Please don't judge me for anything I post in this post. I'm already really insecure about the whole situation. But the thing is, I don't have my medical marijuana card. I lost it and never did replace it. I had a weed man that hooked me up with regular weed for the longest time after that. For reference, I'm in Oklahoma. Anyway, I found out the smoke shop next door sells THCA rolls. I smoke daily. So much so, my tolerance has gone down but I still get a good buzz. I smoke for my anxiety, social anxiety, and sleep issues. The kind I smoke also helps me be more social and outgoing and talkative. The smoke shop sells me THCA prerolls for 6 pre-rolls for $20. They're 2 grams each. And I can smoke 6 of those at a time. Most I ever smoked was maybe 10-11 pre-rolls at a time. I've got a problem with it and know I need to cut back. My mom died last year and this has helped a lot with the anxiety and depression and grief over losing her.
So anyway, my question is....since I started smoking THCA a year ago, my skin has gone to crap. I get so many breakouts around my mouth, inner cheeks around my mouth, my chin and upper lip. Basically the goatee area, plus my inner cheeks. Huge clusters of acne with tons of puss. Worse than anything I've ever seen before. I'll be 40 in two days and I didn't even have this much acne when I was a teenager. Leaving the house is hard because people ask questions about what's wrong with my face. I scrub and scrub and scrub my face and it's still so oily. I read THCA can cause an increase in testosterone and sebum and increases acne and oil and I already have oily skin. I finally went to a doctor and got prescription Retinol and started using it last week and it's already working wonders on my skin.
But is it normal for THCA to cause acne? Has this happened to anyone else? I'm now on a prescription medication for my skin and my skin issues didn't start until around the time I started the THCA prerolls but when I smoked regular THC, this never happened. Thoughts, anyone? Again, please no judgement.