6 replies to this topic

[kate_d]

hiya all,
have been viewing these boards for a while searching for a magic cure, needless to say i havent found one................ yet.........im still hopeful tho. wat im in need of more than anything at the mo is support n just to feel for even one minute that im not the only one feeling this way
ive had acne for 3 years now n i feel like its gotten worse in the past year. its like im in a maze of never ending torture, how can ur skin cause u so much heartache? i dont get it!

anyway, looking forward to geting 2 know all of you
Kate x

[helpmegirl]

hello!! I feel ya girl! i really do..I am depressed out of my mind over my sudden adult onset acne. I have had clear skin my whole life until now. I am 20 years old. a junior in college and this acne just started all over my cheeks six months ago...suddenly. and i have no idea why and no answers. I'm on tetracycline and i've been on it for two and half months and differin and nothing is working. I'm just like. ya knw what? i dont even know what to do. what crap to try. I've been researching acne like its going out of style...(even tho its not)..and trying to figure out what could possibly be wrong inside my body that my face is doing this all of a sudden? I have no idea. I started on birth control last month..(only for my face to clear up)..so..that coupled with the tetra....i have no idea what is helping or not. or if anything is helping at all. I don't feel like anything is helping. I am still getting new ones everyday on my cheeks. I have no answers. I feel like the freaken dermatologist just guesses and prescribes crap and really has no idea. I just don't know what to think or believe. I just don't want to have to this very long. I would be so happy if someone could say..."well, you will only have this for another year. " or...it will be gone when you are 24 or something. But, i dunno how long this will go on. I hope not any longer. But, it keeps on keeping on . And, no one in my family has ever had this problem. its awful. I need help

[r374rd]

hey,

i know what ya going thru at the moment. my strugle with acne came to an end about 8 years ago. for about 3 or 4 years i had really bad acne around my mouth and cheeks after trying loads of topical lotions and anti biotics, i almost had to force my doctor to refer me to a dermatologist. once there the dermatologist took one look at my skin and said rocaccutane. i was put on it for 3 months at a does of 20/40. after the 3 months my skn was clean and clear. for me definitely a good choice. i know at lot of people are scared of the side effects, but most will not happen. the chance is very very very low, the manufacturer has to list them by law, even if its like 1 in a 1000000 chance. the side effects i got were the dry eyes, dry lips and dry skin, which after a few weeks i got used to, all i hadto do is carry around a little tub of moisteriser.

if your ance is getting worst and you want to try roaccutane, then tell your dermatologist how its making you feel, they'll have to do somethin about it. but remember, dont ask him/her, tell!!! some dermatologist can be a little funny about roaccutane, not because of the drug it self, but because of the cost. especially in the UK with the nhs.

steve

<LINK REMOVED BY MODERATOR>

[monicamissestheformat]

Hey don't feel bad! We all wouldn't be here on this site if we didn't have the same problem! At least you've only had to deal with it for 3 years... I'm going on 9! I finally got the nerve to go to the dermatologist. My doctor wouldn't send me and kept trying to give me new medications, so finally I went, and just started accutane, and hopefully it helps!

If you need to talk, feel free to PM me.

Hope your day gets better!



<3
Monica Jewel.

[lizlemon]

Hey, I'm also 19 and my real name is Katie, so we have a lot in common! I really understand what you're going through. some days I just want to cry. just keep hoping and eventually something will work for you and your skin WILL clear up. I don't think there's a treatment that will work for everyone, even the regiment thing on this site. if there was, everyone would know about it. everybody is different. just keep trying different things and something will work for you.

[njkatzman]

Hey Kate! Im 21...i've had acne since i was 13 all over my body....pretty bad -- i just started this stuff -- but i've tried pretty much every other treatment out there, even all the natural stuff. My sister took acutane with amazing results...so here I am.
I hope it all turns out great for ya
You'll do fine

`Noah

[NothingToProve]

Hey Kate, i'm sure most of us here worry about our face's almost every day. As a sufferer of acne for 5-6 years I know how much pimples can effect a person mentally and socially. At school i tend to think that im the only one that feels this way about my face but when i look around at other people i notice that they too have acne and are suffering the same way i am.

uhh yah i dunno where im going with that but anyway i hope you find what you need here and i truly wish that everything will go well for you