Lili Reinhart felt a lot of "shame" around having acne as a child. The 'Riverdale' actress, 28, believes there is less judgement around the skin condition nowadays to when she was growing up and admitted her pimples may have given her "self-esteem" issues. She told PEOPLE: “To have that feeling of 'I'm feeling out of control' can be incredibly isolating.
And also, there's a lot of shame associated with acne. I think when I was in middle school and high school, I didn't have pimple patches so I didn't have an avenue where I felt like, ‘Okay, I can hide this pimple.’ “I did have to just grin and bear it, and I think that wasn't good for my self-esteem.
"But now as an adult and having it happening, I think we live in a different world where it is more acceptable.” Lili says it's great that celebrities aren't afraid to show themselves wearing spot stickers, but that wasn't always the case. She said: “People walk around with stickers on their faces and they feel fine about it.
“I hope teenagers who experience acne feel like they're in a world that's a little bit more accepting just because when I was a kid, no one was talking about it. Certainly, no celebrity was talking about it.” Lili felt she had to "hide" away whenever she had a breakout.
She recalled: “I felt ashamed. "I felt like I needed to hide. I still felt like I was somehow the only girl with acne in my circle.
” Lili still gets acne now and finds it "isolating" and she hopes by speaking out she can h.
