I have less than a month to go on accutane.. can anyone please pleasehelp me i cant go on with my face like this anymore i dont want to see people talk to people. Im getting to the point where i hate my life and its torture living like this all because of my face although in some loghting my face is fine. Will my skin get much better than it already is when i finish accutane? Is this mainly hyperpigmentation or deep scarring that wont improve when i finish? Never felt so down in my life

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From what i can tell you have a bit of both. But i stress the word bit. Your scarring and pigmentation look very minimal from what i can see.

u should feel depressed about that. chin up

Thanks for the replies honestly. Will this improve after i finish the accutane do you think? It may be the accutane making me feel like this but family issues have affected me lately too.

Thanks for the replies honestly. Will this improve after i finish the accutane do you think? It may be the accutane making me feel like this but family issues have affected me lately too.

What dose of accutane are you on? When i was on it (roaccutane where i'm from), i had a huge amount of hyper-pigmentation all over my face(not just where i had scars)but that was because i was on a high dose. You seem to have very little redness from what i can see in those pictures so i'm guessing you're on a relatively low dose.

Scars won't go away when you get off accutane unfortunately. But the bit of redness you have will subside quicker once you go off it. Redness/hyperpigmentation is usually worse than the scars themselves as they tend to be more noticeable and people often mistake them for scars.

I know what you mean about the accutane though. I wish i was never put on it, but of course i knew no better and just listened to my derm who said it was the ''miracle cure''. The year and a bit i was on it was probably the worst time of my life. and i think it has permanently affected me as a person.

As i said before though your scarring, from what i can see in these pictures, is minimal and you'll probably be able to cover up the worst of it with facial hair when you get older if you wanted to.

What long term effects did it have on you?

Thanks for the replies honestly. Will this improve after i finish the accutane do you think? It may be the accutane making me feel like this but family issues have affected me lately too.

Here to shed a little light!

Your skin does NOT look bad. I have similar scars myself, actually. And people dont tend to mind. Honestly they might not even notice. I like to think it's becuase they're just too busy soaking in all my positive vibes.

I can tell you from experience. I've always been a little insecure about my skin (alot of times when I shouldnt havent been, looking back now) but I just recently aquired pitted scars and it took a huge toll on me for a while and even still, I have some bad days.. It was when I discovered that quality people actually dont care about these things and see past them fairly quickly that I found true beauty in not only myself but in life.

I once met a guy who had scars covering his ENTIRE face. Redness, pitting, even some dormant cysts. But oh boy, did he have the bluest eyes I'd ever seen Not to mention his presense. He had a sense of integrity about himself that's rather hard to put into words but undeniably attractive. Sure I've dated some 10/10 guys and they're so full of themselves, you can't even bring yourself to be at peace with being in a relationship with them. Even the stuff they talk about is... superficial. And their presense? Uncomfortable.

I honestly know how you feel. It's almost a sense of losing your identity. But you have just two options, tap into pity or pride. It's harsh, I know. And i was on that pity train for a while. But I finally decided to make the most of it and I've been polishing up all of the other areas in my life that ARE within my control. And I'm acheieving a better me than I ever could've imagined, had this never happened to me.

There truly is beauty in the breaking. You just have to find it in yourself. Good luck on your journey!