Cyst coming through?

I haven't had a cyst in a fair while so i'm wondering if this could be one. Right in the corner of my mouth(and i mean right in the corner) is really sore and tender. When i press down it hurts. The same sort of pai n that you get when you have a splinter or soemthing. When i look in the morror it looks ever so slightly raised, but this could very well be my imagination. Does this sound like a cyst? The only thing that got my thinking is my last cyst, about 6 months ago, was in a very similar spot, if not the same spot.

Sratch on face scar?

I got this scatch on my face playing netball at school yesterday and I'm wondering if it will scar of not. It bled a lot, but doesn't seem to be very deep. I have been applying vitamin E oil continuously since the 'incident'.
Also, because I use BP regularly, will this make the process slower or make the mark more noticeable? The sratch is pretty wide and i really really don't want it to mark.
I don;t know why but this sracth has really stressed me out. I guess I spend so much time and effort trying to make my acne and acne scars better, and then just when its healing half my face gets sratched off. Its really gotten my down.
Thanks for any advice.

Have I brought this all on myself?

I started getting piples when I was about 12(I'm 17 now). Just afew little ones every now and then. I got some spot treat,ent from the supermarket and left it at that. In high school my acne got progressively worse and I started to look into treatments more. Back then I thought my skin was terrible but now I would KILL to have my skin in that condition again. I was prone to the really big(cyst?) pimples, but only ever one every now and then. I got onto BP ans started using it regularly. I don't know how it happened by now my skin is terrible and I'm worried that it will never be the same again.

I went to a derm for the first time at the beginning of the year and have been a few times since. The last time I went he put me on duac(night) epiduo(morning) and minocycline. He said that if there is no improvment next time we will seriously discuss Roaccutane(which I find incredibly scary).

I see all of these normal and stunning people at school who don't even think about their skin and it really kills me. My best friend doesn't even use soap to wash her face, just nothing. I am always obsessing over my skin and I just wish I could have moderately clear skin (I'm over longing for perfect skin.)

Did I bring all of this on myself by using BP and every OTC product I could find? Should I have just left it and everything would have been fine? If I wasn't so picky and such a perfectionist would I have the skin that I so desperately want?

I feel like I'm in this cycle. I break out big time at my time of the month, I spend the next few wekks healing and nursing some new pimples and then just as my skin starts to look ok, its that time of the month again.

I have been reading up on accutane over the last couple of days and am still very undecided. Does anyone have any experiences they can share? How bad and how common are the side effects? Could it make my acne worse?

I hate the fact that I wake up in the morning and smother my face in chemicals. It makes me feel so unhealthy. Like i'm damaging my skin just so that I can look half decent.

Please help. I don't know what to do.

Is this just too much?

Well, I've had pimples for around 4 years but only recently(last 6 months?) it turned into what i'd call acne. I've been to the dermatologist and he put me on Clintatech(clindamycin). He thought it was working but I couldn't really notice. Last time I went he put my on minocycline and Duac(clindamycin + BP 5%). This was only last week. The Duac directions say once a day, so I put it on at night. In the morning I have been using the left over clindatech. Is this too harsh for my skin? Should I just wash my face in the mornings and then use moisturiser, or would this just not be strong enough?
Thanks

Zinc

I've just read a little on zinc suppliments for acne. Any good/bad experiences? Most perople seem to be taking about 50mg. I read somewhere that the RDI of zinc is 9mg. Is this right?