I was prescribed Retin-A and I have been doing research. I have heard nothing but absolute horror stories. My skin isn't even that bad and I am terrified to start using it because every single review I have heard, everyone says they have a really bad initial breakout that lasted no shorter than a month. Is it worth it?!
Absolutely 100% worth it. The problem is with most stories you'll find on here are from people who are not commited to their treatment (not all, but many). If you use it every night, even through the first couple of weeks of "initial breakout", into the future you'll get the long term results you are looking for.
Most people are looking for instant gratification with their acne, which simply doesn't exist since a lot of the acne we have we can't even see coming yet! Retin-A is something you can use for the rest of your life to, unlike Accutane/Antibiotics. So its a worthwhile investment of time and money - in my opinion.