Ok, so I really hoped I would never need to post on here again, but I’m back. I’ve been off of accutane for 2 years and my skin has been slowly starting to break out again since March. It’s no where near as bad as it was before accutane, but I’m starting to feel very frustrated with it especially since I’ve lived my life for a year and a half with completely clear skin and total confidence. My cheeks, forehead, and nose are completely clear but I have been starting to break out on my chin, temples, and jaw line. On the bright side though my back and chest are still completely clear. On a daily basis I’d say I have about 5 active spots and probably 3 spots that are recovering. Up until recently I was only dealing with white heads, but now I’m getting acne that’s under my skin.
I went back to my derm for the first time yesterday and she talked about a second course, but I’m feeling real iffy about it because the side effects were hell and I’m going away for my freshman year of college and it’d be really difficult to manage monthly appointments and I wouldn't be able to drink at all (stupid reason I know). So she gave me aczone and differin which will hopefully help manage it but idk. I was thinking about holding out until semester to decide about accutane but I kinda just want my skin to clear up now. Ugh idk I’m really undecided and frustrated and really don’t want to do a second round but nothing else worked for my skin in the past and I don’t expect anything else to work now. I’m partially blaming my derm for this bc I was on a really low dose and only did 5 months before. ugh
If anyone else did a second round I’d really appreciate some help and advice.
