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If anyone suggests you should do tonsillectomy, DO NOT take their advice. It hurts like a fucking bitch intent on scratching your throat into bloody shreds and then beating it into pulp.

Day 1 of the surgery :

I woke up after the operation still able to talk, i remembered saying "it's over?", "it's so painful", "can i keep the blanket?" all under the influence of GA. Then I woke up fully at around 2pm, and it bloody hurts. It hurts more than eating glass i think. I couldn't talk, the feeble attempts only produced childlike whispers. Most of all, I couldn't eat or drink and I was hungry like hell. After taking the painkillers I just went back under, blissful oblivion.

Day 2 :

Hurts still, but able to talk a little louder, ate like 1 -2 spoonfuls of bland bland porridge, sipped water, had visitors who saved me from going crazy, went back to sleep and dreamt of subway(i clearly remembered the dream). Keep forcing down the medicines regardless or you're going to have a rough time. I requested for a sleeping pill and I really just knocked out. Best. Sleep. Ever.

Day 3 :

Discharged, went home, started eating porridge with like some flavor (it's like heaven), all food must be warm, it can't be hot or you will die. Kept a big bottle of water next to me, and kept drinking non-stop. Make sure the meds are on time, seriously.

Day 4 :

If anyone cut me open, porridge will most probably be running through my veins. I'm so sick of porridge. Ate ice cream which whatever people say, actually does not really help, it doesn't relieve the pain but it doesn't hurt either. I want fried chicken, pizza, whatever.

Day 5 :

Same routine, but i stopped taking one medicine, i think it was the liquid panadol. By the way all my medicines were in liquid form. Still hungry for solid food.

Day 6 :

I can talk more clearly now and I can open my mouth pretty much fully. I think I can start to wean off the medicine, it feels like there is a lump in my throat and it gets a little scratchy kind of feeling. I've got to stop daydreaming about food. I left probably like 2 days worth of medicine max and I think it's okay. I had fish soup, ice cream and a hell lot of saliva in my mouth. I can't see the back of my throat though. And, you know the feeling you get when the water goes in the wrong airway and you start choking? I keep getting that feeling but I don't actually choke. I wonder if it's because the tonsils are gone. Apparently mine were scarily huge.

Oh my fucking god, I just have to say I love love love Mario Badescu products. Mario whoever you are, you're a fucking genius.

My skin has been on and off for the longest time ever and it's always somewhat clear for like.. 3weeks then why hello breakouts. I think it's most probably due to hormonal or stress levels. But the point is, it's only clear for a short time, I used to go IPL but it's horrendously expensive and i think it's somewhat painful so i rarely go. IPL will make my skin glow but only for like few months MAX and the downtime to IPL sucks.
Also, after like not really taking care of my freaking skin(sleeping w makeup blah) it got quite bad especially at the forehead area, like smack in the middle of my forehead, technically in between my eyebrows? And that really sucks like shit when you're going out because there's almost no way to cover it, and loading up on concealers, works i guess, but once it starts fading away(singapore weather) you just want to kill yourself. And concealers tend to aggravate pimples.
The forehead pimples are like clustered together so its horrible. And it doesn't help having bangs but the bangs are to hide it.

Anyway, I was like browsing the internet, and i chanced upon mario badescu products, and the reviews on makeupalley were like pretty good so i bought a starter set for 59 SGD.
And OMFGWTFMAX, my skin is clearing amazingly fast. My cluster of pimples are 98% gone. I don't know how effective is this in the long run but for now i'm fucking happy. My skin hasn't been so clear for the longest time, the scarring is almost gone and woah wtf i don't need bangs anymore soon HAHA.

If you want to know more about the set, it consists of the drying lotion, silver powder and drying cream. The silver powder clears blackheads/whiteheads and clears the T-zone. I have combination skin so this is damn good. The drying lotion and cream is my favorite. Actually i love all. The drying lotion is applied ovrnight, dot it on your pimple(s) and remove it in the morning. If it's a particularly resistant stubborn ass pimple, during the day put the drying cream thinly underneath your makeup, it will be goneeee~

I'm planning on purchasing other different products like the whitening mask to lighten post acne scarring ( i have itchy hands that cannot stop popping pimples ).

But so far so good AND even though the starter kit is smaller versions of the original sizes, a little goes a bloody long way so i'm extremely fucking happy.

I love you Mario Badescu. You lifesaver you.

If i can find photos of the before face, i'll post it up. Meanwhile take my word for it.
Oh I purchased it from Luxola. Awesome website.

What is your skin type?

I have dry combination skin, and constantly battle with dry patches and an oily T-zone and a mild spot once in a while when my hormones go crazy.

Where do I live ?

I live in Singapore and it is humid all year round, being a tropical country. Trust me when I say if a product is smudge proof, sweat proof or waterproof. Singapore's weather is the ultimate test for long lasting products.


What do I do?

I'm currently a student, meh.