GreenFrog
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No case of acne in human history has been caused by an Accutane deficiency. Using it to "cure" acne is laughable. Acne is a symptom in 100% of cases - every type of acne has a true underlying cause. You're not "curing" anything; it is mere symptom suppression. If your body is producing excess oil, you don't take a drug to suppress oil production. You give the body what it is asking for when it creates the SYMPTOM of abnormally high oil production. If the skin is dry, that too is the body alerting you that it needs nutrients to function properly.
Based on the cause, you could be covering up a much more important problem. Drugging your symptoms away is like quieting a crying baby by throwing a haymaker to its chin.
The fact that drugs like these are pushed onto kids who don't know any better perfectly frames the impersonal, haphazard, and unhealthy tactics of money-hungry pharm companies.
This is 0% helpful.