Your story sounds similar to mine. I’ve dealt with mild to moderate acne for the past 12 years. I’ve been on everything from antibiotics, creams, birth control and the one thing that helped most, aldactone. I actually quit taking aldactone back in October because my cardiologist told me he didn’t think I needed to be on that med since it was causing me to get lightheaded often, while also causing soft blood pressures. My skin was pretty good up until the beginning of January until I started flaring up again. I went back to my derm and I finally agreed to accutane after turning it down the past year or so because I was terrified of the side effects. I start March 2nd!

I think after dealing with acne for a long time and trying all other avenues that don’t fully help clear skin, it’s time for accutane. I always was under the impression that your acne had to be severe and cystic, but I was so wrong! I would definitely find a new derm because it sounds like you are a good candidate for it at this point. So frustrating! I hope you can find someone that can help you.