Skincare help please!!

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Hi, I’ve recently reached a point where my skin randomly is at my worst and I have literally lost all my confidence and left my modelling agency due to this, I went to a dermatologist around 2 months ago? And I got given epiduo gel and minomycin tablets, I’ve been taking the tablets consistently and I don’t really think they’ve done much, and I’ve struggled to use the epiduo because it dries up my skin and makes me pick me skin and makes it sting alot. I have really bad texture along my entire mouth area, yet the entire top half of my face is clear skin. My problem area is just my entire mouth and chin, scarring is a terrible problem and I’ve

spent probably over 3000$ on skincare products and treatments and absolutely nothing has worked. I’ve taken pictures of the products I currently use now and my cleanser is the cerave foaming one. If anyone knows ANYTHING to help my skin I would love to listen, please not anything basic as I have been trying to clear my skin for almost 4 years now and I know all the basics, thank you!

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Au

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I'm sorry you're going through this! To me it doesn't look like you have much active acne at this point, maybe a couple small ones in the pictures you posted, and looks like it's healing up. Are you using anything for the scarring and hyperpigmentation? I struggled with cystic acne and hyperpigmentation for a long time and the only thing that finally cleared up the cysts and the scarring was retinol. I started slow and worked my way up to the 1% serum from Paula's choice, which is about as strong as you can go without a prescription. I use the retinol at night and glycolic acid in the morning. Those two ingredients work really powerfully together to brighten and improve texture. Just remember to go low and slow, too much too soon with active ingredients will only irritate your skin. It took me a few months to build up to using retinol and glycolic acid every day.

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Acutane?