When I was in high school, my skin was never a problem. I was healthy and active and took really good care of my skin, hair, and body. I basically dropped the ball when I left for college, though. I stopped exercising, my eating habits went toward the typical college fare of tater tots and pasta from a box, and I couldn’t be bothered to do anything with my face.
My skin went downhill and fast. I had a lot of dryness and random acne flare-ups. I saw my dermatologist back in my hometown, and her immediate recommendation was Isotretinoin, more commonly known as Accutane. I was all for it — my brother had done it years before that and knocked out his cystic acne in a matter of months, and he hasn’t had a problem since. My mom, however, wasn’t OK with the drug. It’s really powerful, and as long as she was paying, I wasn’t getting it.
