9 Editor Acne Confessions, Because Zits Happen to All of Us

"In high school, I had pretty bad acne, so I started taking a pill to help with it all. It did help, which was great, but it made the skin on my face super sensitive to the sun. This was all good, I'd just wear a high SPF sunscreen, but my face didn't soak up a drop of color. By the end of the summer, my body would be so tan and my face would be ghostly white — it was the worst. I stopped taking the medication and the problem continued for three years after that. Three. I thought I'd never go back to normal, but luckily birth control ended up solving the problem. I can happily say my face gets color now, but wow, those years were tough." — Haley Lyndes, assistant commerce editor