another accutane diary

so let me introduce myself!

i’m a 20 year-old girl, living in france. i’ve had acne since i was about 11-12 years old (just a few spots here and there, my skin was still pretty clear). it got a bit worse when i turned 16, so i started taking care of my skin a bit more. i started with drugstore skincare, which irritated my skin, so i turned to korean skincare and organic and natural alternatives, and i didn’t really notice any improvement. i then went to visit a dermatologist, who put me on antibiotics (tetralysal/lymecycline) and prescribed an adapalene cream, for about a year. again, no significant improvement. i started uni, so i was a bit too busy to care about my skin and my dermatologist advised me to wait a bit more and keep taking antibiotics, before considering taking anything else.

about a year ago, my acne became worse and i decided to cut out dairy products and start an all natural skin care routine... still nothing! i got really tired of it, and decided to check up with my dermatologist again. he said that accutane was probably something to consider right now, and so after weighing the pros and cons, i decided that i would take it and hopefully get rid of my acne forever!