Why Yes, It IS Embarrassing, Thank You
Sometimes I would just like to smack the insensitive people I come across when out and about. People have no concept of what may or may not be a touchy subject. They just go right ahead and start passing out advice as to what to do about the subject when they don’t know what is going on or whether or not there is anything that can actually be done about it.
For example, due to the PolyCystic Ovarian Syndrome that I have, I have a hormone imbalance that causes, among other things, adult acne and causes me to have facial hair. Yes you read that right. I have facial hair. Usually I keep it shaved so that people don’t notice it, but the long and short of it is, I have facial hair – as in I damn near have a a beard. People constantly give me advice about this. Oh try this or that for the acne. Get electrolysis for the hair, or shave the hair, or tell my doctor to give me this or that medication to get rid of the hair.
It never occurs to people that maybe I’ve talked to my doctor about it (I have) and maybe he won’t do anything about it (he won’t) and that is why I still have the problems with it. They just automatically assume that this is something that I don’t know what to do about and so they take it upon themselves to tell me how I should handle it.
Have a little sensitivity people. If you don’t know the person, don’t say anything. Seriously. You have no idea what kind of a subject that is for the person. Leave it alone. Chances are, they’ve done what they can about it.
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January 22nd, 2010 at 2:23 am
To be honest, I could never go up to someone (even a friend) and just start lecturing or recommending stuff to them for their obvious appearance-related problems. To me that would just be so rude. Now, if it was brought up in a conversation then I might recommend something I thought was good or mention something I head. Example:
Someone: “Argh! It’s so frustrating, I’ve tried Veet and Nair but they irritate m skin and actually make my acne flair up”
Me: “Hmm, well, I used to use Nads because of my skin sensitivity and I liked it. Worked fast, lasted long, and didn’t give my sensitive skin a rash like others”
Obviously then the comments are invited. But to go up to someone, friend or not, and out of the blue “Say, wow, you should use XYZ” – that is just so rude and tactless it’s not even funny. =/