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Why I Became Vegan...

As a woman today, the need to be flawless is of high importance. Society’s standard of beauty is far from attainable and it leaves so many beautiful girls and women feeling unattractive, undesirable or just not good enough. Our bodies are picked apart by the media as they constantly exploit female celebrities, examining each part of their body under dehumanizing microscopes, like they are animals in a zoo - just there to be looked at.

It infuriates me more than I can express. I’ve met so many young girls that hate their bodies, or focus on a specific area to loathe and condemn. They go to great lengths to hide a flaw, or make this body part look bigger or smaller, all to attain a level of beauty that has been feed to them through social media, TV, magazine, advertisements…you get it. It’s everywhere.

I have been this girl.

My biggest complaint about myself used to be my skin. Ever since I was a teenager, I struggled with acne and breakouts. Throughout the ages of 14-20, it seemed that I was never without a breakout on my chin. This is a hormonal area and at first I thought it was just puberty. But by the time I hit my early twenties and not much had changed, I was extremely frustrated. I broke out along my bikini area as well and then pimples started appearing on my neck and under my arm pits. Most of these were really painful, to the point where I had to start basing what I wore around my breakouts so the clothes wouldn’t touch the area and make it worse. This did a number on my self esteem. 

Every time I would look in the mirror without makeup, I felt sad. In the morning, I couldn’t wait to cover my face with foundation to erase the red marks. After my face was full of concealer, bronzer, blush, mascara and lipstick, then I could feel attractive. Makeup became my only way to self confidence. I was aware that this wasn’t healthy, that I should still love my face and my skin and my body, even with the blemishes, but it was really hard for me to do so.  I was my own worst critic.          

The funny thing was, I  didn’t really enjoy putting on the make-up. I would go through phases, especially with my sister who is a make-up artist and esthetician, and buy a bunch of new products and experiment with them. Sometimes it was fun, and sometimes I would think everything would look better if my skin was flawless. I didn’t even really want to wear it! But, I felt like I didn’t have a choice. Pretty and feminine, to me, meant clear skin and make-up. I just couldn’t see a way that I could give it up.

A few months after I turned 25, I decided I didn’t want to feel this way anymore. My face breakouts were getting better, but my body acne was still in full effect. I had tried tons of products: cleaners, toners, creams, foundations, scrubs…everything it seemed. But once the acne started becoming painful and cystic, I realized that something inside my body was trying to tell me something. Pimples and acne are bacteria from within the skin trying to get out. But your skin is your biggest organ. Everything in your body is working together. And I thought mine was really trying to get a point across. It had to be something I was eating.                                                       

I went to a dermatologist who diagnosed me with hidradenitis suppurativa, a chronic skin disease, that “didn’t have a cure”. She said this explained my cystic like acne on the hormonal places on my body, like my bikini area and arm pits. She prescribed me a pill and topical solution full of chemicals. I asked her if she knew of a more holistic approach, such as what I would avoid eating. “No,” she said, shaking her head. “Only these medicines will work.”

Okay, I thought. Looks like I’m taking matters into my own hands...

Stay tuned for Part 2 where we find out exactly how Kailey managed it....

Author: Kailey

Publisher: The Natural Lane