Hello! I'm a 16 year old female and started my oral medication on August 17, 2016. I have moderate acne and scarring that started when I was 11/12, and have tried a few different medications with minimal results. I have just started week 3 and am recalling week 1 to the best of my abilities. Unfortunately, I won't be providing pictures since I'm not comfortable with it, this is mostly for me.

Week 1
Woke up with dry lips the first day, and my skin started drying by the end of the week. No other side effects. I started to break out on and around my nose and upper lip, on my cheek and on my chin. I had about 10 pimples for a few days, but they started dying down by the end of the week. Pimples included cysts and puss filled ones, which were mostly ones on and around my nose.

Week 2
Dry lips and face, but nothing that isn't manageable with the right lotion (using No7's dry/very dry skin lotion, both day and night creams). Started clearing up this week and I have a few days where I was virtually pimple free, which is rare. Scarring seems like it's already getting better, but that may be just me. Getting more and more blackheads on my nose and cheeks mostly, which could be due to either the pill, or me switching face wash. Nothing terrible. I jinxed myself by telling my friends how well I was doing and got a few new pimples going into week 3. A cyst on my forehead and another by my nose on my cheek, then a smaller one on my chin. Optimistic going into week 3, I'm sure these will be gone quickly like all the others. Oh, and waking up my lower back would hurt, but I really am not sure if it was the pill or how I slept, though I never experienced that before. Keeping my eye on that.