"like most with acne as severe as mine normal topical remedies don&#039;t work. when none of the topical treatments worked my mom finally agreed to let me try oral medication. i have tried many (i don&#039;t remember the names) only one worked but it was too expensive for my mom at the time so i had to go off it. so again it got worse and all through my junior year i suffered. finally my mom again decided she didn&#039;t want my scarring to get any worse so she agreed to put me on accutane so we could get rid of it once and for all. i&#039;m on my first session and it has started to work. my only noticeable side effect is severe drying of my lips. other than that i love the results. no more cystic acne, or white heads!"