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Now my hair is thinning and falling out. Must be stress, as there's no baldness in my family. At least a shaved head suits me, and helps me feel cleaner and fresher.
Will have to come to terms with the fact that God wants me to be unattractive. I have a really good career, and can devote myself to that.
im so depressed its just imposible to tell. my pal has such a perfect, flawless, smooth, fresh, ABSOLUTELY healthy unaffected face skin, like it havent even been touched, not a single micro spot is wrong.
while i have such a screwed up, devastated burn victims face tht looks worse than fuking leather. rly i could compare it to all shitty things in the world..
rare person tht i can relate to with so much, several specifics like mine nd who can tolerate me n more. alot of it so unreal. bt if god has blessed me like this i will never ever fucking ever goin to meet this person! just fucking no. and most importantly? never hv skin like that!
it feels like my mind is dying, feeling so intense, and soul is just not there anymore
I went to the derm yesterday and he gave me doxy 100mg, and to be honest i felt like shit because i felt like my skin was doing better, right now i only have like 4 active spots along the jawline, so i was all cool like i dont have acne, just a couple spots here and there like any other 20 year old guy, and then boom, the derm tells me i should take antibiotics.
I thinks its because im the whitest person to walk in earth since michael jackson passed away so any red mark stands out a lot more than it would on a tanned person
Also, does doxy give you an initial breakout? Because im going back to college in a couple weeks and you know, i obviously dont want to go back all broken out
On 9/4/2014 at 9:52 PM, greenboi said:I went to the derm yesterday and he gave me doxy 100mg, and to be honest i felt like shit because i felt like my skin was doing better, right now i only have like 4 active spots along the jawline, so i was all cool like i dont have acne, just a couple spots here and there like any other 20 year old guy, and then boom, the derm tells me i should take antibiotics.
I thinks its because im the whitest person to walk in earth since michael jackson passed away so any red mark stands out a lot more than it would on a tanned person
Also, does doxy give you an initial breakout? Because im going back to college in a couple weeks and you know, i obviously dont want to go back all broken out
Haha I know exactly what you mean with the pale skin and the red marks showing up so easily / standing out so much
Just because the derm suggested doxy, doesn't mean you have to take it. If you're ok with how your skin is right now then just keep doing what you have been doing. You can always take doxy later if you feel like you do start to 'need' it.
I took doxy years ago. I can't remember for sure now if it did cause an initial breakout for me (I probably wouldn't have noticed because my skin was worse then...) but it did take time to work. It was about 3 months of taking it before I saw really noticeable results and my skin was under control. That's just me though. I've read stories here where it's worked more quickly for other people and stories where the results lasted longer after stopping doxy too.
I went to the derm yesterday and he gave me doxy 100mg, and to be honest i felt like shit because i felt like my skin was doing better, right now i only have like 4 active spots along the jawline, so i was all cool like i dont have acne, just a couple spots here and there like any other 20 year old guy, and then boom, the derm tells me i should take antibiotics.
I thinks its because im the whitest person to walk in earth since michael jackson passed away so any red mark stands out a lot more than it would on a tanned person
Also, does doxy give you an initial breakout? Because im going back to college in a couple weeks and you know, i obviously dont want to go back all broken out
Haha I know exactly what you mean with the pale skin and the red marks showing up so easily / standing out so much
Just because the derm suggested doxy, doesn't mean you have to take it. If you're ok with how your skin is right now then just keep doing what you have been doing. You can always take doxy later if you feel like you do start to 'need' it.
I took doxy years ago. I can't remember for sure now if it did cause an initial breakout for me (I probably wouldn't have noticed because my skin was worse then...) but it did take time to work. It was about 3 months of taking it before I saw really noticeable results and my skin was under control. That's just me though. I've read stories here where it's worked more quickly for other people and stories where the results lasted longer after stopping doxy too.
Thanks for answering!! It's my second course, i took it for a pair of months a couple years back and i was acne free until this summer, so i decided to give it a go again. Just taken three pills amd im starting to breakout, i hope its an initial breakout that will be over before college starts, but im reading reviews about people whose acne got worse permanently with doxy, so now im all paranoid .
