Re: Retin A
Dear princessjojo.. I can tell you about my experience. I had mild adult acne.. I never had any breakout in my teenage years but started to breakout at the age of 24. Every breakout left a scar on my face. I have few permanent scars that will never go away.
Accutane was the best thing I took for my acne. I don't breakout anymore except maybe 1 or 2 small breakout before starting my period.
Accutane is a powerful medicine but I don't think its as danger as it is hyped up to be. Just don’t get pregnant. The side effects that I experienced were extremely dry lips, red eyes, super dry skin, and rash on both of my hands. Other then that I don't think I experienced any depression. The doctor wanted me to take accutane for 6 months but I stopped after 2 months because of my husband. He had a hard time dealing with the dry symptoms I was having and made me stop taking it L . Anyways, I am free of acne for now and if in future I start to breakout again I would not hesitate for a minute and take accutane again. You should with your doc and see what he says. As far as I am concerned accutane is the only permanent solution for get rid of acne for good.