What Is The Worst Blemish at the Worst Time You've Ever Suffered?

[Mr. Ected]

I've got a zit on my nose today that's approximating the size and scope of Jupiter, and tomorrow I'm supposed to make a presentation to a group of potential clients. A close-up, intimate presentation.

DAMMIT...I'm 48 years old!!!

;(

[Kali]

1. bee stings on the face

I REALLY swell.

[doc03]

29. I got stung right between my eyes by a bubble bee

on my first day of a 10 day leave before shipping out to West Germany back in 1969. Both my eyes were nearly swelled shut for most of my leave.

[cherish44]

2. I woke up with a massive zit right between my eyes the day I had my senior pictures done

I was friggin mortified. I could cover it up "somewhat" with makeup but it was BAAAAADDDDDD! I had it airbrushed out, thank GOD for airbrushing.

[LostInAnomie]

3. I got a quarter sized alopecia the week before the lead up to a date.

I lied and said my hair got ripped out in an accident.

[Rob H.]

4. Huge shaving cut on my chin

right before going to pick up a really cute girl I'd asked out at a party. I don't think I've ever had a more uncomfortable first (and as it turned out, last) date in my life. Of course, the fact that we went to see Fatal Attraction probably didn't help matters.... :P

[Skittles]

21. I had to stop by the house of a client to pick up some work stuff

we chatted for a while and said our goodbyes, then I said, hey, bad job of shaving? OMG he said - he didn't realize he had left, like, five of those little tissue things stuck to his face :D

[siligut]

5. You can steam it to bring it to a head and then gently press it down/out and apply some 10% Benezoyl

Benezoyl peroxide is OTC and a scab would be better than it coming to a head during your presentation.

[Raffi Ella]

25. this.

do.it.now.

[Raven]

6. I have never had a blemish, never in my whole life. Never a one.

I consider myself very fortunate. I had masses of freckles as a kid and even now and I always wondered if that somehow protected me from blemishes. Anyway, I did have a black eye once and when I was about 45 I got shingles (Will came home from college with the Chickenpox). They were the "cervical" kind which means they went up one side of my neck and on one side of my face. Shingles are ugly and very painful and people stared.

[elleng]

31. And can be prevented,

so those would like can be innoculated against them/it now.

[elehhhhna]

7. How bout 2 -- 1 under each nostril

very pretty.

[mcctatas]

8. not sure if it counts but peeling sunburn before a sorority formal

and I had a strapless dress. Felt like a damn leper all night (or at least until after my third drink, then I didn't care :P )

[SoxFan]

9. AWESOME!!!

Actually, not.

Break that sucker and apply a poultice made of crushed aspirin. It will help dry it out and relieve the swelling.

[Bucky]

10. My first year as a teacher, I got a major poison ivy infection to my face.

It was swollen, and red, and had running pus coming out of it.

[charlie and algernon]

11. A nice scratch on the face courtesy of the cat

the night before a meeting with the boss and all the department heads :eyes:

[Skittles]

22. what provoked that cat, charlie

'fess up, you know you did something

[charlie and algernon]

26. Bumped my head as i was picking her up

The sudden loud noise and jerking movement freaked her out apparently, lol.

[Skittles]

27. oh I hear you

I once got clawed up because the cat resting in my arms heard a thunderclap of lightning :o

[Blue Diadem]

12. I was around 28 or 29 and was working in

inside/outside commission sales and got one right between my eyes. Thing is this wasn't a usual zit. It got big almost instantly and turned green. It was awful. It lasted for what seemed like an eternity and was beginning to destroy my skin. I had to be on oral and topical antibiotics and now at 53, I still have the scars and the skin in that area is extremely sensitive to touch. I should have gone to a dermatologist, my regular GP said it was just an infected zit and gave me the antibiotics.

One asshole boss got into trouble for making a "joke" in front of a group of other managers and sales associates that I had to keep it covered because I had syphilis between my eyes.

edit: you know, I still get furious everytime I think of what that asshole said. Back then all I could do was cry.

[NickB79]

13. Had an ENORMOUS zit right between my eyes the day I played Romeo in the school play

Oh, and did I mention that this was right after Forrest Gump came out in theaters, so our teacher thought it would be funny if I spoke with his slow, Southern accent through the whole damn thing?

And, Juliet was played by a guy named Trent in drag?

I hear that video is still floating around the high school x(

[Skittles]

19. JAYSUS NICK

I don't care how long ago that was, that is just plain pitiful :D

[sarge43]

35. Becoming a legend in your own time is not always a good thing. n/t

[Haole Girl]

14. Woke up with a huge blemish on my face the morning of my wedding day

:-(

[KG]

15. every one i had every day of HS?

oy!

[kath]

16. Put Windex on it.

[Zavulon]

17. Split my lip wide open in a gym accident hours before a date with the girl I had a crush on.

I was 16. Biggest crisis of my life at the time.

[Skittles]

18. you want I should kick some zit ass, Mr. Ected?

yes INDEED

[Mr. Ected]

20. Why, That Too Would Be Quite Neighborly of You, Skittles

But I dare not impose any further upon you.

The ass whoopin' to de-nice me should suffice for tonight.

[PassingFair]

23. This girl has one that's worse than anything I ever had...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heA3U428zD4

Warning: What has been seen, cannot be un-seen....


But she and her boyfriend have a pretty
fun time with it!

Don't think I'd POST IT TO YOUTUBE, but
it's pretty amazing.

[WCGreen]

24. A big zit on the enter of my chest that popped and bled through a

tux shirt I was wearing for a wedding...

It was like an omen, the marriage was doomed...

[Iris]

28. Giant zit on middle of forehead while teaching high school juniors.

Can't get much worse than that.

[elleng]

30. HUGE zit in middle of my cheek

on day I did oral argument in 7th Circuit Court of Appeals!

I survived, and so probably did you!

:-)

[Maine-ah]

32. 8 months preggers I had a giant facial boil.

seriously, this is how I felt. On top of it all, people were friggin asking me about it. It took a couple of months for it to go away.

[Broken_Hero]

33. A big gash/wound on my

bottom lip, the day before my Junior year HS picture. My brother introduced a new phenomenon, the "Flying Frying Pan" attack, which I didn't sense in time, and he hit home.

[sarge43]

34. Much the same as you.

Big ass super nova zit on the end of my nose and a command and staff briefing support role. (mid 30's at the time)

"Shoot me; shoot me right freakin' now."

[Rising Phoenix]

36. I lost my virginity with poison ivy all over my face.

He said he didn't care.....lol.

When I rang his doorbell that night, his 4 year old sister screamed......Its the girl with the weird face!

:blush: