My story with acne and medication. A happy end.

Hello people,

The reason why I started this blog was because of the fact that I was struggling with my skin condition. I have combination skin and I only remember having a few spots in my teenage years. Nothing troubling. Actually, I've never had the necessity of wearing a foundation in my life until a few years back.

Long story short, here, in the Netherlands, my GP gave me wrong type of medication what stimulated androgynous hormones and I was left with horrible acne on my face and back and hair loss(click here if you wanna have a glimpse).

I remember avoiding going out cause I looked like monster, never went on dates. I only met people in the evenings because even after hours of make-up trying to cover my spots was insufficient.

After 4-5 months of being off the medication, my acne was slightly better but still looked horrible and my face was hurting. This photo that you've seen here is actually taken 4 months after being off the medication.

After 6 months, I went to a dermatologist in Turkey and he advised me to use Accutane, I refused after reading all these side effects. I agreed to be put on Diane 35 for 6 months. It's a special blend of hormones specifically prescribed for acne sufferers.

I only could have bore it for a month! It was too powerful, too much sensitivity of my breasts made it impossible to sleep on my side or even wear a bra. Made me feel very depressed and all that jazz.

This is where it all becomes better. I came back to the Netherlands, met a lovely Swedish girl who had gone through the same trouble told me to use Tetralysal. Unfortunately, it's a very expensive medication and it's not sold here. It's a antibiotics and very different than Accutane.

So, I found a new GP, this time (knock on wood) a great dude, he prescribed me Doxycycline 100mg. Doxycycline 100mg has an active ingredient of doxycycline (clever, eih?) and Tetralysal has an active ingredient of lymecycline. Those two active ingredients are from the same family of tetracycline antibiotics family.

1 month of Doxycycline use, and kaboom, acne is gone. I think this medication (or antibiotics family) is a great alternative to try in place of Diane 35 or Accutane. Don't get me wrong, this medication is drying your skin, eyes, lips and your body heals really slowly. For instance I had the flu and I was in bed miserably for almost 2 weeks. 2 weeks! I noticed that my hair grows a lot slower, I have bloating problem (I use strong probiotics now), stomach pain, terrible headache... But it's all worth it considering that you only need to use it 1 to 3 months.

Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.