Should I go see Dr. Zizmor, the most heavily advertised dermatologist in NYC?
Just to toss in my 2cents re: acne treatment, rather than Dr. Ziz: I, too, had really bad acne all throughout my teens and early 20s, and I also went on Accutane (twice!). It worked at the time, but the results only lasted for about 6 months after I was on it (sooooo not worth the pain of the previous 5 months taking the drug!). I tried pretty much everything a dermatologist would recommend and still ended up without results. Finally, two years ago, I caved and went to my ob-gyn to get put on the pill – and *bam* – acne gone. The moral of the story: dermatologists treat the surface of your skin. Every dermatologist I saw was trying to fix my skin, without ever considering that the problems in my skin were originating in another part of my body. Acne has many causes – hormonal, in my case, sometimes it’s bacteria, sometimes improper amounts of sebum, etc etc. If it’s truly your skin that is causing the problem, then a dermatologist will be able to help you – but if your acne is actually
