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'Bachelor in Paradise's' Tenille Favios Reveals Her Battle With Cystic Acne

The transformation photos are insane! - by Grace Back
  • 09 May 2019
'Bachelor in Paradise's' Tenille Favios Reveals Her Battle With Cystic Acne

Reality star Tenille Favios was often praised for her beauty on this season's Bachelor In Paradise. But the Byron Bay beauty once struggled with severe cystic acne in her early twenties and was diagnosed with strong medication to treat the condition. 

Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, the 26-year-old flight attendant shared confronting throwback photos of her inflamed skin. She also uploaded a lengthy video discussing her worst breakout at age 21, and the steps she took to deal with the problem. 

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Paradise, where to begin. Well right now to be honest I feel like that episode of friends where Ross drinks all the margaritas and keeps telling everyone he's fine when clearly he's not 😂 only minus the margaritas 🤦🏽‍♀️ If I haven't got back to your messages just know they don't go unnoticed or unappreciated. I will be doing my best to respond ASAP. The support and kindness you have all offered fills my heart 💕Now I'd be lying if I said I wasn't feeling pretty broken after re living last nights ceremony/tell all. No one in Paradise is forced to do or say anything they don't want to and I just asked for the truth which I believe I did not receive. I deserved better than that. It's hard to put yourself out there when you have had similar hurt from past relationships, too often I have been told one thing and then actions or time has revealed a different truth. I'm so proud of myself for not letting the fact I've been repeatedly through that in life determine how open and trusting I am when it comes to dating. It was an experience of a lifetime that I will cherish always and I honestly left there so happy with no regrets. Things don't always work out the way we hope but that's ok that's life, we grow we learn and we become stronger. I think an important lesson for people to learn from this is we almost never hurt others by being honest and open with what we want and how we feel and almost always hurt them when we don't. Please always think of other people's emotions, no one will condemn you for feeling a certain way or not feeling a certain way for someone you are allowed to feel what you want for who you want. I didn't think it was too much to ask to be treated with the same amount of respect and honesty that I give but sometimes people forget to treat people the way they would want to be treated. We are all human and all make mistakes so hopefully a lot was learnt through this experience. I have made some incredible friendships and I am so thankful to @bachelorinparadiseau for giving me this opportunity. Now let's close the chapter on this weirdly strange and emotional book. Onwards and upwards my friends 💛 Stylist: @kim_capital_l Outfit: @tigermist

"I never had an issue with my skin and then I broke out five years ago - it was bad!" she explains. "I got it on my chin, around my nose, forehead, tops of my shoulders and down my neck." 

She said doctors originally wanted her to go on the pill, try antibiotics and use anti-bacterial washes on her face, but she chose a different treatment path. After consulting a specialist, Tenille ended up on Roaccutane, a "very serious medication [with] a lot of serious side effects."

Luckily, the side effects were not as bad as they could have been, with the worst being "severely dry" lips and an aversion to sunlight. The dermatologist put her on "the highest dosage" possible for a female of her body weight, and she took three tablets a day for nine months.

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"It was the best thing I ever did," she said, adding that she was "frustrated" by her previous unsuccessful attempts to cure her the condition. 

"It honestly relieved all of the frustrations and issues I was having with my skin," she explained at the end of the video. "I never found out why my skin [broke out], and I've never had a problem since."

Since overcoming her acne, Tenille admits to following a very basic skincare regime and adopts a "less is more approach" to cleansing, exfoliating and moisturising.

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