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Article: Health: In The Clear From Acne.
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- Newsweek
- Article date:
- January 10, 2005
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Byline: Ramin Setoodeh
When Brandi Jones first started breaking out at the age of 16, the cysts on her chin hurt more than just her vanity. "It was so painful," she says. "My face throbbed like someone had punched me." She spent her nights tossing and turning and her days popping Tylenol and Aleve. Over-the-counter acne treatments failed, so she saw a dermatologist, who prescribed antibiotics and topical creams. Neither worked. Finally, after her first year in college, she decided to try Accutane, a controversial prescription drug that attacks and destroys oil glands. Though she'd heard Accutane could cause depression and that it sometimes made acne worse before ...