Cant believe its actually happening. I took my 2^nd accutane/isotretinoin pill today. After trying everything I possibly could to get rid of my mild/moderate but horribly persistent acne I finally decided to give up and go ahead with accutane.

My Background.

27 years old (in 11 days J) female living in the UK

Height - 172 cm, Weight 50 kg

Battling mild/moderate acne for 7 years now

Extremely sensitive skin that scars a lot

Medication taken/used for past 4 years.

Tetralysal It worked for almost a year. I had the best skin of my life but I got resistant to it.

Trimethoprim Did nothing for my skin

Oxytetracycline Did nothing for my skin

Doxycycline It worked somehow but I was still getting acne

Duac/Epiduo They were too harsh for my sensitive skin

Yaz I had an allergic reaction to it

Tests done.

Ive had my hormones checked to see if acne was not caused by hormonal imbalance.no issues with hormones.

Ive tried changing my diet as well. no sugar, no diary, no gluten and no improvement when it comes to my skin.

Ive tried blue/red light therapy but again it didnt work.

Honestly Ive tried everything I could possibly think of to get rid of acnevitamins, oral and topical antibiotics, over the counter creams, washes, home remedies etc, etc. Im sick and tired of constantly having something on my face, cancelling on my friends, calling in sick cause Im too embarrassed to go to work when my face breaks out. Its never been severe but the scars and scabs that are left over after I get spots are killing me inside. Acne has taken over my life and I cant live like this anymore, I dont want to live like this anymore! I refuse to go outside with a plaster on my face ever again!

I was trying to avoid taking accutane due to the side effects it comes with and of course the famous initial breakout! My skin is extremely sensitive and it already heals for a long time after I get the breakouts. Dont know how to deal with the initial breakout when it comes. How do I show my face to work colleges? How do I attend business meetings with my clients? How do I show my face to my boyfriend who is fully aware of everything and extremely supportivebut still? As I have mentioned my acne is mild to moderate and I dont even want to think that it will get much worse.

Im on 20 mg of accutane/isotretinoin for the first month and my dermatologist wants to put me on 40 mg for the rest of the course. Ive been prescribed amoxicillin as well to hopefully decrease the initial flare ups. Ive got no active zits at the moment but a few old and fresh red marks on my right cheek.

Obviously its been only 2 days so Ive got not much to report. Well, I just put some Effaclar duo cream on my face as always and it stings a bit. Im not experiencing dryness on my face, my nose and lips have been already dry because Im getting over a flue.

I will be reporting the changes on a weekly basis.