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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And so dangerous....I have a friend whose son has ulcerative colitis as a side effect of his mother taking him off of accutane.

I live in a large college town.  Our college has 70,000 students and our community college has 30,000 students.  The kids from wealthy families are clearly on accutane. They have no blemishes.

The students from poor families and even middle class families have acne. Some have severe acne.

I have an IBD. No way would I want ulcerative colitis for my kid as a side effect of accutane.[/quote]

Well there are other reasons affluent teens have clear skin, mainly higher quality diet, less contaminants and environmental toxins, and exercise. Genetics, as well. [/quote]

It’s diet and exercise. They aren’t allowed to eat junk and they get a lot of exercise. [/quote]
Diet and exercise aren't the culprits of acne.  Exercise often makes it temporarily worse from the sweat.  Kids from wealthy families eat plenty of junk.  Most acne is genetic. 
I'm glad Accutane exists.  When I grew up, they just did rounds and round of antibiotics which is also very harmful. [/quote]

Ikr? Genetic.  Just like the straight teeth that UMC kids all have (after braces).[/quote]
It's absolutely got a heavy tie to genetics.  I struggled with acne, my husband does nothing to his face and hardly ever has a pimple.  About half our kids took after me and half after him.
We are feeding them mostly the same food and using the same products on our skin. 
Stop with the crap that acne is caused by bad hygiene, poor diet, etc and treat it as the medical problem it is. [/quote]

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