[ACNE] I need some reassurance, purging

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I'm feeling so sad right now and I just need some reassurance. A little background, I've never really struggled that badly with my skin. In high school I started getting one or two cystic pimples a month, I started taking Yasmin and those went away. I stopped taking Yasmin this time last year and got a skyla IUD. I broke out initially on skyla and started using epiduo. My skin cleared up again. (I had no initial breakout I assume because there wasn't that much to clear up). I stopped using epiduo in August because I just didn't feel I needed it and it was making my skin really oily. I started "getting really into skincare" but in the way that I just used a bunch of sephora samples really recklessly. Fast forward: 6 weeks ago I woke up and my chin had hundreds of closed comedones. My chin was COVERED in closed comedones. They were super tiny and you really could only see them in certain lighting. I have no idea what caused it and it seemingly happened overnight. On October 7 I started using epiduo again, I held off on starting it again because initially I thought my breakout might have been perioral dermatitis. (I don't know why I thought that) Anyway, I went back to the docotor, got an antibiotic (minocycline), and scheduled an appointment to get my IUD out. I am now back on Yasmin (have been for three weeks) and I'm currently purging so badly. I just need someone to tell me to keep going/everything is REALLY red and inflamed and I want to make sure no one thinks it's anything more than just acne? My docs don't but I haven't been able to see a derm yet.The pic where my skin is clearest is before all this happened, what my skin normally looks like. The pic where my chin has a few zits was the day I decided to go to the doctor. You can't see the closed comedones but they're there. Pic that's not the worst was two weeks ago, and the really bad inflamed one is now. I'm so frustrated I don't think I've gotten a new zit since this started but the purging is taking forever. I need some anecdotes telling me that it's going to be okay.TLDR: My skin was great, hormones, product reactions, who knows, closed comedones, BAD EPIDUO PURGE, tell me your stories make me feel better. http://imgur.com/N3rSBb2 http://imgur.com/Rzj3gzg http://imgur.com/nVfsLMk http://imgur.com/T8Iwfde
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