Blood filled cyst

About 3 weeks ago I had a cyst develop on my cheek, right next to my nose. It grew and grew in size, so I had my derm inject it. It went away about a day later. A few days after that, I noticed a dark maroon colored mark on my face where the cyst was. When I touch it, I can feel a pocket of fluid underneath. It's a bit painful.

It's been on my face for a while, and last night I got fed up with it and tried popping it. One side of it did pop, and blood came out. but the other side remained intact. It looks like it's filled with blood. Why doesn't it come to a head? Should I use a pin or something to pop it?

Also, I'm on 80mg of Accutane a day, which I know increases the risk of scarring, so that makes me a little more wary about ripping the thing apart. Any advice?

Acne and work

I'm not really sure why I'm posting this.. I guess I just need to vent.

Anyway, I'm a 26 year old guy who works in a major theme park in Orlando, FL. I wait tables, so I see LOTS of people every day, and have to interact with them.
I've had cystic acne since I was like.. 14. It comes and goes.. and lately I've gone through long periods of clear skin. But just a month ago or so, I started breaking out again. My breakouts are usually large cysts on my neck and jawline. The kind that never pop, and never come to a head. They just remain large bumps under my skin for weeks. I've tried everything: Accutane twice, every antibiotic imaginable, and every cream too. It's very, very depressing.

On the days I work, I wake up in the morning, and my stomach is in a knot. I have constant anxiety about having to face those people. I know I shouldn't worry about what they think, but I feel like I'm hideous. I just want to hide my face all day.

Does anyone else feel like this at work? What can I do about this nagging anxiety? I think it's making my skin worse.

I guess I'd just like to hear from someone in the same boat as me.

I've screwed myself!

So.. I've been on accutane for about 2 months. The 1st month was 80mg a day. Well, I know that your not supposed to drink while on it, but I did. And often. So when I got my bloodwork done, she said my liver enzymes were high. So she (my derm) dropped me down to 40mg a day. So thats all well and good. Well this month, I've still been drinking. I went to get my bloodwork done a couple days ago. This morning I get a phone call from my doc's office telling me to stop accutane. They said my enzymes were higher than before. She said to not take it for a month, get more bloodwork done, then make another appt at the derms. I am really shocked. i didnt think this would happen. Accutane was like the thing that was gonna save me! Now, was it the drinking that did this? Or was it just my body? I've been on Tane before, and nothing like this happened. Of course, I was 16 and not a heavy drinker. Also, I have a huge cyst on my neck and I called in sick to work today. So now I have no money, no tane, and acne. I feel like absolute shit. I dont know what to do. I'm prolly gonna be without the tane for about 2 weeks, considering I have about a 2 week supply left. I cant stop taking it. I dont want my face to go back to the way it was. I'm gonna try to not drink anymore and see what happens.. aaargh!

Flaky skin driving me insane!

So I've been on tane for about 2.5 weeks now. My skin has gotten sooo dry, and I've been having horrible breakouts! Well now I have to go back to work, and I'm not sure what to do about the dry skin. At 1st i was using Oil-Free Moisture from Neutrogena, but my skin was still flaky. Now I've bought Eucerin Calming Lotion. I put it on right before I went into Barnes and Noble's today.. and when I came out to my car like 45 minutes later, my skin was all flakey again! It's driving me insane and killing my self esteem. So does anyone have any tips? What's the best moisturizer to use?

Calling in sick to work

So I just started accutane a couple weeks ago, and I'm having the initial breakout. and DAMN, my acne is worse than before I started the tane! It's a tad embaressing. Plus, I'm a waiter at Disney World, so I feel like people are dissappointed when they see me. Like, why did they have to get the pimply guy as their waiter? Plus, I hate having to say hello to them.. and then the whole table looks up at me. I can tell they're a little shocked by my appearance. Aaargh, it gives me such anxiety!! So, the past few days I've been calling into work sick. I wake up in the morning and hope my face will look better. Then, when I look in the mirror, I get really panicy. It's like I can't bear to be seen by these people!! omg, I just want the accutane to start working now!! Sorry for makin this post so long, but I just needed to vent. I feel trapped by the damn acne. Hopefully soon it'll start to get better. I'm going into my 3rd week of accutane, so.. we'll see. Thank god for these boards!