growing out of it?

[cutie5890]

i have a bunch of questions so if someone could help me out id be really grateful!...

my mom had acne about as bad as i do right now, she had it as a teen and then grew out of it after high school. if my mom grew out of it does that mean i will too?
also, i know your body changes and whatnot every couple years, is that why sometimes people grow out of acne after highschool and some people who never had it get it after high school? if your on a BCP or spiro that changes your hormones, will that disrupt the change and possibly make the acne stay instead of letting me grow out of it? if that makes any sense...
I'm only 17...ive had acne since i was about 13...im currently on spironolactone, 50 mg twice a day and (i never miss a pill) and ortho tricyclin
ive taken ortho since the 1st week of october and the spiro since nov. 14. my skin is not at its best right now at all. i also use a foaming tea tree wash form the body shop everyday, then i put on Cleocin-T topical and then put a mattifying face lotion from L'occitane over that. I use tea tree mask once a week and the exfoliating scrub once a week, and a blue corn mask from the body shop once a week also.
Things arent looking good for me at all. my face is a mess right now and all these zits are really really painful.
I have low estrogen (probably from my eating disorder, which has been gone for almost a year and a half) and the birth control and spiro should help that but im not sure. i thought that would help my breakouts some and so far nothing. my hair is less oily though and im not sure about my face because i use mattifying lotion in the morning.
i'm not sure if i want to take spiro anymore because it doesnt seem to work at all. i know it takes a long time to work for some people but the longest i heard was 2 or 3 months. im going on 2 months this week so ill just wait it out i guess.

any thoughts on spiro? am i too young to take it? should i up my milligrams?
im not sure my acne is hormonal...well i think it is because i had it worst around my mouth, my forehead always had zits but i think those come more from stress than anything else. and i got acne when i started..."developing" so im guessing hormones had to do with it.
im getting really discouraged and thinking nothing will work for me. accutane is not an option because my hair was falling out enough and the side effects just sound like too much.
but im really depressed, i hate wearing makeup, so i dont cover the zits up and its mortifying to walk around places knowing u have tons of red bumps and marks on your face...i hate looking anyone in the eye... all i want to do is be able to touch my face and not have 12 zits come up right after...its something people with normal skin take forgranted, just being able to touch their face without exploding with pimples!

anyways im done....lol....
can anyone help me out w/ the questions?
thanks...

[DiscoDan]

Im pretty sure acne does have something to do with your genes and whatnot, so you probably will grow out of it eventually if your mom did too. Trust me, I know how you feel. It's horrible knowing how nasty you look, you don't even feel good talking to people.. then, just when you think you look half-way desent, you look in the car mirror or in a room with Bright lighting and want to cry 'cuz you look like *****..

Well.. now that i'm done with the sob story.. I'm sure you will grow out of it, most people seem to. I'm 16 and still have acne a'plenty. I was hoping I'd grow out of it my senior year, but I doubt it.. now I'm just hoping that it'll lesson or go away before i get to college.

[Accutane Dude]

you'll definently out grow it. In the mean time if your a girl I don't understand why you would hate to wear make up. Almost all girls wear it and as a guy i know we don't mind seeing a girl with make up on, even if it is a ton, it certainly beats the alternative.

I even wear make up all the time when i go out and im a guy lol.

Other then that, tough it out and yes you sound like the classic case of teenage acne and right now your face is at it's worst possible stage in your life. 17-18 is like the ultimate hormonal acne break out stage lol.. It will only get better with time.

[Skigomaniac]

Don't feel bad im 22 and I havn't grown out of it, and no one in my family had acne so life kinda sucks haha. you should work on your eating disorder though, having a nice clean healthy diet with lots of nutrients is good for skin health. I wouldn't sweat it, everyone has some degree of acne at your age.

[DiscoDan]

Originally Posted by Accutane Dude

17-18 is like the ultimate hormonal acne break out stage.

UGH! I'm 16.. it's going to get worse??