What am I dealing with???
So I have struggled with acne most of my life, and I’ve always had extremely oily greasy smelly skin on my face and behind my ears and no matter how much I wash or what skin care routine I use the smell is kind of always there with the waxy buildup. Six years ago I did a full course dose of Accutane to help with the cystic, acne and painful nodules and that helped for about five or six years, but I just started my second round of Accutane because I started getting cysts and nodules that were painful and filling with pus and fluid and blood, etc again. But this go around I’m doing a low-dose 30 mg once in the evening for 18 to 24 months to see if that makes some type of change because even though the first round of Accutane helped me for five or six years, it did nothing to slow down my oil production or help with the waxy smelly buildup that I always have on my face. And the dermatologist is almost certain that I have superb dermatitis as well, and she prescribed me a cream to go with the Accutane that I rub on my face twice a day, and I just always have this red irritated look to my skin. And then on top of that, I noticed some kind of irritated red bumps and very specific spots on my arm and higher up on my arm and was just wondering what that could be. Is it part of the dermatitis? Is it eczema? So any information would be helpful as to what I’m dealing with and how I can get my skin to stop being so red and how to deal with the just overall smell. 🙏🏻🤙🏻