Hey bro you are welcome to your opinion, but what I was sharing was my experience... What is your experience??? Have you ever had systic acne??? I have and its no fun at all!!! I only speak from experience. So for you to say its BS how so??? Maybe the alcohol is harsh to you but when you have systic acne drying it out is better than having scars on your back and shoulders for life. Now may be the blood test where not that frequent and this was quit sometime ago I believe it was for liver values or maybe it was cholestrol long and short of it they wanted to check my blood more often then I wanted to give it. But I would rather share my experience and keep a bro safe then just talk about what you heard or read. Not mad just speaking truth peace!!!
Experience from using accutane several times under a doctor's supervision. I never had cystic acne, no, but whether or not you have cystic acne doesn't change how it affects your liver.
(Yes, blood tests are for AST, ALT and cholesterol)
And bro, think about it this way... why do pregnant women rub oily vitamin E oil on their bellies to reduce stretchmarks? Why are all creams against scars oily as hell? Will alcohol dry out pimples? Maybe. But so will benzoyl peroxide or accutane. But drying the crap out of your skin with something like alcohol that isn't even meant to treat pimples, that sure as hell isn't going to reduce scarring. If anything, dry skin heals far more slowly and scars far more easily.
Lifestyle Changes to Combat Acne - Acne-Ltd III (Astringent soaps and any astringent agents that shrink your skin's pores, such as witch hazel, alum, oatmeal, very cold water, and rubbing alcohol, should be avoided. When your pores shrink, more oils are clogged in the pores of the skin.)
The Real Way To Get Rid Of Acne - Skincare Basics Glossaries - Epinions.com (There is one other cheap aggressive approach which is quite unhealthy. Rubbing alcohol. You can purchase a large bottle from some place like Walgreens for $.99 on sale. Alcohol is capable of drying up the skin very quickly, it kills bacteria, and makes the acne go away. Alcohol is a cytotoxic agent though, and therefore kills cells on contact. So, it may be doing more harm than good. Only use in desperate situations, or once a week... Try to use alcohol as little as possible. )
I know from personal experience that putting alcohol on your face will change you from having a few pimples to having an irritated, red, dry face.