I took accutane in my teens because my skin was terrible- I tried everything available before accutane but it was only accutane that cleared it up. My skin has been great since then but I still remember how much teasing I got.

My daughter started to breakout at 13 and I immediately took her to the dermatologist. We tried one of the new medications and it did nothing. The doctor knew my history and put daughter on accutane. It cleared up her skin in 4 months with no side effects. She has had clear skin for two years and I don’t regret it at all.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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

It’s diet and exercise. They aren’t allowed to eat junk and they get a lot of exercise.

Wealthy people tend to pick attractive mates with clear skin. It is genetics

By the time mate picking is in play most people are in their 20s/30s and long past acne, especially men without the hormone issues.

And the teens with severe acne generally have scars into their 20s

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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

It’s diet and exercise. They aren’t allowed to eat junk and they get a lot of exercise.

I attended a family reunion last week. My high school cousins who are private school athletes all have acne. It's genetic.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

WTF? Have you done a study on income and how it affects how many zits you have? Insurance covers acne treatment so I don’t know how income matters.

I took Accutane after my first baby in my 20s because I developed cystic acne and back acne. In college I had mild acne so I was prescribed a common antibiotic. I don’t know why a dermatologist would prescribe Accutane for mild acne.

LOL, your privilege is showing. You think that families of low-income teenagers all have health insurance plans with a $15 copay for specialists.

Medicaid and Obamacare yeah. The problem isn't the price, it's the overall life situation that leads to the kid not actually making it to the doctor's office.

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stop with the stupidity.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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

It’s diet and exercise. They aren’t allowed to eat junk and they get a lot of exercise.

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.

Ikr? Genetic. Just like the straight teeth that UMC kids all have (after braces).

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.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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

It’s diet and exercise. They aren’t allowed to eat junk and they get a lot of exercise.

Wealthy people tend to pick attractive mates with clear skin. It is genetics

By the time mate picking is in play most people are in their 20s/30s and long past acne, especially men without the hormone issues.