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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oral meds for acne can have some pretty strong side effects.
My friend's son got ulcerative colitis from discontinuing oral acne meds.  It has been a rough road.  The parents were fixated on the fact that the son needed perfect skin.

I live in a college town.  The wealthy kids all have perfect skin.  The poorer kids have normal teen skin with some acne. I always feel like the poorer kids are lucky.[/quote]

Where were you a few days ago when everyone on an Accutane thread was saying someone was a bad mom for not wanting her kid on it? I would not either fwiw.[/quote]
That poster said their child had inflamed cystic acne and the child already had scarring. You are a bad parent to allow your child to be permanently disfigured by cystic acne. [/quote]

Yeah, I think of your teen had accutane level of acne it would be obvious to you to take them to the derm, and it would bother them- a lot.  It is both terrible to look at and painful on the face.

A few pimples here and there doesn’t warrant a dermatologist visit.  Especially if the child isn’t bothered and isn’t even doing the basic hygiene steps at home.  I'd work on that before running to the derm.  [/quote]

I think the poster who made the comment about wealthy people nailed it: it's often not about the severity of the acne at all, just about what rich people will do to have the best _____________ (insert anything).  [/quote]
I think they’re way off base.
I’m neither wealthy nor vain, but I don’t want my kid to have pits from acne scaring. [/quote]

No one is getting permanent pitting scarring from mild superficial acne/ pimples [/quote]

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