Paper Work and Pregnancy Tests....

So I went to the derm today! The appointment was at 7:45 a.m. which sucked big time! But I guess I should get used to it with all these blood tests I'm going to have to do. Has anyone noticed that there are always a ton of old people in the waiting room? I always get nervous about not wearing any make-up to the appointment and when I get there all I see are 15 old geezers sitting around reading fishing magazines. It kinda creeps me out...

Anyways, once I finally got back there my derm gave the usual check-up questions and I anxiously reminded her that I was supposed to go on Accutane. She gave me a funny look and shook her head. She said, "No, I think we should try birth control first." No. I want Accutane! Was she on crack? After months of trying to persuade me to go on the drug and now she wants me to take birth control? After a few moments of persistently saying I wanted Accutane she finally agreed. So off into another room I went to fill out the oh so famous mound of IPLEDGE paperwork. After about an hour spent signing my name a zillion times, assuring over and over that I would not get pregnant, and looking at pictures of babies with cone heads, I was done with the dreaded paperwork.
Then I went to go get my blood taken for the pregnancy test. I actually kind of like it, it fascinates me to watch my blood pool into the vials. (Does that make me weird?)
So in a month I come back and get my blood taken again, then I can FINALLY begin! Yeesh....I hate all this waiting, I'm so impatient.
But guess what? I'm going to be on Accutane!
Ahh...it's music to my ears...
The war begins May 3. I bet they don't even know what's coming...lol

A little bit about me...

Hi. I'm a 15 year old female who suffers from moderate acne and horrendously oily skin. Like many before me, I've come to a point in my life where I'm sick of my appearance, and willing to take extreme measures to get my life back. So in comes Accutane. What is Accutane you say?

Accutane, also called Isotretinoin, is technically nuclear amounts of vitamin A packed into a tiny, yellow, pimple annailating capsule. When my derm recommended Accutane to me, she told me about all of the fatal side effects connected to the medication. Birth defects, blurred vision, vomiting, seizures, stroke, muscle weakness, depression, and death were a few I remember from the novel amount of symptoms she read from a little booklet. She then went on to assure me that it would definitely clear up my skin. So I could be crippled and retarded, BUT I would have clear skin....Great! Without hesitation I agreed to her suggestion.

So I have an appointment Tuesday to go over all of the paperwork (yes, there is paperwork!) and to take a pregnancy test and all the rest of the hooplah that you have to go through before they give you the prescription.

So just for reference I'll list all of the products I've tried so far and what success I've had with them.
--Benzaclin: the first thing my derm prescribed me, had little affect on my acne and made me feel like I had just dipped my face in fire.
--Doxycycline: little improvement
--Tazorac: also a slight improvement
--Clindamycin Phosphate: the equivalent of pouring acid on your face. 'nuff said.
--Retin-A: tried it in the lowest and highest strengths, worked wonders for my blackheads. Sadly it made my already oily skin darn near reflective.
--Minocycline: pretty much the only antibiotic that actually gave me a big improvement.
Plus the usual array of over-the-counter creams including Benzoyl Peroxide (in 2.5%, 5%, and 10%), Saylic Acid, medicated soap (for the dreaded bacne!), the list goes on...

And yet I still had acne. Big zits. Little zits. After years of agony and an unethical ammount of foundation, I decided to trade in my oil and zits for beautiful, matte skin. Let the war begin...