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My life currently: moderate to severe acne (mostly hyperpigmentation and scars).
-whiteheads and break outs from time to time.
-spent over $400 on products that don't work
-low self esteem
-lost all my confidence
-struggling in school because of this stupid condition
-rejected by a girl because of my acne, additionally from being a short guy (Imagine being 5"6 with acne and losing confidence because of it, lol pretty hard to attract girls)
-senior year in HS
My parents struggle financially and have no health insurance for me, making accutane ridiculously expensive. My mother refuses to buy insurance and refutes accutane because of one case she saw of the severe side effects hat rarely happen.
After being laughed at by my own mother because I shedder tears in front of her because of my acne, telling her how much it has affected me. She told me, "suck it up, your acting like a girl".
Lost all hope right now. I, unfortunately, truly despise my life. What did I do wrong to deserve this?
Accutane is powerful and dangerous drug. If your acne is trully severe then it might be a thing to consider, but first I would do changes in lifestyle to try to minimize acne in more natural way. Of course maybe some of those things you are doing already, but I would suggest doing those things even if you would try accutane - I mean accutane not always is 100% helping with acne
- changing pillow cases as often as you can
- not touching your face
- in my case I observed that washing too often is counterproductive. Wash face for example only on morning and evenings(and when you face is dirty of course)
- Dan regimen. BP is really good stuff
- probiotics + cutting down sugars.Health of your gut can effect your skin
- cut down milk.
My dad poked fun at me also after I was damaged by a retinoid (tazorac) in a freak reaction..he mimicked me as I was trying to explain to him that I have no clue what's going on and I'm scared and "my poor skin" and
he was like "ohhhhh my poor skin my poor skin ohhhhh" in a whiny child's voice..he believes life is about suffering and working yourself to death..but I had/have no one else to talk to about this OR help me so I TRIED.
I hope to some greater power or luck that my skin goes back to normal..because my parents will also just tell me to suck it up if it doesn't...and there is no way in hell Im going to live like this from just using a cream twice..I REFUSE.
Strangely enough tho, I DID go on accutane 4 years ago and I DID have insurance through my parents...my skin was perfect afterwards besides a little scar on my nose that happened 2 years ago (not accutane related).
I also had to fight my parents and even my derm to get on it..and I had to also fight my own bad habits and change my diet and lifestyle to get bloodwork approved...but by god was it worth it.
If only I had left well enough alone..I wouldn't be in the mess
I am now.
do you have a job?
Accutane is about 300 a month if I remember correctly ..I'm sure even a minimum wage job/part time jobcould afford it.
also, I know we all have our additional insecurities..I am also dealing with another issue that, actually, most people will never experience in their life, will be beyond expensive and risky to fix, and which also caused me to be housebound before this tazorac cream nightmare even happened..
Message me anytime ifyou need to...I hope to see an update soon..maybe it wil be that you are going to get the Accutane
*fingers crossed for you*
your parents can still change their mind
So I am warning people left and right..I probably wouldn't want anyone close to me to even let this cream so much as grace their line of sight..but I have to realize that for many, at leastaccording to them..it works
so to a degree I understand why your mom wouldntwant you to be ona drug that she has seen someonefirst hand, have a bad experience with..but honestly, I think much of that is a way to avoid or dilute the real reason she doesn't wantyou on it..the only reason..the finances..my dad is the same way..with my other issuehe acts like he is "concerned"aNd then he lets it slip that it's all about the money.
100%
I could be wrong..but it's often the case
I'm afraid that sometimes..money really can buy happiness..or the ingredients necessary..and a lack of it can also take that happiness, and that hope , far and away from us..
Hope you're alright. Acne is quite the bummer, I've been dealing with it since I was 9 and I'm in my sophomore year and it's progressively gotten worse. Accutane is no easy journey but I've just begun. Hang in there. I know a lot of guys in highschool with really bad acne, and I have to say that although it is noticeable, after a while you sort of put blinders on and look past it. I wouldn't say that acne makes any of them ugly or undateable. In highschool almost everyone has acne, and many have bad cystic acne like I do. Rejection hurts, but personally, I wouldn't want to be with someone that only likes me because of my height or skin type. I hope that you can see some improvement in your acne. Have your parents let you try oral antibiotics like doxycycline or Bactrim? It's not nearly as expensive as accutane and has few risks involved. Hyperpigmentation and scars are something I struggle with, too. I have relatively few active cysts but my scars are really noticeable since I'm quite pale. I do not know if accutane will help scars, but I have my fingers crossed.