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Fun with Mr.Acne


Can somebody have fun with Acne? Simple answer, Nope. But there can be funny incidents under the purview of Acne, right?  Here is one:
I like a clean face, but yearly once a single pimple from no where pops up & stays in some part of my face & takes a sojourn for a week or two & goes off. This is a yearly ritual for Mr.Acne & he considers my face as a vacation spot. I'm sure, some of you can relate to this.
I had a presentation to give to a set of colleagues on a Friday, so I prepared damn well & was oozing with confidence as always. The day before the presentation, I got up in the morning only to see my unwelcomed guest Mr Acne who had already broken into my face. Disgruntled & sad 'me' ran towards "God of Internet", yes you guessed it right, I opened 'Google' & started searching a quick fix to get rid of my single acne within 24 hours. Search went on for 5 minutes & I happen to stumble upon an advice by one of those Beauty Gurus(Not gonna name her!). Guess what she had written on her site, "Apply a dab of tooth paste onto the acne to get a quick fix". And she had explained what is the content in tooth paste that does this magic fix. I was so damn satisfied with her explanation.

I was like: Man, why didn't I ever think of this! It was Thursday night, I washed my face & applied a dab of 'Colgate' paste on to the acne which was hardly visible. I slept happily that night, without knowing what was waiting for me the next day.

The alarm rang sharp at 6:00 AM & I ran to the mirror expecting a clean face. Boy, what was I thinking!
To my shock, I saw my teeny-tiny-not-so-visible acne grown double folded & that too pitch black in color, guess what had happened, the tooth paste burnt down my acne! The only other thing missing was a smoke :-) - It would have looked like a house burning down otherwise!! Ah, can this get any worser on a day I should look my best! I was scolding the 'Beauty Guru' profusely. Well, the presentation went just fine, but all through out I was very conscious to not to turn right. It took nearly a month to get back my skin. I had a good laugh sharing the story with my cousin. You know, we sail through every trouble one way or the other, don't we?

So the take-away from this incident is that,
NEVER EVER APPLY TOOTH PASTE ON YOUR ACNE(Period)

Image Courtesy: Somewhere from Internet

Comments

  1. Sanjay VermaMarch 17, 2013 at 12:30 PM

    As usual a very nice reading full of humor. Its gr8 that you are able to have fun on yourself.....
    And off-course there is a lesson too..... Don't believe entirely on "God of Internet"....

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    1. Pavithra RMarch 17, 2013 at 7:30 PM

      Thanks Sanjay!, Self-depreciation is the best form of humor :-)
      Well, you know what, If I dunno something - the first thing I do is open up a google window, so yes to me Google is "God of Internet"! But I agree that not everybody considers that.

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  2. JulieMarch 17, 2013 at 5:51 PM

    ha ha..really good lesson,but there are things which suits one may not suit the other person..so probably she might have had a good experience too ;)

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    1. Pavithra RMarch 17, 2013 at 7:32 PM

      Thanks Julie, I totally agree that every skin type varies & the ones which suits a particular skin type may not suit the others, anyways just wanna pass on the wisdom that I attained ;-) by testing on myself!! Yes, I do a lot of testing on me.

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  3. ChitzMarch 18, 2013 at 2:30 AM

    Great... U learnt a lesson, rite?? Never try anything new before important occasions.. Stick to what u have learnt from past experiences :)

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    1. Pavithra RMarch 18, 2013 at 4:10 AM

      Ohh yeah, that was a good lesson indeed! Never try on anything before a big day not just that, never test right anything on 'yourself', advice somebody to test it first ;-)

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