Today :/

Accutane.

Accutane.

But that's gonna take about a month or more :/ that's why I have a dermatologist appt on Monday. She's gonna have a look and decide whether to give me another shot. I just don't want her to misjudge and give me too much. I'd rather too little so that by the time it comes back again the accutane might have kicked in enough to stop it.

That makes sense, you should tell her that. I hope it goes well!

That makes sense, you should tell her that. I hope it goes well!

Thanks me too

This is what it looks like today ugh. I'm actually starting to get used to this ugly thing on my face. 2 months it has been.

It looks very deep, which is probably why the injection didn't help much. If I were you I'd ask for another injection to get rid of it. If it leaves a scar you'll deal with it later after Accutane, which is what I'm doing.

The thing with cystic acne is that it's almost impossible to clear up scarless, because the inflammation is very deep and eats away your tissue leaving the scar. It's impossible to prevent the indentations when you have more cysts showing up like mushrooms after rain, so just do everything to your ability to get rid of them and by that I mean injections and Accutane. After that you will spend 6 months waiting for your skin to heal from Accutane and then you'll start a 6 month treatment of microneedling (what I'll do) and you will get your baby smooth skin. It'll be a long process, but it'll be of minimum cost to you, it's not something you have to do on daily basis so you save time and it will bring amazing results.

It looks very deep, which is probably why the injection didn't help much. If I were you I'd ask for another injection to get rid of it. If it leaves a scar you'll deal with it later after Accutane, which is what I'm doing.

The thing with cystic acne is that it's almost impossible to clear up scarless, because the inflammation is very deep and eats away your tissue leaving the scar. It's impossible to prevent the indentations when you have more cysts showing up like mushrooms after rain, so just do everything to your ability to get rid of them and by that I mean injections and Accutane. After that you will spend 6 months waiting for your skin to heal from Accutane and then you'll start a 6 month treatment of microneedling (what I'll do) and you will get your baby smooth skin. It'll be a long process, but it'll be of minimum cost to you, it's not something you have to do on daily basis so you save time and it will bring amazing results.

I thought it was possible to not get pitted skin after a cortisone shot- it just depends of the derm or nurse knows what they are doing. That's what I read anyways. Thing is I don't know if I want a dent in my skin especially after the dream I had the other night. I think both cyst and dent are equally worse

I am also gonna ask her if draining the cyst is better and more effective then the cortisone shot. What do you think?

I've never had a cyst being drained so idk, but cysts are worse than the indentation because they're eating away more tissue the longer they stay....

if u go on accutane it would no doubt rid u of the cyst, however it will leave u with irritatingly dry skin and a scar..imo it would be better to avoid the accutane and try to reduce the cyst with a more natural approach. firstly keep the cyst and the skin around it extra clean with a gentle soap; my preference is the neutrogena oil free acne wash..also keep in mind to be gentle with it and forbid yourself from squeezing or rubbing it which i know can be pretty tough while asleep..enhance the healing process by applying natural aloe vera which will give the body the best chance to eradicate it on its own. apply the aloe every time u wash ur skin so it should be 2 to 3 times a day.. u can buy the plant a local store for a few dollars.

This is a very deep seated cyst, and I agree that the longer this stays around, the deeper and more severe the scarring. At this rate, this will probably scar, but the question is now to what degree? If you treat it sooner rather than later, you could minimize the damage. You can have it lanced and drained, or try another cortisone shot.

 

This is a very deep seated cyst, and I agree that the longer this stays around, the deeper and more severe the scarring. At this rate, this will probably scar, but the question is now to what degree? If you treat it sooner rather than later, you could minimize the damage. You can have it lanced and drained, or try another cortisone shot.

Thanks. Have an appointment with the derm on Monday. I'm not hopeful though. She might not want to give me the shot because my last shot in this one was about 3 weeks ago and obviously the nurse hasnt been hitting the core of it because I had 2 shots in my other one already- not to sound rude or anything but it's frustrating. Almost tempted to go to Toronto to get them to do it.

I wanna ask you does it hurt you when you get the injections? I barely get through the pain.

 

I wanna ask you does it hurt you when you get the injections? I barely get through the pain.

Yes does it ever, there is a sting, burn and then a pressure pain. Especially my big one... Hurts the most

The thing with me was that I had a bunch of them so sometimes Id get like 10 injections within a minute and it was a bitch

 

The thing with me was that I had a bunch of them so sometimes Id get like 10 injections within a minute and it was a bitch

Yikes :-0 I couldn't deal with 10

The three stooges. I think I'm going into a dark place now.

On the upside the rest of your skin is clear. You basically have only 2 cysts on a perfectly acne-free face. I wouldn't freak out too much.... You don't even have to deal with any major hyperpigmentation.

On the upside the rest of your skin is clear. You basically have only 2 cysts on a perfectly acne-free face. I wouldn't freak out too much.... You don't even have to deal with any major hyperpigmentation.

What's hyperpigmentation? Won't I deal with that after? Lol and thanks for that... I never had acne anywhere else on my face, I guess I should be thankful

Redness (or dark spots) after acne= post inflammatory (hyper)pigmentation

So I went for my appt today and she injected all my cysts but for the big one she squeezed it- I was like nooooooo but apparently she got some yellow stuff out of it... Which may be a good thing and then she put cortisone in it. I didn't even feel the shot go in which is really weird because it usually hurts especially when they inject this one. I wonder if because she drained some that is the reason why it didn't hurt. All I know is that I hope she didn't make it worse. I almost didn't go back to work today because my face looked unpleasant after all those injections.

Here's a picture

I thought that when a cyst is being drained everything has to come out until it's clear. So she didn't drain it all the way, because why exactly???

When I had deep pimples the day after they were injected they became flat and after 2-3 days were gone.

I thought that when a cyst is being drained everything has to come out until it's clear. So she didn't drain it all the way, because why exactly???

When I had deep pimples the day after they were injected they became flat and after 2-3 days were gone.

I don't know :/ she didn't say exactly if it went clear or not so I don't know. This one is like a motherlord of deep pimples. It's really f-ing stubborn

Had a really rough day today. I cried in the derms office after she left. I had to snap myself out of it because I had to go to work afterwards which I didn't want to do. Just looking at them in the mirror- I guess this was my first official breakdown. I know things will get better and I almost feel silly for having these feelings over just imperfections on ones face.

I'm very sorry for what this pimple has done to you emotionally. It will get better!