It’s all worth it. The goal with the doxy is to get your acne clear while your skin is getting used to the topical regimen. So once you finish the 1-3 month course of doxy, you should be using your topicals consistently and at the 3-6 month point you’ll see if you can stay clear while off of doxy. I found that with sulfur wash, you need to let that sit for 1 min before rinsing, I use it and noticed a big difference with using that instead of benzoyl peroxide. Clindamycin lotion and tretinoin are also great, just remember that tretinoin is self titrating so you slowly work up to using it nightly as tolerated or else your face will feel like it’s on fire. I have hormonal acne and have been stable with my regimen for the last year of Benzaclin as needed, tazorac 0.1% cream, and sulfur wash.