It started out with this cystic acne?

I've started getting acne now that I'm 18 :(?

• I've never really had acne. No one in my family has either. At most I had maybe 2 big pimples a year. Now for some reason that's changed. I turned 18 a few months ago, and since then I've had more zits than I've probably ever had total. Over the the past 2 or 3 months I've had like 10 huge zits on my forehead, my chin, even on my lips, and a bunch of little ones too. Right now I have a huge one on my forehead, but I'm worried because I have like 14 little zits on my nose! 14! what do I do? I've never had acne before :( and no one in my family has any advise because they never had acne either. I wash my face every day and I've stopped wearing make up, but it hasn't helped. Is there anything I can get that will make the big pimples go away, and prevent the little zits from getting big? Please, any advise would mean a lot to me

• Answer:

  Well, I take a pill called Minocycline (it's an anti-biotic) and your regular doctor can prescribe it; no need to go to a dermatologist. It takes care of about 90% of my acne. The other 10% I could get rid of if I tried at it, but I'm usually too lazy to use pads or cream or anything. I don't think it's that abnormal to get them at 18; I know 30 year olds who still get acne.