Acne... anyone who's had it bad.

[ilovewords]

I had really bad face acne. Like, the cystic kind, not so much on the surface. I had tried everything and I still was scarring and it got terrible.

I'm currently on Accutane. which is a total life saver. I've been on a month and I'm almost completely clear, and my scarring is almost gone. Yeah, it's kind of a pain in the butt, because you have to do blood tests and pregnancy tests monthly, but its worth it.

And I know it has crazy side effects, etc. But I'm prescribed and being safe. I don't want opinions on whether I should be on it or not.

Anyways, has anyone else been on this or something similar? And how much did your skin flare right after you got off of it? Because that's what I'm worrying about..

[scnbabe89]

Ya it works well you should be on it I know what it feels like to have it really bad. I used to have really bad acne and then about 5 years ago went to the dermatologist and I used epodio. It works well but recently it has come back like adult acne and this time he put me on an oral pill like accutane. Hopefully it will work because I've been getting it on my back too and it looks so gross. I feel like it cures it because even though mine came back its not half as much as it used to me. Back in high school it used to cover my face.

[justjumpit4]

I am too! Ha, this is exactly what I've been wondering.

[AnAnonymousPerson]

I took accutane for about a year and a half and it cleared all of my acne immensely. The only complaint I have is that apparently I scar easily and I have some raised scars on the side of my face (not that bad) and my back. I have had these scars injected multiple times with something from the dermatologist to reduce the inflammation, but to little or no avail. That's really the only complaint I have about it.

[justjumpit4]

it made you scar more? Its taking mine away..

[AnAnonymousPerson]

Not really more. My acne was very very bad and all it did was scar in like 2 spots on my back (they're just raised bumps) and like three less noticeable ones on the side of my face. MY dermatologist said I just react different than other people and as a result have raised scars that look like just bumps lol. Small price to pay in my opinion.

[DiamondKutt]

I've been prescribed acne creams years ago, which helped a lot, but I stopped using them.

But now I'm on birth control pills & my skin is really clear.