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I started getting acne in the 5th grade. I had no...
I started getting acne in the 5th grade. I had no confidence throughout my 6th-12th grades. I used make up and avoided pictures. I was always aware of how it affected me as a person and how I treated others. There was a paranoia I had that people stared at me and talked about my skin. It really gave me a complex and damaged me more than I let on. My acne was hereditary... My father had bad acne, my sister the same. It got worse with my monthly cycles. I visited Drs who said, "It's not that bad."
And prescribed antibiotics. And creams.
I thought I would grow out of it but it seemed to move from my face to my neck, than to my back and chest. Nothing worked. It improved a little. I found the sun would dry me up some but I didn't want to lose one skin problem to gain another.
I had my 2nd child, June of 2014. During my pregnancy, my entire body broke out. After I had her, I got all of these large pimples all over my body. My face, my neck, my hairline, chest, back, arms, stomach, even my legs. It was painful, uncomfortable and I felt ugly.
I had heard of Accutane... My sister was on it when she was in high school. She lasted a month because she was depressed. I made an appointment to a recommended Skin Institute.
My Skin doctor was very thorough and got right to the point, "the only thing that works is Accutane"
I thought to myself, "Yeah, right. 16 years of acne! It won't work on me, nothing works on me...."
I did it. I did it all. The pregnancy tests, the fasting, the blood work, the phone calls with the Insurance co, the endless appointments, the dryness, the bleeding nose, the Aquaphor Discovery. I did 40mg the first month, 80mg the second, 120mg the rest (except one random month where my blood work was bad and I went down to 80mg.)
I am in the final week of my 7 month treatment of Isotretrinoin.
It's all gone. All of it.
I have a fear that it will come back. But I had a fear when I started the process- that it wouldn't work or I would fall into the .000005% of people who lose their mind.
I wish I could go to every high school, middle school and find all of the little "me's" and educate about this "Miracle Drug".
If you have acne- DO IT. If you have or haven't tried anything else- DO IT.
I see the celebrities and people on tv advertising ProActive (I did that, too) who claim it works.
Accutane works. Period.
Do it and enjoy your confidence.
And prescribed antibiotics. And creams.
I thought I would grow out of it but it seemed to move from my face to my neck, than to my back and chest. Nothing worked. It improved a little. I found the sun would dry me up some but I didn't want to lose one skin problem to gain another.
I had my 2nd child, June of 2014. During my pregnancy, my entire body broke out. After I had her, I got all of these large pimples all over my body. My face, my neck, my hairline, chest, back, arms, stomach, even my legs. It was painful, uncomfortable and I felt ugly.
I had heard of Accutane... My sister was on it when she was in high school. She lasted a month because she was depressed. I made an appointment to a recommended Skin Institute.
My Skin doctor was very thorough and got right to the point, "the only thing that works is Accutane"
I thought to myself, "Yeah, right. 16 years of acne! It won't work on me, nothing works on me...."
I did it. I did it all. The pregnancy tests, the fasting, the blood work, the phone calls with the Insurance co, the endless appointments, the dryness, the bleeding nose, the Aquaphor Discovery. I did 40mg the first month, 80mg the second, 120mg the rest (except one random month where my blood work was bad and I went down to 80mg.)
I am in the final week of my 7 month treatment of Isotretrinoin.
It's all gone. All of it.
I have a fear that it will come back. But I had a fear when I started the process- that it wouldn't work or I would fall into the .000005% of people who lose their mind.
I wish I could go to every high school, middle school and find all of the little "me's" and educate about this "Miracle Drug".
If you have acne- DO IT. If you have or haven't tried anything else- DO IT.
I see the celebrities and people on tv advertising ProActive (I did that, too) who claim it works.
Accutane works. Period.
Do it and enjoy your confidence.
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