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Adult acne: years of no summer dresses or swimsuits until she found her ‘cure’


by Jennifer McShane
26th Jul 2023

When it comes to skin, Jennifer McShane has never believed in any product that could be marketed as ‘life-changing'. But, having suffered with cystic acne for almost 20 years, she had given up hope of ever being rid of her acne, until she started Accutane. Here, she cuts through the online ‘scare-mongering’.

I’ve struggled with acne since I was 13-years-old. To get rid of it, I’ve tried it all: skincare, antibiotics, over-the-counter creams, diet changes, the pill – nothing worked. Nothing ever completely took it away. Great skin products helped the breakouts on my face (a mild relief), but what of the rest? Shoulders, back, chest, there was hardly a surface of my Celtic-hued skin that remained unblemished; I’d stare in the mirror after having a shower,...

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