The pics thread

Jeez a lot of you took some serious shit for your acne.

In school a friend and myself had equally as bad skin. He went on Roaccutane, and I wanted to but my Mum wouldn't let me: I went to a naturopath instead, and ended up doing things like going on an acidfree diet for a year and cutting sugar out of my diet etc.

My friend STILL has side effects from the Roaccutane, and this is 15 or so years later. He still has deep scarring.

Me? I have NONE. No scars, no depression etc, nothing. My skin is actually better than it was before. Only difference was that my treatment took longer to fix my skin than his did.

//end little story with no actual moral.
 
I took minocycline for acne, I've heard nightmares about isotretinoin (Accutane) and the depression it can cause in people with a proclivity to those feelings (hai there), so I opted not to go for it. I sometimes break out but I've been a lot clearer since finishing antibiotic therapy.

i take minocycline as well, never had any side effects. i also use a couple over the counter face cleansers. overall my skin has been great lately, breakouts here and there but i chalk it up to shitty eating, being a teenager, and having enormous stress. one thing that i hate right now is pimples under facial hair...they're annoying, and weird. although no one can see them :p

also whenever i shave i break out like hell so i tend not to anymore
 
I used a topical cream for a little while there. I haven't had a breakout since I was 19 or so. I think using bar soap instead of scrubs is good for my face.
 
Wow, I always hated my fucking fugly face but it seems I don't have it so bad =/
But when I become 25 I will start to have red moles that will turn into massive red skin tags in my back and my chest. It is a family trait, got it from my mother. In fact I already have a red mole. I fear the day when that mole starts to grow, they are so disgusting.
 
I've never had bad acne, just a few pimples here and there. Just as long as I wash my face every couple of days it's all good.