just want this evening to fly by. i never thought i would say that about Christmas eve but i want it to be over so that i can be in the comfort of my own home with no one but myself and kids and of course husband. he doesn't judge me, i don't think.

Happy Christmas everyone. Already here in Australia of course, and I've had a good day with family and haven't worried about my skin too much - as long as I keep myself distracted / busy with other things. Last night was different though - just fed up with it all and sick of feeling so ugly and gross - was close to tears a few times because nothing seems to work. So, trying to keep distracted from thinking like that because it obviously can't help anything and just makes me feel worse. Focusing on enjoying this time with family and having a break from uni for a few days

Hey Lily

You should definitely look into taking birth control or spiro I reckon. If I was female I would definitely explore theses options rather than use the regimen. There seems to be a lot of girls who have had success with spiro on these forums. Don't get me wrong, the regimen is extremely effective but it's also kind of a giant pain in the butt to do, is time consuming, bleaching your clothes etc. If you could control your acne just with a pill it seems like a way better/easier option. Have you been to see a derm before - you could at least discuss some options and see what they recommend. You could also keep using the BP, take something like Spiro concurrently and see if it helps. Worth a shot if you are unhappy.

Happy Christmas everyone Already here in Australia of course, and I've had a good day with family and haven't worried about my skin too much - as long as I keep myself distracted / busy with other things. Last night was different though - just fed up with it all and sick of feeling so ugly and gross - was close to tears a few times because nothing seems to work. So, trying to keep distracted from thinking like that because it obviously can't help anything and just makes me feel worse. Focusing on enjoying this time with family and having a break from uni for a few days

 

Hey Lily

You should definitely look into taking birth control or spiro I reckon. If I was female I would definitely explore theses options rather than use the regimen. There seems to be a lot of girls who have had success with spiro on these forums. Don't get me wrong, the regimen is extremely effective but it's also kind of a giant pain in the butt to do, is time consuming, bleaching your clothes etc. If you could control your acne just with a pill it seems like a way better/easier option. Have you been to see a derm before - you could at least discuss some options and see what they recommend. You could also keep using the BP, take something like Spiro concurrently and see if it helps. Worth a shot if you are unhappy.

Thank you Yes definitely worth a shot - though I worry a bit about potential risks / side effects from any sort of pills...

I like the idea of spiro but I'll have to ask a different GP about it as my current GP wouldn't give it to me just for acne when I asked about it earlier this year.

Completely agree that the regimen is a pain to do, even if it can help your skin a bit (or a lot for many other people). I'll be looking into other options soon but still be continuing the regimen until I find something that works better for me

Happy Christmas everyone! Stay safe and enjoy yerselves.

Feeling pretty poor again today. I pray to God that the savage breakout I have on my jaw/cheek/mouth is purging or something because I can't deal with it atm. Please skin improve

I feel that my face will never again be as it was a year ago...

Been on Mino for the past week, as well as Tetranoin & Clindamycin...so far, no massive improvements but little ones. Just have to be patient, I guess. :/

Feeling way better than I was a few weeks ago, but honestly I'm just waiting for the next flare up. I hope it will be a while.

Hope everyone is having a good holiday season despite their acne.

I can focus better when my skin is clear! I'm happy that I am finally done with acne. No more white heads! My scars reduced! I apply MSM lotion twice a day, everyday and I apply Aloe vera sometimes. I'm in UMass Lowell and I am finally done with my first semester! I barely passed.. I was taking a lot of courses and working 25 hours a week. I wouldn't have passed if I had skin problems. I will upload newest pictures later. I have uploaded some pics when I had bad breakouts..

Let me keep going.. haha.... life is much better now, I can't believe I wasted 12 years of my life because of acne. It is like a person who has been in prison for 12 years.. Now I have confident and I am so close on having my first relationship ever. My future awaits me and I want to enjoy life as much as I can since I wasted so many years.. :\

I feel like my acne is just moving down my face - it's something I've noticed for a while with using the regimen. I hardly ever would get acne on my neck or under my jaw but now it's more and more common for under my jaw area and neck to breakout. and they're always the larger, harder, painful spots. Not saying the regimen caused this at all... it's just like the acne moved to the areas that I wasn't treating with BP and improved a bit or cleared on the areas that did get BP. I know that for me, the acne that I tend to get on my chin or jaw is the more difficult / resistant acne... I've always guessed it's typical hormonal acne. BP has helped it a bit though

Skin still breaking out though it is calming down a bit compared to a few days ago. A few on my forehead, one tiny one on my right cheek. A lot across my chin and jaw toward my ears and also a couple under my jawline and on my neck.

Still feeling bad about acne - but feeling much better about life. Only a few months after finishing my PhD, I managed to land my dream job after getting through a very competitive interview process. It's going to be hard work, and I do worry about how acne will affect me day to day; but, still, at least I can say that I've refused to let skin problems ruin my life.

Merry Xmas to all.

Feeling terrible. I've been on the regimen for about 3 months now and everything was finally clearing up except my red marks. Then all of a sudden last weekend I get these giant cysts and pimples on the left side of the face and it's just... So disappointing. Only one half of my face has broken out while the other looks fine... I feel like all the progress I just made over these months we're just ruined.... Hopefully it'll clear up soon... But who knows.

Bad.. Woke up and it's the worse it had been in a year, the redness is terrible. I went to the doctors, the tablets aren't working -_- I was on them before and they didn't. I don't want to leave the house this holidays but I'm not very good and excuses and don't want to kill my social life D: I wish I was back in summer where I was acne free it truly kills my mood.