I went to the derm yesterday and he gave me doxy 100mg, and to be honest i felt like shit because i felt like my skin was doing better, right now i only have like 4 active spots along the jawline, so i was all cool like i dont have acne, just a couple spots here and there like any other 20 year old guy, and then boom, the derm tells me i should take antibiotics.
I thinks its because im the whitest person to walk in earth since michael jackson passed away so any red mark stands out a lot more than it would on a tanned person
Also, does doxy give you an initial breakout? Because im going back to college in a couple weeks and you know, i obviously dont want to go back all broken out
Haha I know exactly what you mean with the pale skin and the red marks showing up so easily / standing out so much
Just because the derm suggested doxy, doesn't mean you have to take it. If you're ok with how your skin is right now then just keep doing what you have been doing. You can always take doxy later if you feel like you do start to 'need' it.
I took doxy years ago. I can't remember for sure now if it did cause an initial breakout for me (I probably wouldn't have noticed because my skin was worse then...) but it did take time to work. It was about 3 months of taking it before I saw really noticeable results and my skin was under control. That's just me though. I've read stories here where it's worked more quickly for other people and stories where the results lasted longer after stopping doxy too.
Thanks for answering!! It's my second course, i took it for a pair of months a couple years back and i was acne free until this summer, so i decided to give it a go again. Just taken three pills amd im starting to breakout, i hope its an initial breakout that will be over before college starts, but im reading reviews about people whose acne got worse permanently with doxy, so now im all paranoid .
No worries 
That's good you've got that history of taking it ,so you can have an idea of how it might work for you this time too. Because of that, I wouldn't worry about those stories of people's acne getting 'permanently' worse.
Hope it goes well and any initial breakout doesn't stick around too long!
Im feeling suicidal. Before taking doxy i had mild acne, 4 active spots or so. 4 pills after, i have around 12, including cyst is both my cheeks, where i havent had a pimple in my whole life, and those red marks are going to stay there for at least 2 months.
Im going to stop taking it, but im so afraid about quitting doxy in the middle of the initial breakout, i feel like my skin is gonna go crazy or something.
I had already told my parents that ill be probably skipping college this year, and they understood, so imagine how bad my skin is looking right now. My only chance is stop taking doxy and hope that this breakout calms down in around 2 weeks, but my skin is gonna look worse anyway just because of the red marks.
I still cant believe im going to lose one year of my life staying at my parents house because of acne
i hate this fuck face so much
its a garbage
those 10 yrs hv been nothing bt hell n suffering, ive truly lived nly little number of days in all this huge ass of time, its just nt fking enough? i demand my best time back n i just wanna be pretty so so badly i cant even tell. why cant they discover n invent something revolutionary sooner already, i cant wait anymore, im just dying...
I'm so depressed. The Regimen was working amazingly for me. I went several months zit free (a miracle!), but then I had to make a lifestyle change that made it all go to shit. For financial reasons, I had to go from living in an apartment alone to renting a room in someone's house. There's like 8 people and only 1 bathroom. I try to cut corners while doing the Regimen because I can hear people complaining that I'm taking too long in the bathroom. I stopped letting my face dry between steps, etc... Some nights I can't even do the Regimen because I can't get more than a minute or so in the bathroom without people banging on the door to go pee. Now my face had gone to shit again. Huge zits. I can't really afford to get an apartment right to have my own bathroom. I don't know what to do. So deppressed. I finally found a cure after 2 decades of acne, and I can't figure out how to fit it into my life anymore.
Guys my activity around here has dropped off significantly in the past year (mostly due to being really busy) but I'm going to try to get back to a point where I check in at least once every few days. This forum helped me a lot during some rough times and I know how low the constant acne struggle can make someone feel.
A little update on me: I'm still on the Regimen. I use it only during the night and it's been the most effective treatment I have EVER used for my acne aside from a few semi-successful antibiotic treatments from the derm years ago. The Regimen is not a cure...but it definitely helps keep my acne under control and to the point where it's manageable. As I type this I have a pretty big spot on the upper side of my nose (a spot where the BP never goes) and a few small spots along my chin and upper lip. My chin has always been kind of a "hot spot" for me in terms of acne so even on the Regimen I get a fair amount of acne there.
