Good news, birth control was only $23. hoorah to new health insurance.
Started taking 50 mg of zinc in the morning with my birth control. Considering niacin, I've read good results, but people are saying results are only temporary.
My skin seems to be steadily improving. I am hoping for the best and expecting the worst.

Got my school schedule today, aah the stress is beginning. I need to introduce stress relief into my life.

Well, I'll try to eat healthy... maybe bring my lunch to school..

So I've been taking zinc and I see an improvement in my skin. I seem to have only a couple new pimples and they aren't bad.
My skin has been a little dry so I have been moisturizing with coconut oil. Pretty good results! I researched coconut oil a little and evidently it has really helped reduce people's acne. It supposedly kills bacteria because of the acids in it.. IDN, but I am going to give it a try.
I already have the extra virgin expeller pressed one from Whole Foods.
My cheeks are so soft.. love it!
School starts tomorrow.. ugh sucks!
I'm going to pack my lunch more often so that I don't eat too much junk.
My regimen is still the same but I just use coconut oil now.
I know i switch around a lot but I usually wait awhile to see if something is working and I can kind of tell now when something is doing well.

my skins improving!
i got a kind of cyst inbetween my eyebrows but its going down. thats about it
I havent been wearing foundation to school and my skin is healing pretty quickly
coconut oil is awesome, i love it. i highly suggest it if anyone is reading this.
I think the zinc is also helping a bunch. I have to make sure I take it after breakfast or else I get super nautious.
my chest acne is still kind of bad, idn if i said it was earlier but its been bad since the end of july. I'm not sure why though. i bought some body wash with salicylic acid in it and it seems to be helping, idn. my bacne isn't super bad just like a couple of bumps.
I hate school, its so stressful, I have a ton of homework every night.

Ok so my face is getting better
i think I have p. folliculitis on my chest and back.
i have all the symptoms so I am pretty sure I do.
But yeah I just thought I would make this short.

I don't think anybody is reading this, but.. just to keep an update for myself.
my face is getting better, I dont get big breakouts any more. (maybe from taking Niacin and Zinc)
I can't eat dairy for another 3 weeks because my doctor wants to see what else is wrong with me besides lactose intolerance . I have an intestinal problem where I'm not absorbing enough nutrients and I might have candida.
My chest is absolutely horrible, it is the worst I have ever seen it. No exaggeration. I am currently treating it with a ZNP bar because I thought it was folliculitis but it isn't getting any better so I'm a little lost. My derm moved so I see the head of the office I go to, met him thursday, he seems nice. He prescribed me a sulfur mask to use on my face and chest to get rid of the red inflamed acne I have.
To describe my chest it is basically large red bumps that occasionally come to a whitehead and are itchy often. My back isn't as bad but the zits are larger , just more spread out.
It might have something to do with my stomach/intestine condition, but I really can't tell.
I've lost 6 pounds and I was already underweight to begin with =[. Plus it is making me very weak, dizzy, and fatigued.