Well as of today I'm feeling a whole lot better since I haven't had a break out in a month now. I thought for sure I would of gotten one around my time of month but I only got one pimple so I'm guessing the Spironolactone is starting to work

Awful. Literally couldn't care less if the world ended today.

3 giant red patches of angry skin, 2 around each side of my mouth and 1 between my eyebrows, have persistently been on my face for a week now. Just been put on antibiotics, and i desperately need it to start calming down before I go back to uni next weekend.

I can't even make eye contact with my family. So fucking down it's unreal.

I can't believe how acne ruined me. I've been hiding for years because of acne. I didn't learn much! I became clear like 2 years ago and now I am such a boring person. I am very quiet.. I only talk when necessary. I am not talkative. I prefer to be alone in the darkness and stare at the stars and the moon above. I do like being alone, I feel better and calmed. I dated this girl and our 3rd date wasn't that great. We were both silence. She was like, you need to talk more. I told her it won't work out, so I need to move on. Many girls love outgoing guys which is frustrating. I find them annoying... outgoing guys do waste a lot of energy.. You can stay younger for a little longer if you don't talk much because talking cost energy since you have to think.. etc.

Massive cyst on my chin and another on my neck among other smaller breakouts. PIH is for some reason looking a little darker lately - still using SPF everyday to try and stop it from getting worse so not sure what's happening

I didn't want to leave the house yesterday because my skin just looked so bad - makeup helped a bit but obviously can't hide massive bumps. And it was such a hot day - makeup wasn't lasting long and so my skin looked even worse after a few hours out because then I had bad skin and patchy looking / bad makeup because of the heat 'melting' it off - gross.

But I did still go out and had a good time. Caught up with cousins I haven't seen in awhile for a movie and drinks which was fun(but a lot of the time I was thinking about my skin and felt like I needed to hide my face from other people - not my cousins so much as other people though)

Feeling like that again today - like I need to hide my face behind my hair or something. I went out to breakfast this morning and have other family coming over this afternoon - just want to hide. Can barely make eye contact with people today. It is easier with family though.

Hardly ever come on here now. My skin isn`t too bad these days but I do currently have a couple of cysts on my left cheek. However, I`m currently very depressed.

It's been more than 2 months since I started Spiro, and it doesn't seem to work for me so far. I will give it 1-2 months more and then there's not much left to do but to take Accutane. I have no more time to play around with bcp and supplements, cause of scarring, which is my biggest problem right now. Makes me sad that it will costs so much to fix this shit...

It's been more than 2 months since I started Spiro, and it doesn't seem to work for me so far. I will give it 1-2 months more and then there's not much left to do but to take Accutane. I have no more time to play around with bcp and supplements, cause of scarring, which is my biggest problem right now. Makes me sad that it will costs so much to fix this shit...

Hi Pianina, i am sorry to hear that.. just wondering, are you sure you are not trying too much? I mean you are on bcp, spiro and peppermint tea. When i was on 100 mg (only 25 more than now) i broke out every other day. Now, excluding a comedone that i picked, i have had no breakouts in 9 days-unfortunately i still have to limit dairy. I wish everyone finds an effective treatment soon and a great and clear 2014!

Hoping everyone finds what finally gets rid of their acne in the new year!

For me, I think the Beyaz/Spiro/Differin combo will get my skin looking normal and acne-free. Wishing everyone else a successful 2014!

Happy that the major cysts I had on my chin and neck are flattening / healing. The other minor breakouts on my forehead and cheeks also seem to be going. However, I can feel more smaller ones coming up on my chin - annoying but hoping they don't turn into huge cysts again.

I am feeling quite nervous and stressed with uni and the assessments I have soon. Hoping I don't breakout too much due to that stress... or if I do, that I can keep that added stress / anxiety under control and still do well with the uni work.

Also hoping 2014 is a great and happy year for us all and if it happens to be the year where we find clear skin - that's an awesome, very welcome, bonus

Some days I look in the mirror and think ok I can deal with this but other days like today I look awful and feel worse. I feel like my hyperpigmentation will never go

Today, an era that started on here back in August ended and I feel truly sad and lonely this evening. Skinwise, I`m fine.

I haven't felt this good about my skin in a long time. I have been on 100 mg of Spiro since August 2013 and my skin is finally consistently clear. I haven't gotten a real zit in about 2 months, I believe. I do still get blocked pores/blackheads on occasion, but those are easy enough to deal with it. My skin is also much less oily and I don't need to blot anymore!

Having dealt with acne for 5 years, it feels so strange to have it not really be a part of my life anymore. I no longer take an hour to put my makeup on, and even go out in public often without any makeup on. I don't worry that people will see my bumps in natural light, or that I'll get zits if I eat a certain food or sleep face down on my pillow. I used to be so utterly obsessed with my skin, to the point where I wanted to drop out of school. I remember so clearly the times where I would just look in the mirror and then run back to my bed and cry because I hated my skin. I remember the times I got made fun of for my acne, or the times people commented on how oily my skin was. Or when I could've never, ever pictured myself with crystal clear skin as I have now.

I don't think I've "beaten" acne, as like I said, I do get blackheads and zits very occasionally. It's just a lot, lot less frequent. And I do wonder sometimes if the Spiro will stop working someday, and if I'll start getting acne again. But it's pointless to live life in fear like that. I am so happy with how far my skin has come, and how far I've personally come as well. I've become so much more comfortable with myself and my life - even when I did have acne - just because of having the support of you guys. thank you all.

Sorry for the long post, but I'm very satisfied right now with everything. I really hope you guys find your acne cure this year.