Back-to-School Tips for Teens with Acne (Volume 1)

Going back to school for teenagers can be very difficult but for teens with acne it can be devastating.  A couple of bumps on the face can truly be a teenager's worst nightmare in the image conscious world of high school.  It is said that in the United States over 20 million teens have acne and 100 million dollars is spent every year on over-the-counter acne medications.   I know that this isn't a cure for acne but I hope it helps because I also had acne when I was a teenager and I swore that one day I would do something to help other teens with acne.  Here is my contribution.  In this series of articles, I am going to make helpful suggestions on a variety of ways to make going back to school for teens with acne a more pleasant experience.


Tip 1: Start a Stand-Up Comedy Group for Teens with Acne

When most people think of stand-up comedy, they picture a famous comic like Eddie Murphy, Jerry Seinfeld or Dave Chappelle telling jokes and performing comedy routines up on a stage in a huge auditorium filled with thousands of laughing people.
But stand-up comedy doesn't have to be that formal. ANYONE can perform stand-up comedy and that includes teenagers! Age doesn't matter. And you don't need to have a thousand-plus audience either! All you really need is one other person to give you constructive feedback. Stand-up comedy can be performed anywhere. Teens can perform in their living rooms, in their backyards, at a local park, etc. For teenagers there are so many wonderful benefits to performing stand-up comedy including making new friends, getting support from their peers, it's a fun and healthy way to boost self esteem, it can help to overcome shyness, improves public speaking skills, it can toughen a person up and make accepting criticism a little bit easier and it can bring much needed laughter into a teenager with acne's life.


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