r/Aklief

For context I’ve already tried adapelene/differin cream but it didn’t do anything for me, I was using aklief for my body acne at the time. My derm then said to try and use aklief on my face and for the first few months it significantly improved my face but I’m still not where I want to be and I’m almost 5-6 months after using. My question is if differin GEL emphasis on gel would work better than the cream version and work better than aklief?

My problem is with the texture that’s not going away and blackheads on my nose that won’t go no matter what I try in addition to some closed comodones on the face. Any other tips would be great too!

I'm tired of this shit honestly. Been in retinoids for more than a year, on aklief 4 months specifically, went from 10 inflamed spots and tons of blackheads/whiteheads to 2 red pimples at a time and some whiteheads/blackheads. But I still break out occasionally and skin is never 100% clear on the forehead even though I'm using Clindamycin as well. It's just too oily and no topical is cutting through that.

Should I just go the accutane route at this point because my skin does not seem to be fixable with topicals without cutting off the oil? Can't take hormonal meds because I'm a guy

If use aklief daily or every other day on my face how am is supposed to shave my beard as a man?