Lorde Calls Out All the Annoying Advice She’s Gotten About Her Acne
Having any kind of skin condition, from chronic dermatitis to acne, can be a real pain to deal with. And having people try to help you with endless suggestions sometimes just makes it worse. That might be why Lorde recently talked about her acne—and the comments she gets about it—on her Instagram stories. In a series of eight videos, the singer showed viewers exactly what not to say to people who deal with acne.
The videos show Lorde bathed in a blue and red light, and she appropriately captioned the first frame, "Acne light with the magical tones."
She then went on to talk about her years-long struggle with acne, saying, "For real though, acne sucks. You know what also sucks? When you’ve had acne for years and years and years, done all the drugs, tried all the things, and people are still like, 'You know what worked for me, is moisturizing!'" She doesn't stop there, though. She continues by talking about the sorts of suggestions people with acne often hear, saying, "Make a mask out of honey, greek yogurt, and avocado! All you need to do is buy an apricot scrub! Coconut oil, the secret is coconut oil!"
Though her tone is humorous, this is understandably frustrating. If you've been dealing with acne for a while and someone tells you they cleared theirs up by slapping on some moisturizer, you'd be annoyed, too. The intention of these suggestions may be to help, but the assumption behind them is that people with acne haven't already tried a ton of (usually obvious) different things, and it can feel patronizing. She then goes for the kicker, saying, "And the very worst one, of course, is when people think you’re just dirty. 'Do you wash your face?' It’s like 'Yes, I wash my face! I’m just genetically cursed.'"
However, the video isn't without a rallying cry at the end. Lorde knows that other people with acne understand her, and she understands their daily skin struggles, too. She ends the video with a sweet message: "For everyone out there who’s got bad skin—and actual bad skin, not just the kind of bad skin you can just use a fancy skin cream for a few days and it’ll all get better—I feel your pain. We’ll get there, we will, I promise."
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