4 months and dry as ever!!

[mlejn]

i didn't know if anyone was having this same problem but.. i've been on accutane for 4 months now and my skin is the driest its ever been. its like i have a severe sunburn on my nose and around my mouth. on top of that im starting to break out under my lip because im constantly moisturizing. i guess i thought either the dryness or breakouts would stop by now. is this abnormal or has anyone experienced this same thing?

[aaron]

i've been on for 5 months and i look really sunburned also, except it's on my cheeks.. and i'm still getting breakouts also.. we both seem to be having a tough time with it

[mlejn]

did you doctor seem to think that your reaction was normal in the 5th month? is that why you are going an extra couple months?

[Danielle]

mlejn wrote:

i didn't know if anyone was having this same problem but.. i've been on accutane for 4 months now and my skin is the driest its ever been. its like i have a severe sunburn on my nose and around my mouth. on top of that im starting to break out under my lip because im constantly moisturizing. i guess i thought either the dryness or breakouts would stop by now. is this abnormal or has anyone experienced this same thing?

What dosage are you on - see if you can cut back to a lower dosage or just take the pill every other day.

[mlejn]

my dose is 80 mg once a day and next month my derm said i should up it to 100 mg. does cutting back on the dosage slow down the clearing up process?

[Danielle]

mlejn wrote:

my dose is 80 mg once a day and next month my derm said i should up it to 100 mg. does cutting back on the dosage slow down the clearing up process?

WOW is all i have to say.... you know I honestly don't think that some of these doctors out there know how potent this stuff is! I'm on 20 mg per day and I have minor irritation around my lips which feels like sunburn too - i recently cut back to taking the pill every other day because I don't want to trade in my acne for irritated skin - i just want to be normal. I can't imagine if I were on 80 or 100 per day!! That really seems like an awful lot! Why does your doc want to bump it up even more?!? My doc said that it's important to find the dosage that works for you because if your skin becomes too irritatied that that alone will cause break outs. I know some people that were on 60 mg and wouldn't stop breaking out until her doc switched her to 10mg then she cleared up right away. You should talk to you doc about that - or possible get a 2nd opinion. Good luck.

[Danielle]

mlejn wrote:

my dose is 80 mg once a day and next month my derm said i should up it to 100 mg. does cutting back on the dosage slow down the clearing up process?

ps mlejn - i'm no doctor, but as a person who has been on this stuff 3 times i can honestly tell you that the lower the dosage, the sooner i get clear. I'm on day 7 and my skin is almost perfect - i'm totally clear as far as new acne goes (pretty much just waiting for old wounds to heal) and only have very slight side effect. I did 20 mg per day for the first 4 days and now i'm taking 20mg every other day because i started to feel the irritation. I think if i were to go up any higher it would ruin the balance and the break outs would start again.

[seih]

ist normal?? coz i have to take the accutane 20 mg a day for 7 days and then stop for 3 weeks.. and then after 3 weeks im going to take the second week for accutane for 7 days again.. how about u guys? how do u take the pills?

[Smalls]

Use some jojoba oil. It works magically. I had extremely flaky skin. EXTREMELY. I picked some up at whole foods after my derm said it helps with dry skin.

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[Gimson]

I started Accutane when I was 17. My skin looked really bad. I had pimples on my face approaching the size of dimes. The acne went over my shoulders, down the front of my chest and down to the bottom of my back. I tried all the creams and fancy products and nothing worked. My doctor finally put me on a round of Accutane from http://g-acne-treatment.info . The first dose I was on for a couple of months didn't do much, so the doctor doubled it. Within six months, my acne was almost all gone and I stopped treatment. Within 18 months I had zero acne and zero scarring - my skin was utterly flawless and still is. I am now basically cured of acne - less than half a dozen pimples in ten years. Miracle.

[Bawerman]

i wrote:

I started Accutane when I was 17. My skin looked really bad. I had pimples on my face approaching the size of dimes. The acne went over my shoulders, down the front of my chest and down to the bottom of my back. I tried all the creams and fancy products and nothing worked. My doctor finally put me on a round of Accutane from http://g-acne-treatment.info . The first dose I was on for a couple of months didn't do much, so the doctor doubled it. Within six months, my acne was almost all gone and I stopped treatment. Within 18 months I had zero acne and zero scarring - my skin was utterly flawless and still is. I am now basically cured of acne - less than half a dozen pimples in ten years. Miracle.

I fought with acne throughout my teenage years and tried everything to get rid of it (proactiv, neutrogena, retin-a, clean and clear, you name it). I experienced quite an initial breakout soon after I started accutane but was expecting it and told myself my skin would get better. I’m now in the last week of my treatment and my skin is flawless. I haven’t had a single zit in 3 months, and scars from my previous breakouts are fading. If your in doubt that accutane can solve your acne frustrations, don’t be. Survive the first two months or so of accutane and you will be rewarded with the complexion you’ve always wanted.

[Waller]

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