subject: Why Acne Is Destroying Your Life [print this page] The last thing I want to mention is mostly for women but boyfriends/husbands listen up too. There is a medicine called Isotretinoin (you might know it better with the name of a brand called Accutane) which works very well for getting rid of acne. But if you use it wrong it can have very nasty side-effects. For example, if you take this medicine while you're pregnant or you get pregnant while using this medicine it might even cause you side-effects like birth defect. And this is something which I categorize as things that almost destroys your life.