Teenage girl concealing 'monster egg' acne under her make-up shares make-up free selfies

"It started with my cheeks and then it went to my chin and then my forehead and then it kind of went all over the place."

"It’s difficult because you can't get rid of it right away and it always feels like there is a little monster egg

your face but you can't get rid of it."

"Every time you bump into it or barely touch it or something it feels like your face is on fire. It was too painful.

"I remember one night crying in my bed because I was just in so much pain."

"It was red and splotchy and I just felt like a garbage can."

"I felt disgusting. I felt like I wasn’t pretty. I didn’t feel like I fit in anywhere, which is silly because everybody or at least more people get acne."

"I had a lot of people at school kind of just give me dirty looks. They’d call me 'pizza face’ - you know, those generic acne terms."

"I felt so insecure about myself, I couldn’t leave the house without foundation."

"Sometimes I wouldn't even go anywhere but still put on make-up just so I didn’t feel gross..."

"I feel like I've influenced a lot of people that have insecurities in general, by setting an example and showing it’s not the end of the world if you don’t have the perfect skin."

"For me acne just represents humanity because it’s something a lot of us have."

"I hope my story regarding acne really helps people to realise, just because you have these imperfections, it doesn’t mean you're not amazing."

"It doesn’t mean you can’t be successful, it doesn’t mean you can’t be glamorous. Beauty is so much more than your face."