I was in the same boat once, but things just kept getting worse. I tried everything. Acne has always been a problem for me. When I was younger, antibiotics worked well, then they started losing effect, and i had to add retin-a to the mix. After a while this quit working. I feel like I have tried almost everything, from proactive to Pantothenic Acid. At one point, things were so bad, I was in the gym doing decline and strained so hard that a pimple on my face busted and spewed blood all over my face...that was the final call. I tried accutane, and it was a life saver. My only regret is not getting on it sooner, I have a lot of scaring to remind of those days. My advice is to try everything, but is some cases Accutane is the best answer...not everything works for everyone. I was very hesitant to jump on the Accutane due to all the horrible posts I read about it, but turns out i should have just taken my chances earlier on before it was too late. Now I am having to look in to laser treatment for all of my scars.