"i&#039;m a male and about as soon as i hit puberty (around 11-12) i got the full force of whiteheads on my forehead. it was terrible. i was self-conscious and confidence deprived. i started using proactive, which didn&#039;t work and it irritated my skin very bad. my forehead acne gradually went away on its own though, but another hurdle arose; it returned everywhere else on my face. this problem would stay until i was 16. throughout those years i was prescribed different meds like solodyn &amp; doryx, which didn&#039;t really do anything for me. the summer of 2017 i went to the derm to be prescribed accutane. i&#039;m just left with a little hyperpigmentation. only real side-effect is very dry lips that are manageable with aquaphor."