No one warned me about the acne!

I had perfect skin as a teen, and then went on Accutane in my early twenties because of hormonal acne that randomly decided to show up. I had perfect glass skin for years after - then, the pandemic hit, I pulled out my IUD, and had persistent breakouts on my chin from hormones and wearing masks. I was devastated. I wanted to go on Accutane again but never got around to it, so I dealt with it as best I could.

This summer, I got with a kickass esthetician who cleared up my skin and turned it back into glass with tazorac, doxycycline, topicals, and weekly extractions and lasers. I had my wedding in September and had the most beautiful, clear, even, breathtaking skin ever.

I started my IVF journey in October and had to stop all the medication that kept my skin in check - no more tazorac. I was like eh whatever, my wedding is over and maybe the acne won’t come back. Boy, was I wrong. Between the hormones, hopping on and off birth control pills, and now the estrogen pills… my skin is suffering.

Painful little zits, big nodules, cysts, and everything in between. My skin is so sore. And there isn’t anything I can do about it! Do I get back in with my estie and see what she can do? Are lasers ok during IVF and pregnancy? Do I risk it all and use my tazorac again? LOL.

I wasn’t in the group chat when they were talking about how hard IVF is, cause I definitely would have said something.