towel to deal with the junk that's going to come out. My younger sister, Olive, would love this. She loves popping pimples. I remember her coming up to me like a deranged animal with saliva oozing out of her mouth asking me if I had any pimples for her to pop. I let her pop a few and she was really good at all. But the scary part was she'd be so excited and having the best time of her life popping my pimples. I bet if she was here, she'd be so eager and excited to get her claws on my boil. Any ways, pray for me. My pimple hurts and it's also very embarrassing. I'm glad though that I don't need to be insecure. I have a wifey who loves me and a daughter who adores me. I have a God, who despite his predetermined knowledge of my pimple on my face, must have felt that this was good for me and loves me. His love and grace is more than enough for me. Romans 8:28... "All things work for the good of those who love Him." All means all... good things and bad things... bad things from pimples on my face to major disasters in life. All means all. All things work for my good! I believe it!
Pimple be gone!
Hey..thanks for the informative post. Actually there are many reasons for acne like Hormonal changes, digestion problems, pollution etc..so we need to very careful and selecting about best Acne Treatments.
Posted by: Shannon | 08/28/2009 at 08:48 AM