Chick Who Constantly Posts About Her Acne Is Angry At People For Asking About Her Acne

I swear, some people just shouldn’t internet.

According to the sourcelink, there’s a “popular acne blogger” (because apparently that’s an Actual Profession now), named Em Ford, who is angry that some of her followers are asking questions about her skin.

Em has a blog called My Pale Skin, along with a YouTube channel with the same name, which appears to be dedicated to showing how well she covers up her acne with makeup. She has over a million subscribers to her channel.

A quick glance at her channel indicates that nearly every video is of Em using make-up to hide her acne, and also (oddly) attempt to look like other women. Behold:

You get the idea.

From her blog’s About Me page, Em writes:

After developing adult acne, in March 2015, I began to share images of myself both with and without makeup on social media. My makeup tutorials went viral… and since then I’ve worked with major brands, media outlets and trend setters from Kylie Jenner, to L’oreal and BBC.

Ok then.  So she’s made herself a nice little career from people’s interest in her skin. Neat.

But now she’s angry at her Instagram followers for asking questions about her skin. (By the way, she also has a million followers on IG.)

She posted these two photos to express her frustration:

“I don’t understand why you don’t go to the DR and get pills to get rid of your acne 😑” “Just get roaccutane already 😷” “are you on accutane? 🤨” “are you taking pills for your face?! 😨” – Seeing as we’re asking each other questions 🧐, here are some of mine 👩🏼‍⚕️… – Have you ever taken plan B? 🤔 Are you currently taking antibiotics? 🤕 Ever taken Viagra? 🧐 You have a baby – Did you not take birth control?! 🤓 Have you ever seen a Dr? What for? 🤨Who is your Dr? 🧐 Do you have any infections? 🤕 Any STI’s? 🤢 What did your doctor tell you during your appointment? 😑. Do you have a mental illness? 🤔 any health issues? 😨 Do you have any diseases?? 😳 What is your diagnosis? Tell me your medical history! 😷. – Awkward huh? 💁🏼‍♀️ yeah tell me about it… 🤔. – How would YOU feel if someone stopped you on the street 🤷🏼‍♀️ and asked you any of the above? Online = Real life. There’s no difference. #ifyouwouldntlikeitdontdoit . – And if you don’t see any issues with asking for someone to disclose their medical history… then why don’t you go to therapy for your lack of compassion towards other people? 💁🏼‍♀️ but here’s the thing… I’m not a doctor 👩🏼‍⚕️ so y’know, who am I to say you need it? 🌚 – #mypaleskinblog #skinpositivity #youlookdisgusting

A post shared by Em Ford (@mypaleskinblog) on Jan 27, 2018 at 1:27pm PST

And this one:

“What happened to her skin 🧐?“ “what’s wrong with her face 🤯?” —— Well 💁🏼‍♀️, I just cleansed, exfoliated, used a bucket load of serum and drenched my face in moisturiser 🧖🏼‍♀️. My skin is happy AF 👌🏻 right now. —— And since you asked, I have one eyelid which is 3mm more hooded than the other. A 1.2cm scar on my forehead. My left brow has a slight bald patch, the sides of my nose make it difficult to find sunglasses sometimes and my lips have a sharp Cupid’s bow. — What’s wrong with yours 🤨…? Cos if you would like me to return the favour 🤓 and slide over to your profile, as you did to mine 😏 in an attempt to publicly shame by scrutinising my face 💁🏼‍♀️ you’ve only got to ask… 🌚🤟🏻 #ifyouwouldntlikeitdontdoit —— #mypaleskinblog #skinpositivity

A post shared by Em Ford (@mypaleskinblog) on Jan 23, 2018 at 10:15am PST

Listen – I am the first person to agree that there are super mean people on the internet – people who get keyboard courage that they’d never ordinarily have in Actual Life, and who’ll say stuff to people on line that they’d never dream of saying in person.

But you don’t get to have an acne blog where you write all about acne, an acne channel on YouTube where you post before and after photos of yourself covering up your acne, and an acne IG account where you post pictures of your acne, and then get MAD AT PEOPLE for asking questions about how you deal with your acne.  That’s ridiculous.

Don’t even get me started on the mixed messages she’s sending people.  She’s all “Skin Positivity” and “IDGAF about my acne!” and then all of her videos teach you how to cover up your acne-ridden skin.

I think it’s awesome that she’s great at putting on 4 tons of make-up and making it look like she’s got a flawless complexion, and that’s probably really handy for people who suffer from severe acne and want to use 4 tons of make-up to cover it up.  But for crying out loud, OF COURSE her followers are going to ask about medical treatments.  OF COURSE they’re going to want to know why she has or hasn’t tried certain products.  It’s why they FOLLOW her.

She can get all defensive about the questions as she does in the two post examples above, or she can freaking ANSWER THE QUESTIONS HONESTLY, which would be the far better thing to do, considering she’s managed to make a living off of telling people all about her acne.

I have very little sympathy for a person who relies on having a fan base in order to make her living, and then gets angry at her fan base for taking an interest in the very thing that made her get fans in the first place.  It’s kinda like Jennifer Lawrence refusing to sign autographs for the common peasants who have the audacity to enjoy her films.    

These famous people  – celebrities and “acne bloggers” alike – are insufferable.