I've had no major side effects to speak of from the Regimen (aside from the occasional itchy area of skin if I use too much BP on a certain section of skin) and I'm interested to hear if some of the people I used to talk to on here are still using the Regimen? How effective has it been for you guys? Any updates?
But yeah, my thoughts are with anyone who is struggling right now...I've been there and I know how hard it is.
Breaking out a lot lately! Mostly across my jaw but some on my cheeks too 
It's annoying but it's slowly getting better again. Still dealing with loads of red marks too. Overall my skin is probably the worst it's been in a while. But still loads better than pre-regimen. I've been super lazy with the regimen lately and also tried to reduce the amount of BP I use but obviously my skin doesn't like that. So that, combined with a bit of stress and a few other things going on are probably all creating this breakout.
I'm making an appointment to see a derm soon, really just to see what he says and find out what other things I can try. The regimen has been great for me but it's time consuming - and it's hard for me to maintain good results on it when I don't have the time to apply BP in the mornings. It keeps my skin under control, but doesn't keep my skin clear by only using it once a day. I'm also only using about 1 to 1 1/2 pumps at the moment. If I use 2 pumps that obviously gives me better results.
I've been carpooling with some girls from my uni to our 'work experience' / placement, and the other day on our drive, somehow the topic of skin / acne came up. My first reaction was to freeze - I don't talk about this stuff with people face-to-face. But it ended up being a great little conversation - we all swapped stories about how shitty acne can be and all the treatments we've tried, what helped, what didn't etc. A couple had taken accutane in the past. And I would never have guessed their skin bothered them now. Their skin looks 'normal' to me. Yeah, they'll have a little breakout now and then but to me it looks minor / mild and I've never thought anything of it. I had one of them comment the same to me - that they don't notice my skin (I find that hard to accept / believe but it was nice to hear). Anyway, it was nice to just openly chat about it a bit and have some people "in-real-life" who just get it. It actually made me feel a bit more self-confident, and weirdly, like I wasn't 'hiding a secret' or something like that...
On 9/11/2014 at 1:12 PM, Randall Flagg said:Guys my activity around here has dropped off significantly in the past year (mostly due to being really busy) but I'm going to try to get back to a point where I check in at least once every few days. This forum helped me a lot during some rough times and I know how low the constant acne struggle can make someone feel.
A little update on me: I'm still on the Regimen. I use it only during the night and it's been the most effective treatment I have EVER used for my acne aside from a few semi-successful antibiotic treatments from the derm years ago. The Regimen is not a cure...but it definitely helps keep my acne under control and to the point where it's manageable. As I type this I have a pretty big spot on the upper side of my nose (a spot where the BP never goes) and a few small spots along my chin and upper lip. My chin has always been kind of a "hot spot" for me in terms of acne so even on the Regimen I get a fair amount of acne there.
I've had no major side effects to speak of from the Regimen (aside from the occasional itchy area of skin if I use too much BP on a certain section of skin) and I'm interested to hear if some of the people I used to talk to on here are still using the Regimen? How effective has it been for you guys? Any updates?
But yeah, my thoughts are with anyone who is struggling right now...I've been there and I know how hard it is.
Hey Randall - good to see you around again
That's great the regimen seems to still be working well for you. I agree that it's been one of the most effective treatments I've tried for my acne and I'd recommended it to people. I am still using it, albeit lazily, as I mentioned above. When I'm it more religiously and using the full 2 pumps once a day, then my skin is a lot more under control.
Do you see yourself sticking with it for the time being?
On 9/8/2014 at 6:38 PM, greenboi said:Im feeling suicidal. Before taking doxy i had mild acne, 4 active spots or so. 4 pills after, i have around 12, including cyst is both my cheeks, where i havent had a pimple in my whole life, and those red marks are going to stay there for at least 2 months.
Im going to stop taking it, but im so afraid about quitting doxy in the middle of the initial breakout, i feel like my skin is gonna go crazy or something.
I had already told my parents that ill be probably skipping college this year, and they understood, so imagine how bad my skin is looking right now. My only chance is stop taking doxy and hope that this breakout calms down in around 2 weeks, but my skin is gonna look worse anyway just because of the red marks.
I still cant believe im going to lose one year of my life staying at my parents house because of acne
Sorry to hear that
How are you doing now? Hope you're feeling better and the breakout is starting to improve. Did you end up stopping doxy?
