Date:   2/16/2003 8:32:32 PM ( 22 y ago)
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Hi all!

I’m due for an appointment with a dermatologist tomorrow, thank god. So I browsed through the web for information regarding Accutane and came across what I’ve been searching for years; people with advice that are in a similar situation as mine.

My problem started to become serious at the age of 17. After a sunny holiday abroad returning back home everything was fine, but I seriously think I caught something whilst abroad. I had a terrible Acne attack that never stopped. My family have never really experienced any severe Acne problems and litte knowledge about this decease. The only advice given to me was 'it will go away naturally, just give it time' etc.
Fortunately it did, only to a certain satisfactory degree though. But I could live with this.

However, two years later I moved abroad to study. This meant completely new environment, stress, new diet (since cooking myself for the first time), much higher intake of junk food, more smoking, drinking alcohol etc.

I was fine for the first month then the Acne returned with a vengeance!
Luckily I met the most loveliest girlfriend one could ever wish for who didn’t mind my complexion and supported me for who iam, not purely appearance.
Since then, almost two years later im still suffering from bad acne. It has driven me to the point that I cannot take much more.

I have always been a very outgoing person who likes to be in the limelight, but in recent years with my 'new' skin complexion I have changed. I can also confess to being a very vein person and im very conscious about my appearance. Not only skin but clothes and hair.

Sorry for waffling on, and on... but its so nice to read about other people in the same situation. I have never really had anyone to talk to with the same problem. I feel very embarrassed about my situation and always change conversation or keep quite when 'healthy' looking people talk about skin.

I have had a ‘skin-smoothening’ treatment that helps some of the scaring but im still left with uneven skin and red marks, although since x-mas the breakout of new acne has decreased considerably.

If I can have one wish it would be for all of this to disappear over night, I know its never going to happen. But tomorrow will hopefully be the first step of a long process to make my acne disappear.

I don’t know what the doctor is going to give me, since after the date of referral my skin has improved. Would you still recommend that I demand the Accutane treatment? Considering I have tried many, many pills and creams, which have not really, worked.

I have also read about the Liver Cleansing treatment, does it really work? It also looks VERY scary to do.

Thank you.

ps. I must thank all you lovely people who write on these forums and give advise and share their personal stories. For once I don’t feel like im the only one in the world with this problem.


 

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