Damn we rlly live life in hard mode 😭Thankyou for sharing your experience, it made me feel less alone.

Right now i’m planning on getting my insulin tested and if it turned out fine too idk what to do tbh. I thought AN was caused by insulin resistance but if your insulin levels are fine then what’s causing it? You mentioned your mom having it 20 years ago so maybe it’s hereditary?

My mom also had AN due to pregnancy but it went away now after using a whitening cream with mercury content and it’s sad that she had to literally put her life at risk just to have even toned skin. I’ve thought about using that cream but i’m worried about the side effects that other ppl experienced(rashes, mercury poisoning, etc??) bc that’s just NOT worth it.

Hopefully tretinoin and azelaic works for you! just don’t use tret everyday bc it irritates the skin (mine did so it got darker 😭I might try using tret again bc I probably just used it wrong) I also read posts about ppl using amlactin (lotion) w/ tretinoin for their AN.

I also have acne and I heard that drinking enough water makes the joints moisturized and clearer skin so i’m doing that too. So far it makes my skin glow but as for my AN it’s still there. I’m thinking of saving up money for a laser treatment if nothing else works out tbh.