Hello guys,

So I have been taking Doxycycline for more than half a year now. When I was first prescribed it my cystic acne was really bad. And then I went back on birth control and now no more big painful cysts but still many many microcomedones and whiteheads on my cheeks and jawline.

I really want want to go off the antibiotics because I think it has weakened my immune system and also made my skin thinner. However I am really scared to go off of it. It feels somewhat like an addiction. Without it I would feel so worried that my acne would come back, or that my microcomedones would turn out to become monstrous pimples.

Now I am still taking it every day to feel safe, even though I don't have any big visible pimple at all. Is it true that it is Doxycyline which is keeping my microcomedones from turning into whiteheads or even pimples? Or should I really venture going off?

please help!! Thank you!