acne
"At first, I hated adapelene.  It made me break out WAY WORSE than I ever have before.  I usually just had a few whiteheads here and there (especially around that time of the month), but when I first got on adapelene, I got cystic acne on my cheeks and chin.  It was very very painful and I was very mad I even started it in the first place.  



After about six weeks, it started to slowly get better, but I still had worse acne than before I started.  My dermo put me on acticlate (pill) along with the adapelene gel to have a quick fix.  It took a few weeks, but now (11th week on adapelene) my face is starting to be very clear!!!! I am very happy with how my face looks now, but I did have to go through a long period of awful, painful puring first"