I'm sorry about your brother but my family's experience was different and our dermatologist was of the opinion that the risks were exaggerated. I suffered with

I'm sorry about your brother but my family's experience was different and our dermatologist was of the opinion that the risks were exaggerated. I suffered with acne from age 12 to my early 20s. As someone who was pretty awkward anyway, having an acne related nickname in school was pretty much the icing on the cake in terms my negative self image. I never went to parties or discos at all in school, anything at which girls might be present. My kids inherited my skin and roaccutane was transformational for them. Even after the acne dried up I thought they'd be left with scarring but it all went away eventually. I was 100% behind their decisions to take the stuff risks and all. I think that for a boy you can get past acne and its damage eventually, I did, but for a girl the scarring it leaves is devastating.