I feel you completely.. right now I have an awful breakout mixed with what appears to be shaving bumps/ingrowns and I don't want to leave the house...

I stayed in today, as today and tomorrow are my days off, but I know that going back to work will be hard. Thelast week at work was terrible...I cried every day. This isn't living.

On a side note at least you have a new medication to try, and you're probably just going through a purging stage..I'm certain it will get better for you. Stay strong.

3 hours ago, Lore91 said:

I feel you completely.. right now I have an awful breakout mixed with what appears to be shaving bumps/ingrowns and I don't want to leave the house...

I stayed in today, as today and tomorrow are my days off, but I know that going back to work will be hard. Thelast week at work was terrible...I cried every day. This isn't living.

On a side note at least you have a new medication to try, and you're probably just going through a purging stage..I'm certain it will get better for you. Stay strong.

Thanks. Sorry to hear your going through a similar situation 🙁 what do you think caused the breakout?
I think having acne is truly a test of self confidence and mental management as well as possibly learning acceptance. But it's such a hard path and I don't like this path

I'm sort of pushing people away that are trying to help me and make me feel better, especially my boyfriend who I love completely and he loves me regardless of my skin... but he hasn't seen my skin bad before and right now is the worst it's been since I met him so I'm chosing to not see him :/ which I know is crazy.

Omg are you literally me? I met my boyfriend during my accutane course when my skin was clear -- but now it's awful. I currently live in japan and him in england, but he's coming out at the end of the month and i'm dreading it! Purely because I look so bad and i'm embarrassed. I know he loves me regardless but ...

I just lack so much self confidence. I'd be a different person and have a different life if it wasnt for this face ..

as for what caused this breakout? I'm pretty sure it's a mix of having to shave everyday for work and then having to apply heavy makeup directly over the freshly shaven areas for the same work. As it's my job it's unavoidable ... 🙁

My son is also using the same medication...tretinoin .05%...and he also went through a major purge, so much it really freaked me out...severe cystic acne!!...being his mom I was like what I have I done!...so I made him stop using it for awhile until he got things back in control. Got most of his cystic acne cleared up using Dan's Regimen (also taking minocycline 100 mgs) and then reintroduced the tretinoin. Now we love it! It's keeping his pore open so they don't stick together and trap bacteria, and his skin is so smooth now as it purged all his blackheads and whiteheads. My advice is to just ride out the breakout, or stop for a bit and get things cleared up before trying again. It's really good stuff once your skin gets used to it!

Sending hugs your way, you look like you could use it!    

xx DeLovely

On Friday, April 08, 2016 at 4:45 PM, DeLovely said:

My son is also using the same medication...tretinoin .05%...and he also went through a major purge, so much it really freaked me out...severe cystic acne!!...being his mom I was like what I have I done!...so I made him stop using it for awhile until he got things back in control. Got most of his cystic acne cleared up using Dan's Regimen (also taking minocycline 100 mgs) and then reintroduced the tretinoin. Now we love it! It's keeping his pore open so they don't stick together and trap bacteria, and his skin is so smooth now as it purged all his blackheads and whiteheads. My advice is to just ride out the breakout, or stop for a bit and get things cleared up before trying again. It's really good stuff once your skin gets used to it!

Sending hugs your way, you look like you could use it!    

xx DeLovely

DeLovely it's actually Isotrex I'm on so it's not tretinoin but Iso - tretinoin so the active ingredient found in accutane. However by all means it's still a retinoid.

I'm seriously just at a loss tbh. I'm not breaking out in cysts or anything it's literally all these tiny tiny bumps/pimples EVREYWHERE. 

I'm feeling so fucking shit and do not know what to do, I'm truly scared of my mind and am pushing everyone away including my boyfriend. 

7 hours ago, MissSac17 said:

DeLovely it's actually Isotrex I'm on so it's not tretinoin but Iso - tretinoin so the active ingredient found in accutane. However by all means it's still a retinoid.

Oh wow, I stand corrected! I thought tretinoin was topical Accutane so assumed our products were basically the same. My bad! But yeah, pretty much all the retinoids can cause purging...sucks!  Sorry things aren't getting better, but they will. Hang in there!