I know the feeling of wanting to skip out on college / hide away because of your skin. But I also feel like you can't put your life on hold because of acne. I know I let myself miss out on things in the past because I let my skin 'control me' like that, but I really try not to do that now. It's easier said than done, but it's worth it. And remember you are more than your skin!
On 9/11/2014 at 11:25 AM, aeris7 said:I'm so depressed. The Regimen was working amazingly for me. I went several months zit free (a miracle!), but then I had to make a lifestyle change that made it all go to shit. For financial reasons, I had to go from living in an apartment alone to renting a room in someone's house. There's like 8 people and only 1 bathroom. I try to cut corners while doing the Regimen because I can hear people complaining that I'm taking too long in the bathroom. I stopped letting my face dry between steps, etc... Some nights I can't even do the Regimen because I can't get more than a minute or so in the bathroom without people banging on the door to go pee. Now my face had gone to shit again. Huge zits. I can't really afford to get an apartment right to have my own bathroom. I don't know what to do. So deppressed. I finally found a cure after 2 decades of acne, and I can't figure out how to fit it into my life anymore.
Sorry to hear about this too
I also struggle with getting the regimen to fit in with my life - I just don't have the time in the mornings to go through it all. And when I have had the time, I can't manage to get makeup to work over the top of it. And I feel like I need foundation too much to just not wear it...
Do you have your own room where you're staying? Could you get a mirror for there and apply the BP and moisturiser there, out of the bathroom? Even if it's a shared bedroom, you could just apply it there anyway. Who cares what they think? 
If anyone asks, just tell them you like having time to 'pamper your skin' or you like sticking to a skin routine and this happens to be yours and that it's not big deal. And really it isn't, all you're doing it applying some creams I find that if you say something confidently to someone, then that's how they feel about it too, if that makes sense. Anyway, hope you figure out a way to fit the regimen back in to your day, seeing as you said it worked so well for you
Hang in there everyone - You're definitely not alone in what you're going through or in how you're feeling.
Im feeling suicidal. Before taking doxy i had mild acne, 4 active spots or so. 4 pills after, i have around 12, including cyst is both my cheeks, where i havent had a pimple in my whole life, and those red marks are going to stay there for at least 2 months.
Im going to stop taking it, but im so afraid about quitting doxy in the middle of the initial breakout, i feel like my skin is gonna go crazy or something.
I had already told my parents that ill be probably skipping college this year, and they understood, so imagine how bad my skin is looking right now. My only chance is stop taking doxy and hope that this breakout calms down in around 2 weeks, but my skin is gonna look worse anyway just because of the red marks.
I still cant believe im going to lose one year of my life staying at my parents house because of acne
Sorry to hear that
How are you doing now? Hope you're feeling better and the breakout is starting to improve. Did you end up stopping doxy?
I know the feeling of wanting to skip out on college / hide away because of your skin. But I also feel like you can't put your life on hold because of acne. I know I let myself miss out on things in the past because I let my skin 'control me' like that, but I really try not to do that now. It's easier said than done, but it's worth it. And remember you are more than your skin!
thank you for your interest Lilly!
I stopped the doxy last sunday, because it was making me breakout like ive never done before, and i would rather have mild acne in the chin (if i take care of my skin) during the year than not having any active acne but the whole face full of red marks.
Since i stopped the doxy, i havent had any more breakouts, even one cyst which was forming under my skin dissapeared on its own. One cyst in my chin developed 3 heads, and the ones in my cheeks look a lot less inflamed, though they seem to have a hundred year old roots.
Overall my skin looks much better, and im thinking about going to college, just not during the first month because im still very incomfortable talking face to face to people, i think my 3 headed cyst is just disrespectful to society.
Had to drop my low card diet, mainly because my skin got so much worse on it, incredible. Might be my body went through some kind of purging, but I can't afford that right now. But right after I went back to my normal diet, including rice, some bread, a bit of sweets etc, a weird thing happened again - I suspect candida overgrowth. It happened so rapidly and now I'm back to having stomach pain, problems in the female area and incredible sugar craving (probably the increase of bacteria is demanding it's share of carbs). So I bought some really well rated supplements that are supposed to fight all kind of "bad" bacteria in the gut. It includes zinc, thiamin, oregon grape extract and oregano oil. All the ingredients seem to be good at fighting candida. Also, I bought some chromium supplements to regulate my blood glucose and stop the sugar craving. I really hope I can get my body in tact. The skin is ok right now though, just trying to find ways to cooperate with my body.
thank you for your interest Lilly!
