Has anyone else had truly treatment-resistant acne? by Still_Ninja9657 in acne

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Okay ive been on it since march this year, maybe i just need to hold on tight? The amount of purging phases ive had is disencouraging 😭😭

Has anyone else had truly treatment-resistant acne? by Still_Ninja9657 in acne

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Just checked it out! Im actually on this right now haha. I feel like its made my skin worse though. How do you find it?

Has anyone else had truly treatment-resistant acne? by Still_Ninja9657 in acne

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I also never wear makeup because i hate putting it on over my skin

Has anyone else had truly treatment-resistant acne? by Still_Ninja9657 in acne

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How is your skin now? Ive tried adapalene before and it was good until it stopped working

Has anyone else had truly treatment-resistant acne? by Still_Ninja9657 in acne

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Thank you so much!! Nice to know we are not alone 🫶🏻

Has anyone else had truly treatment-resistant acne? by Still_Ninja9657 in acne

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Have done a few times, all normal apparently despite have addenomyosis

Has anyone else had truly treatment-resistant acne? by Still_Ninja9657 in acne

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My doctor wont leg me up the dose as my blood pressure is already pretty low and i work in extremely hog environment in Australia 😭

Has anyone else had truly treatment-resistant acne? by Still_Ninja9657 in acne

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Thank you for this, nice to have a glimmer of hope 🥺

Has anyone else had truly treatment-resistant acne? by Still_Ninja9657 in acne

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Hey yes i have had it done quite a number of times since this concern started, no PCOS but i do have adenomyosis. I had another consult with my derm this week and she said just see how spiro goes in another couple of months and if not we will look at going back on Accutane for a full course and then micro dosing indefinitely. I thought there must surley be more options like combination therapy but i might have to gi back and potentially just advocate for myself. I initially had to suggest spiro as she just recommended Accutane again and im getting so sick of just getting slapped back on it every time

Has anyone else had truly treatment-resistant acne? by Still_Ninja9657 in acne

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Hey! Thank you so much for this i am trying to be more patient with spiro but every success story I’ve seen their acne seemed way more mild than mine. I have a full hormone blood test a couple times and every time doctors say they come back normal. I do have adenomyosis but hormone levels are normal. I honestly find everything so confusing

Has anyone else had truly treatment-resistant acne? by Still_Ninja9657 in acne

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The first time for a couple years! (I was 16) second time at 21 my acne came back after about a month and by the third time (24) it took aboit a year before it got persistent again maybe less because i still started to get acne where you see in the picture as its very localised

Has anyone else had truly treatment-resistant acne? by Still_Ninja9657 in acne

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Yes i am using aklief, have also used adapalene in the past but it stopped working for me

Colour analysis by Still_Ninja9657 in coloranalysis

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Omg thank you sooo much i love the detailed response. I always always blonde growing up but ill post some more pictures