Hello everyone, I'm new here but I wanted some suggestions on what I should do or at least some support.
Here is my story:
Okay, so I am a 14 year old male, turning 15 soon, in my first year of High school.
I started getting acne around Grade 7, never really was a big problem for me up until Grade 8 graduation, I started breaking out like crazy right after that moment during the summer, I tried topical medications, then I ran out of it and broke out until I went to my doctor to get some new medication. It helped for a little bit, in the start of High school but now it seems like It's stopped working, I'm breaking out in places where I haven't even had acne before, I even break out on my upper arms, back, even chest! And I'm only 14!!! I wash my face everyday, I am very careful when dealing with it, and I eat a lot of fruits and I cut out on dairy products. Why am I developing this? I understand I got bad genes from my mom, (since she had acne growing up) but I am developing this annoying persistent acne that itches and is unbearable. I was thinking about Accutane for a while, because I know that will clear my skin... But it has too many side effects like stunted growth, hair loss, IBS, etc, (Look it up) and to top it off my parents are strict and when I complain about my acne, they say "Why are you complaining about this little thing? You should be studying," or whatever. When this "little thing" is all I think about everyday, like I can't even look in a mirror anymore because it just reminds me that that's how my skin looks. I see kids in my age group who have the lightest acne ever, and I think to myself, WOW I just wish I had that, that light acne that goes away by itself, instead of this annoying persistent acne that takes so long to heal and itches and prevents me from living my life to the fullest, and It's got me depressed, some days I feel better about it, today I don't feel so good.
Anyways, thanks for reading this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Here is my story:
Okay, so I am a 14 year old male, turning 15 soon, in my first year of High school.
I started getting acne around Grade 7, never really was a big problem for me up until Grade 8 graduation, I started breaking out like crazy right after that moment during the summer, I tried topical medications, then I ran out of it and broke out until I went to my doctor to get some new medication. It helped for a little bit, in the start of High school but now it seems like It's stopped working, I'm breaking out in places where I haven't even had acne before, I even break out on my upper arms, back, even chest! And I'm only 14!!! I wash my face everyday, I am very careful when dealing with it, and I eat a lot of fruits and I cut out on dairy products. Why am I developing this? I understand I got bad genes from my mom, (since she had acne growing up) but I am developing this annoying persistent acne that itches and is unbearable. I was thinking about Accutane for a while, because I know that will clear my skin... But it has too many side effects like stunted growth, hair loss, IBS, etc, (Look it up) and to top it off my parents are strict and when I complain about my acne, they say "Why are you complaining about this little thing? You should be studying," or whatever. When this "little thing" is all I think about everyday, like I can't even look in a mirror anymore because it just reminds me that that's how my skin looks. I see kids in my age group who have the lightest acne ever, and I think to myself, WOW I just wish I had that, that light acne that goes away by itself, instead of this annoying persistent acne that takes so long to heal and itches and prevents me from living my life to the fullest, and It's got me depressed, some days I feel better about it, today I don't feel so good.
Anyways, thanks for reading this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.