I stopped the doxy last sunday, because it was making me breakout like ive never done before, and i would rather have mild acne in the chin (if i take care of my skin) during the year than not having any active acne but the whole face full of red marks.
Since i stopped the doxy, i havent had any more breakouts, even one cyst which was forming under my skin dissapeared on its own. One cyst in my chin developed 3 heads, and the ones in my cheeks look a lot less inflamed, though they seem to have a hundred year old roots.
Overall my skin looks much better, and im thinking about going to college, just not during the first month because im still very incomfortable talking face to face to people, i think my 3 headed cyst is just disrespectful to society.
Glad to hear there hasn't been any more breakouts since stopping doxy and that you're thinking about going to college!
Hopefully the current breakouts start to heal / become less noticeable soon - perhaps even in time to go to college in the first month. I can completely understand why you'd consider not going and how it can make you feel uncomfortable to talk to people face to face - but I'd be still trying to go. People notice our skin way less than we do and care about it way less than we do too.
Good luck with it all
woke up nd just started to cry even before looked into mirror.
another shit day of shit life with shit face...
nd yesterday had somekinda dream n i was ugly with weird breakouts n other shit on my face even there. there is no rest nywhere nd when we will die i dnt believe it will happen either. they just wont let me in heaven with such face.
eternal suffering.
I want to cry today.
I woke up with a large whitehead and it popped on it's own, which happens to me sometimes with facial movements/whatever, and now I have a hole and I'm just -- ugh. I've been breaking out off and on lately which I think is from the heat - my creams are always melting off. It's just one of those days when you remember you'll probably have acne for the rest of your life -those days always bum me out.
You know what's embarrassing? Seeing bleach stains from Benzoyl peroxide on your significant other's black dress shirt that you know was caused by you laying your head on their chest while cuddling. Eek. He didn't say anything about it, but I'm pretty sure that he must know that it was caused by me.
Breaking out a lot lately! Mostly across my jaw but some on my cheeks too :/ It's annoying but it's slowly getting better again. Still dealing with loads of red marks too. Overall my skin is probably the worst it's been in a while. But still loads better than pre-regimen. I've been super lazy with the regimen lately and also tried to reduce the amount of BP I use but obviously my skin doesn't like that. So that, combined with a bit of stress and a few other things going on are probably all creating this breakout.
I'm making an appointment to see a derm soon, really just to see what he says and find out what other things I can try. The regimen has been great for me but it's time consuming - and it's hard for me to maintain good results on it when I don't have the time to apply BP in the mornings. It keeps my skin under control, but doesn't keep my skin clear by only using it once a day. I'm also only using about 1 to 1 1/2 pumps at the moment. If I use 2 pumps that obviously gives me better results.
I've been carpooling with some girls from my uni to our 'work experience' / placement, and the other day on our drive, somehow the topic of skin / acne came up. My first reaction was to freeze - I don't talk about this stuff with people face-to-face. But it ended up being a great little conversation - we all swapped stories about how shitty acne can be and all the treatments we've tried, what helped, what didn't etc. A couple had taken accutane in the past. And I would never have guessed their skin bothered them now. Their skin looks 'normal' to me. Yeah, they'll have a little breakout now and then but to me it looks minor / mild and I've never thought anything of it. I had one of them comment the same to me - that they don't notice my skin (I find that hard to accept / believe but it was nice to hear). Anyway, it was nice to just openly chat about it a bit and have some people "in-real-life" who just get it. It actually made me feel a bit more self-confident, and weirdly, like I wasn't 'hiding a secret' or something like that...
Guys my activity around here has dropped off significantly in the past year (mostly due to being really busy) but I'm going to try to get back to a point where I check in at least once every few days. This forum helped me a lot during some rough times and I know how low the constant acne struggle can make someone feel.
