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Remember when we all thought growing up meant no more acne? Goodness. What the hell was that all about?

Adult acne is very much a real thing. And it's incredibly common.

According to the Global Acne Report (see? it's so common it has its own report), 80 per cent of people experience acne from the onset of puberty until well into their 30s. That's a lotta people.

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And we're not just talking about you, me and that barista who always spells your name wrong. We're talking about celebrities. They get breakouts too.

And a lot of them are pretty candid about it on social media, which kinda makes having acne less of a ~thing~.

From Chrissy Teigen to Lili Reinhart and Mindy Kaling, here are a bunch of celebs who openly shared their struggle with acne.

Matilda De Angelis.

The Italian actress, who starred inThe Undoing,shared a selfie to Instagram showing her painful cystic acne flare-up. Within the post she explained just how much acne affects her daily life, before adding that 2020 taught her that "there are things that cannot be controlled".

She wrote, "There are changes that we must accept in our life and with them, the perception of ourselves and the world around us... Paradoxical things happen in life don’t they? Well, for me, being an actress and working with a face eaten by acne is one of them."

Keke Palmer.

Actress and musician Keke Palmer took to Instagram to reveal her struggles with acne as a result of polycystic ovary syndrome.

She shared photos of her skin during a flare-up and said the hormonal disorder has been something she has struggled with throughout her life. She also wrote that her acne "has been so bad" that people in the entertainment industry offered to pay for treatments.

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"I tried EVERYTHING," she wrote. "I did Accutane TWICE. People say drink water, have a better diet, but I did all that, I ate all the 'right' things, my blood tests were fine. But it took ME taking a personal look into my family that has a history of diabetes and obesity to understand what was ACTUALLY happening with me."

Mindy Kaling.

Trust Mindy Kaling to keep it real.

While we're pretty used to seeing her all glammed on the red carpet, the actress shared this candid selfie of her face smattered in spot cream right before attending an event - and boy, have we BEEN. THERE. It's like the pimples *know* when you need them to not show up, right?

"That zit cream in your 30s life. At least I'm not going onThe Tonight Showlater today," she wrote on Instagram.

Erin Docherty

Beauty & Lifestyle Editor

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