I need opinions. I will give some backstory to aid your response to me.

Im a 17 yo male who has struggled with bad acne for about a year and a half and for the first 5 or 6 months I had it pretty under control using OTC products, but a year ago I had a horrible breakout so I went to the derm who prescribed epiduo paired with the antibiotic minocycline (full regimen was epiduo, mino, cerave foaming cleanser, cerave am and pm moisturizers)

that worked somewhat. i say somewhat because although it did clear up most of my acne it made my face extremely red and irritated (regardless of frequency of medication). although when my antibiotic ran out, my skin started to break out again. So my face at the time was red and broken out... it sucked.

thus, i decided to screw this and give my skin month break on something called the caveman regimen. It did calm the redness but like you would guess the acne did not subside.

so i went back on epiduo and have been on it for the past 2 and half months with little to no improvement. Red face has sustained regardless of the attempts to stop it. I went my pediatrician other day and he wants to put me back on my minocyckine.... but i know darn well to a.) taking a bunch of antibiotics is bad for immune system and b.) my acne will return right after prescription is up..

i feel out of options... i want to just take Accutane and take the bull by the horns and just push thru the side effects. Mom thinks it will make me depressed and suicidal but i am known for being a happy person so it will be easy to tell if Accutane screws up my personality. Only thing screwing with my upbeat spirit is a face full of acne and scars. Thank you for reading and any response helps. cheers