Going into my Sophomore year in high school, my face was a mess. I mean really, I probably had some of the worst acne of anyone in my entire school. I figured, whatever it'll go away eventually. Wrong. Fast forward six years later, where I was three years removed from high school, and my problem persisted.
During that six year period I cannot begin to tell you how down I would get because of this issue. My confidence depended upon if my face was clear that day or not. And a lot of those days, my face was not close to being clear. Knowing the extent of my low self-esteem, I fear there are TONS of people out there who maybe have even felt worse than I did. Luckily for me, I had other things going for me that allowed me to still have some confidence in my strengths i.e. high school basketball, was not that shy, still felt comfortable around the ladies, people liked being around me etc.
Anyway, about three or four months ago, I decided I had had enough. All throughout high school I tried it all: Proactive, went in the sauna a lot, a plethora of face washes, washed my face every night before I went to bed, took tons of showers, got prescribed drugs.. none of which had any effect on my acne-scarred face. Now I wanted the strongest treatment I could get my hands on. What I found, was a drug called Accutane.
This little pill.. has honestly revived my life. I cannot convey how it has allowed me to take life by the horns once again, instead of the other way around.
It is very very strong, and it requires that you have a once a month checkup with your doctor. You must take one blood test per month as well. When I first began the treatments, my face dried up immediately. No amounts of lotion would moisturize my face. That is the one and only negative side effect of the drug. This dryness lasted for about two weeks, my face would peel, and yes I was very nervous about leaving the house and going into public.
After those couple weeks however, my life honestly changed. I was and am still simply AMAZED at how clear my face has gotten. Can't say that enough. My face adjusted to the medication, and there was no more dryness.
Many of you may have not have ever experienced what it's like to have bad acne, and you just don't know how self-conscious it makes you until YOU have it yourself. It truly was agonizing for me, to wake up and look in the mirror not liking the reflection staring back at me. I just figured I'd post this as encouragement to anyone battling this. I have had no health issues with the drug, and my blood tests, about three of them have all come back normal. So check it out, research it and ask your doc about it. It honestly changed my life.
I WISH I had some before and after shots, unfortunately my sister took the family computer with all of my old pictures when she re-located. Here is me now though.. sorry if I look out of it, I like drinking wine during the day and my uncle wanted to take some pics.
During that six year period I cannot begin to tell you how down I would get because of this issue. My confidence depended upon if my face was clear that day or not. And a lot of those days, my face was not close to being clear. Knowing the extent of my low self-esteem, I fear there are TONS of people out there who maybe have even felt worse than I did. Luckily for me, I had other things going for me that allowed me to still have some confidence in my strengths i.e. high school basketball, was not that shy, still felt comfortable around the ladies, people liked being around me etc.
Anyway, about three or four months ago, I decided I had had enough. All throughout high school I tried it all: Proactive, went in the sauna a lot, a plethora of face washes, washed my face every night before I went to bed, took tons of showers, got prescribed drugs.. none of which had any effect on my acne-scarred face. Now I wanted the strongest treatment I could get my hands on. What I found, was a drug called Accutane.
This little pill.. has honestly revived my life. I cannot convey how it has allowed me to take life by the horns once again, instead of the other way around.
It is very very strong, and it requires that you have a once a month checkup with your doctor. You must take one blood test per month as well. When I first began the treatments, my face dried up immediately. No amounts of lotion would moisturize my face. That is the one and only negative side effect of the drug. This dryness lasted for about two weeks, my face would peel, and yes I was very nervous about leaving the house and going into public.
After those couple weeks however, my life honestly changed. I was and am still simply AMAZED at how clear my face has gotten. Can't say that enough. My face adjusted to the medication, and there was no more dryness.
Many of you may have not have ever experienced what it's like to have bad acne, and you just don't know how self-conscious it makes you until YOU have it yourself. It truly was agonizing for me, to wake up and look in the mirror not liking the reflection staring back at me. I just figured I'd post this as encouragement to anyone battling this. I have had no health issues with the drug, and my blood tests, about three of them have all come back normal. So check it out, research it and ask your doc about it. It honestly changed my life.
I WISH I had some before and after shots, unfortunately my sister took the family computer with all of my old pictures when she re-located. Here is me now though.. sorry if I look out of it, I like drinking wine during the day and my uncle wanted to take some pics.