Posted by Martin on December 19, 2002 at 14:49:14:
In Reply to: going on roac posted by jane on December 13, 2002 at 12:33:20:
it's not my business to tell you to go on roacuttane. The choice at the end of the day is yours. My name is Martin and i started roacutanne in February 2001. I had extremely bad acne and had tried so hard to get it to clear, i washed my face so much and bought every piece of crap on the shelf, none worked. I as many of you i expect wanted to commit suicide thank god i did not. The lowest point i guess is when i asked a girl out and she laughed at me, she told her friend that if she went out with me she would be to tempted to join the dots up on my face. Do you know how much that hurt? I use to cry myself to sleep most nights, i hated myself and everyone around me. I went on roacuttane for 6 months and it hurt like hell, i was on 2 large tablets a day and 1 small, i dont know the exact dosage but it was a lot. My lips all but dissapeared, my face was constantly red, i was deppressed, even more than when i was not on the tablets. It worked though my skin completely cleared up, although i'm left with slight scarring. I'm still affected by acne though, not physically but mentally, i'm so critical of my apperance, i'm convinced i'm ugly and blush a heck of a lot for no reason at all. Ive considered surgery for the scars, and probably go through with it. But what i'm trying to say is that if youve never suffered bad acne like we have you will never understand how it feels. The humiliation, the torment, embarressment, pain. Its unlike any other feeling in the world. And if you ever see someone with bad acne consider there feelings before you take the piss.
Thankyou....