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20 May 2009

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The Longer I Wait: Brooke M's Accutane (Well, Clarvis) Log!

HELLLOOOO ACNE.ORG!
I recently started Clarvis, at 40 mg just two days ago! So far nothing has happened, but hopefully I will start to experience some kind of side effects or else this log will be really boring.
History:
I've had acne ever since about 6th grade, but at that point stuff like Proactiv was able to keep it under control. Since then I've tried about every OTC product, Monocycline, Tetracycline, Doxycycline, Differin, Benzaclin, Retin-a, blah, blah, blah. My acne is not terrible, it could definitely be a lot worse. It's just moderate and really persistent. It also has a tendency to fluctuate, like one month I'll be almost clear and the next month it will be really terrible again.
BUT enough of that. I am hoping accutane will allow me to live my last two years of High School way less self-conscious than I currently am. Not having to base my day off of what my skin is looking like in the morning would be really, really nice.
Products I've got so far include cerave for moisturizing purposes, cetaphil facewash, and aquaphor (of course) for future lip cracking extravaganzas. Does anybody have any opinions on which is better, cetaphil or cerave as a moisturizer? I just got cerave because I heard it was less greasy.
I am also taking flaxseed oil (I'm a vegetarian/sometimes vegan so I can't take fish oil), zinc, vitamin e, and my multivitamin. I am not sure if these will help all that much, but I hope the vitamin e will at least help with dryness and everything.

So farrrrr the side effects I've had include:
-Headache on the first day
-Backache
-Tinnny bit of dryness on face and lips
-Tiredness and a lack of focus that may or may not be related for accutane (there is a good chance I am just searching for symptoms).

Also, I am on clarvis but I will probably just say accutane as it is habitual.
And the title of my log is from an All Girl Summer Fun Band song, yeeee!

Here are some photos, some are of my face and others are just of me so that I do not feel TOO gross. Keep in mind these were taken on a macbook, which greatly diminishes blemishes.