A little update on me: I'm still on the Regimen. I use it only during the night and it's been the most effective treatment I have EVER used for my acne aside from a few semi-successful antibiotic treatments from the derm years ago. The Regimen is not a cure...but it definitely helps keep my acne under control and to the point where it's manageable. As I type this I have a pretty big spot on the upper side of my nose (a spot where the BP never goes) and a few small spots along my chin and upper lip. My chin has always been kind of a "hot spot" for me in terms of acne so even on the Regimen I get a fair amount of acne there.
I've had no major side effects to speak of from the Regimen (aside from the occasional itchy area of skin if I use too much BP on a certain section of skin) and I'm interested to hear if some of the people I used to talk to on here are still using the Regimen? How effective has it been for you guys? Any updates?
But yeah, my thoughts are with anyone who is struggling right now...I've been there and I know how hard it is.
Hey Randall - good to see you around again
That's great the regimen seems to still be working well for you. I agree that it's been one of the most effective treatments I've tried for my acne and I'd recommended it to people. I am still using it, albeit lazily, as I mentioned above. When I'm it more religiously and using the full 2 pumps once a day, then my skin is a lot more under control.
Do you see yourself sticking with it for the time being?
Im feeling suicidal. Before taking doxy i had mild acne, 4 active spots or so. 4 pills after, i have around 12, including cyst is both my cheeks, where i havent had a pimple in my whole life, and those red marks are going to stay there for at least 2 months.
Im going to stop taking it, but im so afraid about quitting doxy in the middle of the initial breakout, i feel like my skin is gonna go crazy or something.
I had already told my parents that ill be probably skipping college this year, and they understood, so imagine how bad my skin is looking right now. My only chance is stop taking doxy and hope that this breakout calms down in around 2 weeks, but my skin is gonna look worse anyway just because of the red marks.
I still cant believe im going to lose one year of my life staying at my parents house because of acne
Sorry to hear that
How are you doing now? Hope you're feeling better and the breakout is starting to improve. Did you end up stopping doxy?
I know the feeling of wanting to skip out on college / hide away because of your skin. But I also feel like you can't put your life on hold because of acne. I know I let myself miss out on things in the past because I let my skin 'control me' like that, but I really try not to do that now. It's easier said than done, but it's worth it. And remember you are more than your skin!
I'm so depressed. The Regimen was working amazingly for me. I went several months zit free (a miracle!), but then I had to make a lifestyle change that made it all go to shit. For financial reasons, I had to go from living in an apartment alone to renting a room in someone's house. There's like 8 people and only 1 bathroom. I try to cut corners while doing the Regimen because I can hear people complaining that I'm taking too long in the bathroom. I stopped letting my face dry between steps, etc... Some nights I can't even do the Regimen because I can't get more than a minute or so in the bathroom without people banging on the door to go pee. Now my face had gone to shit again. Huge zits. I can't really afford to get an apartment right to have my own bathroom. I don't know what to do. So deppressed. I finally found a cure after 2 decades of acne, and I can't figure out how to fit it into my life anymore.
Sorry to hear about this too
I also struggle with getting the regimen to fit in with my life - I just don't have the time in the mornings to go through it all. And when I have had the time, I can't manage to get makeup to work over the top of it. And I feel like I need foundation too much to just not wear it...
Do you have your own room where you're staying? Could you get a mirror for there and apply the BP and moisturiser there, out of the bathroom? Even if it's a shared bedroom, you could just apply it there anyway. Who cares what they think?
Hang in there everyone - You're definitely not alone in what you're going through or in how you're feeling.
Thank you for your feedback. I'm going to try your idea of applying the benzoyl peroxide and moisturizer in my room. I won't be able to wash my hands between steps, but this will be better than not doing the Regimen at all.
huge breakout in forehead, about 7 pimples, two of them very painful.
One cyst in the chin, feels like burning all the time and it hurts badly when i open my mouth.
I cant believe that about 3 months i had clear skin, didnt even care about washing my face. Now my face looks disgusting and i cant look people in the eyes. Im fucking 20 years old and never had acne during my teen years, why now??!!!
Im thinkin about going back to college next week just so i have not to bear with my parents telling me to go outside and keep my head up and all that shit.
I forgot to vent about red marks. fuck them too. On the bright side im thinking about getting a tattoo of Taz from the Looney tunes. It would be nice to have something else on the skin apart from pimples.