Reviews you can trust, from real people like you.
How it works
- Our highly-trained Review Moderation team evaluates all reviews before they're published to ensure they're written by people like you and not a member of a doctor's office.
- This multi-step process takes up to 24 hours from review submission to publication.
- Doctors can't pay to have reviews removed or hidden.
- Reviews are only removed at the reviewer's request or if they violate our Terms of Service.
If you have questions or believe we should re-evaluate a published review, let us know.
Sort by:
*Treatment results may vary
Worth It rating changed to Not Worth It.
Having some time removed from the Absorica incident and also having found success in Spironolactone (for now--it's been 6+ months on the Spiro), I now do not feel that the Absorica was worth it for me given the frightening albeit temporary vocal loss side effect. I still consider it highly unlikely that I would try it again should I run into issues tolerating the Spiro long term.
Other shoe dropped: acne, returned.
I wasn't on the full treatment course, only did 5 months, so that should be considered firstly. But at around 8 months post (January 2016), my skin started to break out again and within about a month from the first resurgence, it was bad enough that I went back to my derm to get back on Solodyn. After a few months of that, he finally agreed to try out the Spironolactone. It took a couple months for my skin to clear up , but now it is the best it has been in years. So we'll see how it goes on the Spiro but I guess it has worked for a lot of women, even if their blood tests put them into normal hormonal range.
Short-lived success
I wish I could say my very brief stint on Absorica cured my acne for good, but in January 2016 (after having completed only 5 weeks of treatment March-April), I started to get some flare ups again. I got maybe 8 months of excellent-to-moderate relief. I started back on the Solodyn at the beginning of the summer (and Atralin PM and Onexton AM). I didn't have high hopes given the abbreviated course. It was nice while it lasted. Will I go back? It's unlikely. But if I do, possibly at 30mg dose to see if I can tolerate that. While I do feel Absorica works, I am worried about the unexplored potential for long term damage to my vocal chords.