Blemish Busters nah Lip Losers, YES

My skin worries for my special day are not on my face nope they are on my lips. 

I am a stress ridden anxiety hidden gal and everything shows through my lips. My lips and their issues are a big phat pain in my arse. If I am in the sun I know they’ll do something funny – sun is a free no fuss warning.  Aside from that I have zero warning signs. 

I have herpes – It sounds terrible and scary doesn’t it? It’s easier to accept physical flaws by pointing the finger and placing blame - Dad, I blame you for my lip losers!  In all seriousness they are ‘scary’ looking but I have no problems with them. After 30 yrs I accept my lip loser monsters. I have HSV-1 oral lesions, ya know cold sores. DO NOT confuse what I have with HSV-2 genital herpes, KAPEESH?  

I remember my very first herpes breakout – My family and I were enjoying a Club Med vacation (my gosh do those still exist…) in Ixtapa Mexico. I was wearing a very cool mockini (do those still exist…) and playing tennis. Then outta nowhere my lip blew up, swelled to the size of a golf ball. It as awesome (enter sarcasm tone!!!!!)  Since then I have had a love hate relationship with the sun, stress, and anxiety.  They are all triggers and leave their marks on my lips.  So - - while the majority of people don’t leave home without their cell phones, keys, and wallet… I don’t leave home without my cell phone, keys, wallet, and all of these…

 

My lips have a mind of their own…Do I allow them to do what they want in the months, weeks, days, and hours leading up to THE ONE SPECIAL DAY????