Making Zits Extinct Like Dinosaurs - Sarah's Log

HELLOOO ALL OF YOU LOVELY PEOPLE AT ACNE.ORG! (:

I'm Sarah, an 19 year-old college sophomore at University of Colorado. I'm 5 foot 3, weight about 100 pounds, and I'm a vegetarian and healthy eater. I'm have acne since I was about 13, but in the last two years my mild/ moderate acne has become unbearable.

Like most accutane stories start, I've tried everything. Retin-A, tazorac, doryx, antobiotics, differin, cleocin-t, changing my diet, changing my birth control, duac, pretty much everything in the drugstore ... yada yada yada. My derm finally said, "I'm out of options", and a month later my claravis is sitting next to me.

I kind of feel like accutane is my last hope. I've gone through hell for some time and I'm ready to stop letting acne get in the way of my life! And having to jump through a million hurdles to get on the pills makes me want it to work that much more.

But to be honest, I'm a little freaked out about taking it. I've been lurking on acne.org for ages and ages now and I seem to find 'tane horror stories everywhere. People losing hair, their night vision, their sanity... it's some scary stuff.

I think that keeping a log on a place that's so supportive can only mean good things. I'll post some pictures tomorrow to give everyone an idea of what I'm dealing with, and in the meantime I'm chugging water like crazy before I take my first pill.

Here's to hoping I can toss out my concealer eventually... (: