the after effects

It’s been more than a year since I wrote my last entry on here and my life has changed in several ways. But, most importantly, I finished my treatment of accutane.

It has been a blessing and curse. The blessing visible daily: I don’t have such a shiny face anymore. My oily skin is a thing of the past. The curse, however, is that since the 6 months that I ended my treatment, I have had several little breakouts on my face. As I speak, there are still several red pimples below my bottom lip and above my chin. So I am still having to wear topical cream to minimize and kill the stubborn acne that continues to reappear on my face.

My treatment was not normal either. I had to restart it three times before I ended, so there were a few months in between that I took away from treatment that might affect how my overall treatment went. This was mostly because of the moronic ipledge program. But that’s another story for another time.

Since I do not have the same medical insurance I had when I was on the treatment, going for a checkup at the dermatologist will cost me too much. But I will be doing one last cosmetic treatment on my face to smoothen it out: microdermabrasion. My days of feeling bad about my skin are over.