Look, here is my story :

This acne thing has been hunting for like 5 years and more. I'm 21 years old but I'm still having acne problem. I tried lots of way to solve it but none of them works!

When i was 15 years old, I got a real big acne on my face and ended up taking an injection and some pills from Dr.Ting (a famous Doctor in Jalan Imbi). I reached a part when those pills are useless against my acne and I started to consume Accutane for 2 months. After 2 months i decided to stop consuming it due to serious dryness problem and my mom started to give me lecture on How Bad is WESTERN MEDICATION.

When i was 19 years old, I went to Columbia, Seremban due to my serious acne problem again and the Doctor (I forgot the name) gave me some Antibiotic pills. It was really good when i was consuming it for like 6-7 months but right after i stopped it, the acne problem came back again. I lost my trust on the doctor so I went to another Doctor in Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman who gave me some Occutane (He said it's the same like Accutane) and some antibiotic pills but i stopped it right after 2 weeks due to my mom's lecture again! I thought my acne problem was solved but then after a week, it came back again.

Few months ago, I went to see this doctor in Columbia, Seremban. He gave me the antibiotic pills again and i consumed them but the effect was not so good. While i was consuming these pills, I applied Retin-A on my face as well. Last week, my doctor gave me some Roaccutane 20mg, which had to be consumed once in 2 days.

Now, My acne problem is a little bit worse compare to last week, I got them on my face, my neck, and my back. I'm still consuming Roaccutane and also applying Retin-A only on my face. What should i do now? Should i just continue to consume Roaccutane? The doctor said it's a 6-12 months program, what if my problem still cannot be solved? I really, really, REALLY want to get rid of my acne and pimple. The roaccutane is really making me suffer due to dryness.

I really need some advice here. I'm so self low esteem due to my acne problem. Is there any food should i stop eating to help on this? such as Carbs, etc. I know i shouldn't eat oily food.

wow.. that's really awesome... if it works for me too.

I'll try it somehow if my medication now doesn't work. I put all my hopes on this Roaccutane. I asked my friends, my friend's friends, lots of them got their acne problem solved by consuming Accutane. I just wonder whether I'll get extra acne for the 1st month i consume the Roaccutane.

Btw, are you still consuming the Probiotics right now? After your acne stopped appearing?

This post has been edited by vanillaboy: Jul 10 2009, 09:52 PM

I think i gonna continue with my Roaccutane until i finish the whole program. I already tired this Accutane twice, and i stopped twice. According to the doctor, if i keep on doing this, my body is going to build an antibody against it. In the end, this Accutane won't be effective against my acne anymore. From what i read in Wikipedia, Accutane has permanent side effects but it's not as serious as what you think. Dry lips etc. are only temporarily side effects, they will get better if i stopped the medication.

I agreed when you said that cheaper products actually gave better results. My mother introduced me a cheap soap which costs like RM3, and it actually made my pimples rate lower. I hope it actually works for me so that i can get my confidence back.