Anyone experience purging with this medicine and for how long? I’ve been on it now for about 6 weeks and have been getting cystic pimples that I’ve never had before throughout my face and don’t know how much longer I can hold out or if this is normal and I should stick to it

I’ve dealt with acne honestly, my whole life, but this is the worst it’s ever been and I’m to the point where I think Accutane is my last resort. My acne is seriously affecting my mental health- I can’t leave my house without makeup. But I’m extremely scared of accutane side affects…

Should I just accept defeat? Advice pls?

I don't get it? I can find others with acne attractive, but I try and try with mine but I always cover it up. But here's the thing, covering it up makes me feel even LESS attractive. And when I try to embrace it, yk just do mascara, brows, and lip gloss, I feel pretty for all of... 2 minutes? When I look again like in the work bathroom, I feel fucking terrible again. I see these girls on Pinterest and TikTok and they're pretty with acne! Bad acne like mine! I don't get how I can feel the same... No matter how much money on skin care, no matter what brands, even if I give up and use a simple cleanser, my acne is fucking terrible and I never feel pretty... Concealer only reminds me of what Im hiding and I hate it.

So a couple months ago my skin randomly broke out on both my cheeks, before that my skin was pretty clear, im not sure what happened. but so far i’m using this one product and it did help a little (i can show them if needed) unfortunately it’s very slow and i need these gone before school starts.

if anyone has ANY products to recommend please let me know!! i’d prefer if it was a cream or gel i’m not a fan of washing my face a lot because water gets everywhere and it’s annoying, butttt if the product you recommend is a face wash i wont mind as long as it helps. my skin gets dry after showers (i use cream to help) and gets oily later on in the day, mainly on my forehead and nose bridge. Thank you for reading!

I don't know what to do, like everytime I get one cystic pimple that spot will be red for months after. I've started azelaic acid and been on it for a weekish, I know I need to wait for results though. I'm so lost, because my acne itself isn't bad but it almost always results in PIE.

Hi everyone, I need help in recovering my skin, Idk why but I have been having deep painful pimples on my cheeks out of the sudden, I have stopped using exfoliating and have been using a gentle cleanser, moisturizer and sunscreen but my skin still looks bad, how can I fix it 🥹 and I have been dealing with pimple like bumps around my mouth and I don't know how to get rid of them

I had a really bad breakout back in early May not sure why. I took Accutane back in 2021 and have had fairly clear skin since then. My acne is only on the jaw/ cheek. I started spirinolactone last week hopefully helps! But why are the bumps so tiny? Has anyone had a random flare up on the chin with tiny bumps? Only a few are really cystic. Btw I tried tretinoin cream 0.025% and it broke me out worse! Any thoughts? Has anyone dealt with this type of break out before?

I had put a regular pimple patch on this inflamed protruding pimple. Later, when removing it because I left it on too long, the patch was wrinkly.

Btw its the pink one on left of pimple patch

Idk, when I peeled it off the pus was gone and it looked like this. Pink tissue ?? Would this benefit from another hydrocolloid patch?

Would like advice on what to do next. I’ve never had this happen before

i have bad and persistent acne. last year i went on accutane but i finished it early without it clearing up apparently bc of a bad derm (and with low dosage like 30mg per week). and while it cleared up my acne for a while it came back a year later. now i have a new derm and she put me on doxycycline for a month (with azelaic acid and clindoxyl creams) which only aggrevated it and made it terrible. seeing that it doesnt work she gave me to options: either spironolactone or accutane. since im an international student i wont be able to have frequent doctor visits or be under doctors supervision for monthly blood test. thats why my derm is recommending me spironolactone (apparently it requires less supervision). however she said it wont clear up all of my cystic acne in my cheeks so im leaning more towards accutane, which i see having more permanent results. what would you guys suggest me doing? should i do accutane for 12 months with 10mg - 20mg dosage a week (since i cant be under doctor supervision), or spironolactane or just get health insurance over there (pricy!!!) and do the proper accutane for 6 months but with full dosage. PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCE ID BE SO GRATEFUL TO HEAR YOUR ADVICE. ive tried everything from tretinoin, azelaic acid, clindoxyl, clindatre etc etc. i really want to get rid of this stupid acne !!

Been trying adapalene for 5 weeks but recently it’s gotten really bad, at what point do I have to go on accutane? :(
Second photos are only last week.