[Acne] I started taking fish oil supplements and my acne and skin has improved dramatically, something that 10 years worth of antibiotics, creams, and even accutane combined couldn't match.

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I am a 27 year old male who has suffered from moderate to severe acne for the last 10 years. Before 21, I would rate my acne as 'moderate'. I mostly had red bumps but it wasn't cystic just persistently there.When I moved to the US / California, my small red bumps got an upgrade to full blown cystic. It covered my forehead, my cheeks, my temples, my beard area, and my scalp. My aunt brought me to a dermatologist but I due to cost I wasn't able to keep it up.After getting a good job 4 years ago, I was able to get more serious. I went through all the antibiotics topical and oral, all the retin-a creams, BP, all the anti-acne face wash. Exactly none of them helped. I finally got on accutane and after 3 months of the 6 month course, I began to get clear. But after about 2 months of finishing accutane, it came back slowly and by fall of this year, I had clumps of pus-filled and cystic acne again.My dermatolgist put me on antibiotics again even after I told them it didn't help. I never took it. I was severely depressed, suicidal, and wanted to give up. For all of my 20s I was so embarrassed to face people. I had to be conscious about the pus and the bleeding.I changed my diet. I stopped eating dairy, stopped eating meat, and lessened my sugar and the acne never really improved.For a completely unrelated reason, I started taking fish oil supplements. It's only been a month but I had the most dramatic shift in my skin. The severe scarring (huge pock marks and box scars) didn't disappear and the active acne didn't magically go away. The PIH are still there.But the breakouts stopped. For the first time outside of being on accutane, no new cystic or red bump appeared on my face. I had two negligible pimple around my hair areas but they healed within a day or two... something I've never experienced before. They looked like normal pimples that everyone gets every now and then. My active acnes are slowly healing and the look less inflamed. My skin stopped being oily. I used to look like I poured grease on my face.My skin isn't perfect even right now but I've never had this level of improvement ever. The breakouts aren't so bad that I actually enjoy putting products on my face now like moisturizer and sunscreens. Before I would be so careful because the pus and the cystic ones would bleed all over.I don't know if it's the fish oil but it's the only thing i'm taking that's new. I'm not a dermatologist or a doctor but I would like to share this.I've even started to test out eating dairy, sugary food, and meat again. But so far nothing!I feel so frustrated and happy. I feel like if vitamin A or omega 3 deficiencies caused my persistent acne, I could've fixed it a long time ago. Now I have severe scarring on my cheeks and temples and gut issues from the antibiotics.I hope it sticks. I never thought I'd ever feel this way about my skin again.What feels liberating is not having to think that a slight breeze would cause me to breakout. That level of anxiety has ruled my life in the last 10 years. For the last month, I haven't felt that.:-)
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