Alix Earle is getting candid about her lifelong wrestle with zits.

On Tuesday, the 22-year-old influencer launched a brand new TikTok sequence, All Issues Zits, which goals to destigmatize the difficulty. In her first video, she revealed the state of her pores and skin at this time in comparison with one 12 months in the past.

With a following of greater than 8.5 million throughout TikTok and Instagram, Earle is understood for her candor and authenticity—particularly in terms of magnificence requirements. Whether or not she’s speaking about her breast augmentation, or taking her followers on her lip filler journey, Earle by no means shies away from sharing her fact. 

Earle began her video by stating, “I simply wish to speak about the truth that [acne is] regular. This time final 12 months I might cry most likely 3 instances a day. I didn’t wish to depart my home.” 

“What you see on social media it’s all filters. It’s all edited out. It’s all faux,” Earle continued. “Cease choosing at your pores and skin. Cease trying within the mirror. Cease taking photographs of it. Simply loosen up. You might be stunning. Your pores and skin doesn’t outline who you might be.”

The suggestions from her group of followers was overwhelmingly constructive. “You had been genuinely the primary influencer that made me really feel snug with my zits.” one fan commented. 

“From somebody who additionally cries 3x a day… that is what I wanted to listen to at this time. Thanks for being actual,” mentioned one other.

In a follow-up video, Earle shared her experiences with Accutane, a medicine that treats extreme zits.  “I’ve been on Accutane 3 times now,” she admitted, standing towards a backdrop photograph of her infected pores and skin. “I attempted each prescription, each skincare product, and the one factor I may get to clear my pores and skin was Accutane.” 

Earle went on to record the unwanted side effects she skilled whereas on the drug, together with dry lips, hair thinning, and a sensitivity to the solar. She admits that the final time she was on the medication, she additionally acquired “a little bit emotional at one level.” 

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“Sharing these photographs of my pores and skin isn’t straightforward however the quantity of assist I’ve gotten from you guys means the world,” Earle mentioned.

In her third video of the sequence, the Gen-Z creator shared a few of the make-up merchandise she’s used to cowl her zits, itemizing Nars Sheer Glow basis, Huda Magnificence baking powder, and Naked Minerals CC cream amongst a few of her favourite merchandise. 

“Only a reminder even when your pores and skin appears to be like like this,” Earle concluded, with a photograph her infected pores and skin behind her, “you may nonetheless exit and be a hottie. Zits is regular.”