Nazish Jahangir hits back against acne-shaming
Actor Nazish Jahangir has hit back against acne-shaming while sharing her photos with moles visible on her face.
Actor Nazish Jahangir has hit back against acne-shaming while sharing her photos with moles visible on her face and wrote, “Apki face par acne h’.
She then replied, “Kya main Insan nahi. [So, I am not a human?]”
The Berukhi star pointed out the common questions of the people leading towards online bullying and criticism on different occasions.
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Acne is a skin condition that occurs when your hair follicles become plugged with oil and dead skin cells. It causes whiteheads, blackheads or pimples. Acne is most common among teenagers, though it affects people of all ages, according to health experts.
Celebrities including Hania Amir, Syra Yousuf and Alizeh Shah had spoken up against the acne-shaming which people used to embarrass them for their skin conditions.
Hania Amir
Hania Amir had earlier opened up about struggling with mild acne in an Instagram post.
The actress called her struggle with mild acne in the past couple of a months “quite a painful one” adding that she had “nights and days of crying, feeling insecure, anxiety”.
After going through a rough phase for months, she went to a different dermatologist and her skin got better but it made her wonder: “Why is my skin defining me? Who has made these beauty standards that we always feel the need to match? The society? Clear skin is beauty?”
She concluded the post with reminding her followers that just because she’s a celebrity, it doesn’t mean that she doesn’t go through issues in life. “Perfection is not what we should be seeking, being comfortable in our own skin is the key, according to Images.
“This is my skin at the moment. Better than before but still not quite okay. But till I tackle it am I gonna hide myself from the world? Shy away from people? No. Yes I am struggling but my skin DOES NOT define me,” she wrote.
Syra Yousuf
Criticism and online bullying for not living up to these unrealistic beauty standards aren’t new and the latest celebrity to be caught up in this web is Syra Yousuf, who was criticised for not having beautiful skin and looking ‘older’ in a picture posted by her sister Palwasha Yousuf.
Bullies crept out of the woodwork to comment their absolute shock at seeing real skin.
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Some people praised Palwasha for the representation, thanking her for not editing the picture and truly letting real, textured beauty shine.
The Chalay Thay Saath actor responded to the online hate with grace.
“I really like my skin. #Nofilter” she wrote.
Alizeh Shah
In another story, Alizeh Shah, while taking to Instagram, star spoke out about her insecurity inducing struggle with acne.
“Here I am putting my biggest insecurity on display,” Shah began, confessing, “Yes I’ve been struggling with acne for quite a long time.”
“A lot of us have this idea that ‘clear skin’ should be the goal,” she noted, though then confessing one does not need perfect skin to be happy.
‘The current state of your skin does not measure your worth or your beauty!” she said.
She followed this up with a video zooming into her face, flaunting her acne marks, just the way she should.