I agree. BUT-- as a lifelong acne sufferer, I wish someone had told me when I was a teenager that it was a “condition to be managed” vs. an illness which could be cured with a pill, cream, UV light, more sun/no sun, clinical trial (which turned out to be accutane) etc.
There are kids lucky enough to have 4-5 bad years which then clears up and only the occasional pimple or cyst afterwards. And then a not insignificant number of adults who need to find a way to live with it long term. I’m in the “live with it long term” group but it took a LOT of cycling through miracle treatments which didn’t work, tried and true treatments which didn’t work, and a couple of heavy duty pharmaceutical interventions which had horrible side effects.
And any dermatologist who promises a 6 week “cure” for ANYTHING… Maybe temporary clearing up on a short timeframe, but NOT a cure. I think the kids suffering with low self esteem and self-consciousness with severe acne deserve to know the truth about how long all these protocols take.