Did teenaged Jesus have acne? (Thanks, Witch Hazel!)

• Hell yes! Why do you think he disappeared from age 12 to like 30?
  -- Shawn Creamer
  
  
• Baths were still about 1600 years away. OxyPads were still about 2000 years away. Dermatologists? 1900 years, give or take a bit.
  
  Remember, zits are part of God's miracle of creation, like anthrax and maggots. I bet Jesus rejoiced in his pimples.
  
  While we're on the subject of the most Holy of teenage boys, what about wet dreams? :)
  -- Matt
  
  
• I'd have to say no. It's well documented that Jesus could cure leprosy (Mathew 8:2-3, Mark 1:40-42, Luke 5:12-13; 17:12-13...), so I'd wager a simple case of acne would be no sweat. Moreover, not once in the New Testament is there reference to Jesus using oil-free moisturizers or gentle exfoliants, to help prevent breakouts. Obivously, the guy just had good skin.
  -- Andrew Coristine
  
  
• I think teenaged Jesus probably did have acne. As the mother of 3 teenaged daughters, I think it is more than likely that he whined about his acne to Mary, requesting several hundred drachma, or whatever the current currency was, to see the dermatologist. Perhaps this is why we know so little of Jesus during his "formative years."
  -- Green1212
  
  

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