Healed

In a span of one week, I went to Puerto Galera in Mindoro, spent long nights with the Habit and wined and fine dined at posh restos. Few days later overwhelming small pimples had hovered my face. On the first night, it looked like a simple rash. I ate chocolates since I knew that eating sweets is a household remedy for rashes. It felt weird since I was never allergic to anything. The following morning, I woke up with a very itchy and pimply face. The pimples were very small with little pus at the tip. Since it was very itchy, I decided to buy medicine. The itchiness subsided but I still had little pus all over my face. I started pricking them one by one.

With my scientific mind, I had lots of theories. I was thinking that the pollution in Manila has taken its toll on my face. Or perhaps it was stress and the lack of sleep that had caused it. So I slept more than eight hours a night but to no avail. I also thought that since my period was just over, it might be hormonal changes. I realized that in my 15 years of pagdadalaga, I have never experienced this different body change.

I washed my face. Drank more water than usual. And pricked my pimples. The following morning, my pimples grew back. That's when I decided that I needed a facial. I went to the facial and got something that was recommended for pimply face. I was glad that the pus were gone.

The following day, the pus grew back. That's when I decided that this was something that science can't explain. I went to the albularyo. He did a ritual. He placed a paper on my forehead and the oil on my face showed the culprit. He said it was an old lady. Because I was a skeptic, I just nodded. Then he put oil on my face. I felt icky because he didn't wash his hands prior to touching my face. He did a hilot to his patient's feet prior to accommodating me. But I can't complain. I was skeptic but deep down inside, I'd believe in anything that would work.

The following day, my pimples were gone. It didn't follow the natural order of things where the pimples would dry up and then die. It just went away.

Was it the medicine? The facial? The sleep? The water? Or the albularyo that made my pimples go away? I really don't know. I am just glad that the little pus are now gone.