"i&#039;m 18 years old and i&#039;ve had horrible red inflamed acne since i was 14. my derm has put me on every topical cream he could think of and i was on minocycline for six months i believe and at first my skin was the worst its ever been but then it was flawless due to the pill and my birth control. i stopped taking minocycline because my acne cleared up. i just recently started breaking out again so he put me on solodyn and its only been a week and my acne is worse than it ever was before taking oral prescriptions and even worse than my skin at its worst while on minocycline. i&#039;m hoping that it&#039;ll have the same effect and clear my skin completely but right now its hopeless."