My skin change - you HAVE TO see this!

[Chincha]

So the thing is, I'm 22. I thought that this acne-thing would be far behind me by now. And it's not. Of course, my 'normal' diet is pretty much a SAD diet, which I am trying to give up. I am eating mostly raw for about two weeks now (off when I went home during the weekend and a celebration during a week-I even drank alcohol one evening). Otherwise, I'm mostly on 'watermelon island' I love watermelons and I can get them so much cheaper now that it's summer! I try to eat some greens too bout I'm having a hard time drinking green juices and can for now only get them down as a salad (which I love).
Now two weeks ago I was at home, in the bathroom with my mom and we were just chatting as I was putting on makeup. 'I'm so sick of my skin thinking it's 16 again and acting up on me all the time' I said to my mom as I was trying to cover a face full of painful and gross looking cystic acne. 'Honey, your skin was not that bad even when you were 16. It was nowhere close to what you have now!' she said to me and I was sad to find out it was true. When I came back to my appartment I took some pics because I wanted to see if raw food would help. I honestly did not expect it to work (although I was hoping it would) ebcause it just seemed surreal to me, especially not after such a short time being raw and even being only half-raw due to the days that I mentioned earlier. So here are the before and after pics:

BEFORE




The scarring is still there but slowly and surely fading, the texture is improved 100%! It's smooth and soft, not rough and dry and painful like before..

AFTER




(Please excuse the puffines and 'pillow marks' in after photos - I just woke up haha)
Well, all I can say is a big thanks to everyone posting here, other people's stories have inspired me a lot!

[MysticTree]

that is a big difference you must be chuffed to bits :)

[trenchchic]

Ah ha!!! Proof! You look lovely.

[Chincha]

Thanks, I am very excited about the change indeed!

[November Blue]

Looks great! It's amazing what eating clean can do for your body.

[Aleesha Sattva]

ALL of my scarring disappeared!!! So yup... it sure works doesn't it. You look amaZZZing!!!

[January Noir]

This is a great before and after! The power of Raw eating,..

[Chincha]

Thanks everybody! I feel wonderful!

[CathyA.]

Congratulations.

[MyRedPanda]

Congrats! My skin has cleared up alot as well. You look amazing!

[RawHorizons]

Major Difference!! Lookin good,I suffer from alot of skin issues too,Raw is the greatest :)

[climbing]

You're totally gorgeous. :) I battle with acne too, and raw has helped me so much also.

[MysticTree]

I love that high raw has made such a huge impact in such a short space of time. I hope you find a place for it in your life permanently :)

[Chincha]

Thanks everybody and yes Georgina, I hope that too :) The only thing stopping me now is actually social eating. I love sharimg a meal with the people I love and incorporating raw is a bit difficult at the moment. My boyfriend is a meat eater too and although he is supportive of me eating clean, it is still difficult to share a meal without me wanting to steal food off his plate lol :) I'm so not in a place yet where I would completely stopped craving cooked food. Although times are changing.. my mom came to visit us and brought me a watermelon :)

[MysticTree]

Thanks everybody and yes Georgina, I hope that too :) The only thing stopping me now is actually social eating. I love sharimg a meal with the people I love and incorporating raw is a bit difficult at the moment. My boyfriend is a meat eater too and although he is supportive of me eating clean, it is still difficult to share a meal without me wanting to steal food off his plate lol :) I'm so not in a place yet where I would completely stopped craving cooked food. Although times are changing.. my mom came to visit us and brought me a watermelon :)

Mums can be great can't they!! Watermelon is amazing stuff.

My boyfriend is an omnivore and we manage well. Eating out is sometimes an issue but rarely cos we can't really afford to eat out much.

You can make all different types of raw dishes and some people won't even notice that you didn't put meat in it and that you didn't cook it!

I went raw for health reasons and so giving up meat was not something I did for ethical reasons. I have a mild feeling of wanting meat last night but didn't and I would say 99% of the time I don't want it even when bf is cooking his.

Mostly I am not craving much in the way of non-raw, non-vegan foods at the moment and I think that becomes easier as time goes on as long as i eat enough of the right foods.