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<blockquote data-quote="Signorina" data-source="post: 513335"><p>My son did a course of accutane (5 months) his freshman year in HS. It was a godsend & his skin has been virtually perfect since. He too had cystic acne & the accutane prevented disfiguring lifelong scars. He exhausted all other options - spent almost 2 years being treated with rx topicals (retin A, Differin, Epiduo, you name it) and various antibiotics (monocycline, doxy etc) with no relief. We tried ProActive, peels, etc. His whole demeanor changed when the acne was gone. He stopped hiding his face, and stopped looking down all the time, he finally stopped wearing hats all the time -pulled low to cover his zits (whuch aggravated his acne) and his locker room/swimming anxiety was gone(due to body acne).</p><p></p><p>It is a huge committment -we went for blood tests every 4 weeks and then a separate derm appointment. It's a bigger committment for females as far as needing to commit to birth control.my sons bloodwork was always ok. I had the bloodwork done at his regular doctors office & sent to his derm so that both the derm & reg dr monitored it. </p><p></p><p>Has your daughter tried birth control pills on their own? A few friends with- daughters started with bcp for 3-4 months reasoning that their daus would need to be on bcp AND accutane, so they may as well start w bcp. Many of the girls saw noticeable improvement w bcp alone. </p><p></p><p>Just my own $.02</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Signorina, post: 513335"] My son did a course of accutane (5 months) his freshman year in HS. It was a godsend & his skin has been virtually perfect since. He too had cystic acne & the accutane prevented disfiguring lifelong scars. He exhausted all other options - spent almost 2 years being treated with rx topicals (retin A, Differin, Epiduo, you name it) and various antibiotics (monocycline, doxy etc) with no relief. We tried ProActive, peels, etc. His whole demeanor changed when the acne was gone. He stopped hiding his face, and stopped looking down all the time, he finally stopped wearing hats all the time -pulled low to cover his zits (whuch aggravated his acne) and his locker room/swimming anxiety was gone(due to body acne). It is a huge committment -we went for blood tests every 4 weeks and then a separate derm appointment. It's a bigger committment for females as far as needing to commit to birth control.my sons bloodwork was always ok. I had the bloodwork done at his regular doctors office & sent to his derm so that both the derm & reg dr monitored it. Has your daughter tried birth control pills on their own? A few friends with- daughters started with bcp for 3-4 months reasoning that their daus would need to be on bcp AND accutane, so they may as well start w bcp. Many of the girls saw noticeable improvement w bcp alone. Just my own $.02 [/QUOTE]
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