So, I've had terrible acne all my life. Really really bad. Not like the deep, badly-scarring cystic acne - more like the smaller, milder spots that everyone gets as a teenager, except I had a lot of them. And around the time I'd start bleeding, I'd get even more - I swear I got pimples on top of pimples. It's awful. The side view of my face was always a train wreck.
I've been on T for all of 3 days. Which is supposed to make acne worse. i was all prepared to have to go begging for Accutane. It was the one side effect that I was really worried about.
But surprise! 3 days of a substance that's supposed to make acne worse, and miraculously it's gotten better. A lot better. Like, I might even be willing to take a profile picture kind of better. My skin is practically glowing. The oiliness is mildly reduced, but the dryness I usually get if I strip away the surface oil - that's gone. I could swear even the red discolorations from the pimples that were there earlier this week are fading. The blackheads on my nose are almost entirely gone. The pores have shrunk to near-invisibility. It's magical. And all this is happening while I'm bleeding, of all times.
I don't think I could possibly be happier unless I sprouted a working penis.
