PSA to anyone reading this thread: Do not take Accutane without a prescription. There are very good reasons that doctors don’t want to prescribe it, and if you can’t find someone willing to do it, it means that the risks very likely don’t outweigh the benefits in your case. Doctors are going to want you to try more conservative treatments first, and you shouldn’t second-guess that.
Accutane makes the “horrible side-effects” of Tetracycline look like a mild headache. Aside from being a powerful teratogen (i.e. it causes nasty birth defects), Accutane is linked to suicidal tendencies, liver damage, heart damage, and more. It’s not a drug anyone should be taking without supervision.
OTOH, it's often that the risks _to the doctor_ outweigh the benefits _to the doctor_ of recommending you use it. Correlated with but far from the same as the risks/benefits to you.
Accutane makes the “horrible side-effects” of Tetracycline look like a mild headache. Aside from being a powerful teratogen (i.e. it causes nasty birth defects), Accutane is linked to suicidal tendencies, liver damage, heart damage, and more. It’s not a drug anyone should be taking without supervision.