My Accutane Journey: From Hell to Happiness

Accutane was hell but I’d do it again in a heartbeat! I never realized how much social anxiety my acne gave me (I did, but I didn’t know it was THAT bad). I’m not in pain when I smile or eat, my back is smooth, I can shave with minimal breakouts. I tried everything since I was 12. Too many topicals to count, a couple rounds of doxycycline, special shampoos, so much Benzoyl peroxide… nothing worked. I was denied accutane by two dermatologists at first because I was “high risk” because of my mental illnesses. Finally, I got on it on the 3rd dermatologist who saw my pain. My skin was so painful and dry and, yes, it did spike my depression some. However, I knew this was temporary and tell everyone you have to be more mentally prepared than physically prepared for accutane. I still get small breakouts and MAYBE a cyst on occasion, but I’ll take it over my entire face being covered!