A netizen shared how she has had acne breakouts for years and it has left her with scars on her face, and people always comment on her acne and ask her “why your face liddat”.
Here is the story
I have acne breakouts for years until now and it had left scars all over my face. I have heard many people commenting on my face.
Children and classmates asking me “why your face liddat?” I know they don’t mean it but I just don’t know how to answer them.
Also adults and elderly recommending me products. All of this comments were still ok for me.
But what really affects me or made me very angry was that there was a guy (I think he is a student around my age?) He kept staring at me in the mrt and said “your face so oily, so many scars, so ugly”
I was angry but I didn’t said a single word at that point of time…
Can people please think before they speak or just keep it to themselves. Words hurt you know?!
Netizens’ comments
Unfortunately, it’s one of the uglier aspects of Asian culture. Somehow people have no filter here. They love to point out your weight gain, pimples and see no issue with it.
I once had a friend from the US who had some skin issues, when he came here he also said the same thing. Lots of people comment on it, tried to tell him to wash his face more, try this cream, try not eating X and eat more Y. He said he was quite taken aback at first as stuff like this is taboo to talk about in western countries. But he realised it’s just the Asian way of showing “care/concern”
That kid saying that stuff in the MRT is out of hand though. I would’ve given him an earful.