[zombiefluff]

I'm so frustrated I could punch a wall but I don't want to leave a stain. so my dillema is this:
I have had mild acne since I was like 15, yay puberty! I'm 23 now and my acne has always been fairly managable. When I deployed in october of last year my acne exploded in a fit of rage. I personally think it was my body's self defense kicking in.
(I can be so nasty gross the terrorists will run away!)

anywho... 8 months roll around and it's still super bad nasty so I go to the Doc (my super sexy medic boyfriend btw) and beg him to fix me up. they give me this stuff called Retin-A. I squeel with happy super gushing awesome because finally my problem will be solved forever with magic white cream that I am to smear all over my face! (shoo gutter brains!)

I run to my tent and commence the smearing...

An hour passes by and I look in a mirror to find my acne roaring in angst and swelling and just generally being gross. I've continued to use Retin-A in hopes maybe my body has to adjust to it or something but to my utter distaste it has only proven to make my acne just look more disgusting and my face is super greasy along with my whole body in general. I am a grease bucket...


my question is this:
Have you found acne medications to make your acne worse?
salycilic acids make my face super dry which causes my body to make more oil thus more acne in the long run. and well... Retin-A is a super fail...

((cries in corner))