Rash on hands?

[Kay]

i started getting the small red rash on the top of my hands. I havent touched it at all hoping it will go away on its own. It doesnt itch or hurt, i hope that is a good thing. I saw some pictures on the internet of rashes caused by Accutane and it freeks me out. I have been on it for 14 days and i hope i make it through the first 2 months.

[Kassy]

christine smith wrote:

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This is normal.... I had the hand / arm rash so bad I HAD to wear long sleeves.... all lotions HURT or stung.... the only elief came from Kiels repair creme. It if for your face..... it is pretty cheeap considering it CURES this ugly rash. They will give you huge free samples if you ask the sales chick.
good luck
oh and by the way accutain cures my acne for 9 years.... I am starting to break out again. It was worth it.... I miss my perfect skin.

Thanks so much that worked perfectly.They are all cleared up. Thank-you!

[Meeee]

OMG!!! I've gotten pink eye yet again! It's crazzy!!! I've been on Accutane for about 2 1/2 months and I got my first pink eye on the 1.5 months!!! AHHH ...dry nose (but not nosebleeds except for rusty at night) and AHHH!!!

[Melissa]

After my dosage got upped to 60 mg (I think), my hands broke out in a bumpy red rash. I cut my dose back down to 30 (just one pill) and it went away overnight!

[Elizabeth]

i have dry skin too, but i have like never had a pimple so im not on any acne medication, but the other day my hands became that dry and sore i couldnt move them, it felt like my skin was stretching. my hands are bleeding koz they are that dry. and im not sure what to do. i have been also getting nose bleeds. about everyday. and my nose drips and drips almost constintly. but today has been good. whats going on? i pulled up my shirt and both my arms were blood red. how can anyone explain this?

[Anonymous]

testing....

[sandi]

omg! i have the rash all over my arms and legs. this is so weird. This is my second course and i defnitely did not get this during my first! can someone help!!

[rattlehead-uk]

ooh jeez i'm sooo damn itchy its unreal, and gets even worse if i itch it, but its not an itch that can be ignored!
i grab the nearest, most abrasive thing possible and just scratch away in euphoria then realise i've just been mutilating myself! my skin gets all white blotches where i've been itching, kinda like i've been stung, its not right!
IS this because i'm not moisturising my body, its really only the skin on my face which LOOKS dry.

[Perry Thomas]

i have the exact same rash on the top of my hands and a little on the arms it doesn't hurt it just looks really bad

[rattlehead-uk]

my doctor told me to take piriton, havent tried it yet, dnt think it will work that well to be honest cuz you dnt have to have a perscription for it. will give it a go though and report bk!

[jenni]

i am experiencing the same red rash only on the top of my hands. not sure what it is but i am on like week 10 of accutane. i just uped my dosage and i think this happened before when i uped it.it went away on its own last time but it was also a lot less severe. the pharmacist told me to use cortaid. hope it works....how do you know you have pink eye?

[Chris]

i got it on my hands too. strange. lotion seems to be helping tho. Aveeno.

[rattlehead-uk]

guys take some sort anti histamine or something like that for allergies and heyfever such as piriton it works like a treat... makes the tiredness far worse mind - dont take them in the mornings unless you plan to rot around. otherwise take them at night to stop the itching and actually get some sleep! I've stopped taking them now and i'm here scratching my damn skin off!

[Jessica]

i just started getting that rash all over my hands as well
my dermatologist suggested cetaphil

as for my lips, i've been on accutane for about 3 months now and i just carry plain classic chapstick with me everywhere and my lips are fine
this stuff http://www.chapstick.com/sp/classic/images/re...

[Dan]

Suffering wrote:

I've been on Accutane for approx. two weeks. I don't have terrible acne, it's just mild, but other treatments were not working. I think I'm on a pretty low dosage right now.
Well, last week, my hands started to dry out--the top, not my palms. My skin started cracking and peeling, and now it has turned into a bumpy red rash, COVERING my hands. It's disgusting.
What the hell is it?! Has anyone else gotten something similar?
And this is in addition to the EXTREMELY chapped lips and dry skin around the mouth. Not to mention a few nosebleeds.

Ya I have been on Acutain for like five months and I thought that he rash on my arms were from something else I have been doing. Then I fially put it together that it might have to be with Acutain and I found this site. Ha now I am worry free. Its not to bad it itches a little but its only on my lower arms and its dry and red and especially when I go inside my school which is really hot all the time, my arms get pretty red too, as if I have a sunburn. My forearms start to look like lobster color. Does anyone else's arms get really red, sometimes from the Acutain?

[rattlehead-uk]

yes this is a very common side effect

[cassie]

yUp, im starting my 4th mOnth of accutane and i have a nasty rash on my hands to0. I work for a dermatologist and the only thing i fOund that works is a steroid cream called Cloderm and a ton of Cetaphil cream. My lips arent that chapped considering it is winter time too. I just use str8 vaseline on top of my regular chap stick, it seems like a lot but it makes my lips soft..well as soft as they can be while on accutane. Im just glad all these side effects are temporary. I guess i really cant complain too much, there are worse things that can happen. go0od luck to all of yall, and hang in there, its only 6 months!!!!!

[rattlehead-uk]

6 months fly by

[Katy]

Well i sorta have the same problem. My knuckles get really chapped and dry so I used cream. Then days after my hands grew little bumps that are red, itchy, and bother me totally. Anyone know a solution? I tried everything! HELP

[Jen]

I have the exact same thing as you do. The rash on the hands, the dry skin around the mouth with chapped lips, everything. I've been on Sotret (Another form of Isotretinoin) for a little under a month and the dryness just started getting really bad. I called my doctor today and he called in a prescription for Desonide Ointment. It's really greasy, but it's providing some immediate relief. I'll have to get back to you when it's had time to start working. Best of luck to you!