Selina,
I don't know how oily your face is but I can tell you what I experienced.
I had really really bad scarring cystic acne from the age of 13 to 25. At 25, I got on accutane. It is a very harsh drug therefore I am unable to say "GO FOR IT" but I can say "check into it with much caution and read up about it". I had side effects..moodiness, depression...peeling elbows and hands...and lips that would not stop peeling!
Finally after 5 months, I quit it.
Before the accutane, if I pushed my nose up against a window, I left a huge streak. When I went somewhere humid (like Texas), my skin literally DRIPPED with sweat and oil. My face was shiny in ALL my pictures. My zits were so bad, I had purple lesions (sp?) in my face.
I went to Planned Parenthood in my 20s to get the pill to help my acne...the PP on Alameda in San Jose. They refused to prescribe it for my acne since they told me "my problem is so serious, I need to see a dermatologist and get it handled."
At work after taking accutane, the VP of the Dept I worked in stopped me in front of God and everyone and said loudly "Well done! Your face looks much better! You finally got treatment!" I went into the bathroom and cried.
My face was REALLY OILY. NOTHING WOULD HELP IT. I tried Avon, Mary Kay, Maybelline...clinque...NOTHING. I then tried tetracylcine (and ended up getting reactions since I took it too long), other anti-biotics...retin A (didn't make a dent...but did make my skin peel and burn). FINALLY I got accutane after begging. My doctor tested my blood once a month on that pill.
The bright side is yes, I do look very youthful for my age (that is what everybody tells me). I STILL get carded at 35 sometimes. I am not a raving beauty but at least I got that going for me. Young guys hit on me sometimes not realising what an old spinster I am (but then that happens in dark clubs with them drinking lots of alcohol
). I bet that you get the same. Hehe.
Be blessed.