"i owe my self-confidence to adapalene! i went off to college in the fall and my skin immediately went completely out of wack. my doctor started out by prescribing me spironolactone to clear my skin, but i did not like the side effects. her next suggestion was adapalene, and i couldn&#039;t be happier about deciding to start using it. i simultaneously started applying adapalene when i started hormonal birth control, so some of my clear skin could be because of the bc. i experienced about 3 weeks of an initial breakout, but by the 4th and 5th weeks i got to witness my skin get clearer and clearer everyday. it has now been 8 weeks, and all my breakouts are almost completely gone! my skin is dry, but loading it up with moisturizer every night is absolutely worth it."