Does Accutane actually work??

I'm on day 6 now and have noticed no improvement just thats its getting worse!!!

Few Accutane Questions...

Hi,
I've been on Accutane for 3 days now... due to take my 4th dose today. I have a thread up to follow my progress but just have a few questions for other people on Accutane...

Has anyone ever missed a dosage / day?

Have you noticed any effects from missing a day?

Have you taken Accutane while out on the p1ss?

What effects were experienced when drinking while on Accutane and how did this affect the treatment? (I understand that drinking alcohol will reduce the effects of Accutane but there are no harmfull effects)

If anyone can answer those that would be great!!!

Cheers,

Meeko.

Hey Ladies n Gents....

Posted my initiation welcome thing in the wrong part of the forum.... to cut a long story short I just popped my first Accutane pill and was going to keep a log of it on here...

http://www.acne.org/messageboard/Accutane-...Sk-t228847.html


Regards.

Meeko

My Accutane Quest for Clear Skin Begins.... About to Pop My First Pill =-D

Firstly I've never written a diary or journal thing before so this could well suck but I've read so many on here while I've been on the waiting list for Accutane and some of them have been inspiring and motivating so I would love to infuse that onto someone else... even if my diary gives help / answers to 1 person then its worth it... I might type on for some time cus I can get carried away :/.

If thoughout this journal anyone has any questions or concerns that I may be able to help with or give answers to then please message me and I'll do my best to assist!

A little About Me

Hi I'm Meeko! I'm 23 years old and work in IT Support. I enjoy going out getting MC hammered, playing squash, watching american tv series, online gaming and poker. From early teens probably 13 or 14 onwards I've always had bad skin on my face, neck, shoulders and worstly affected is my back. Sometimes my skin is really clear and it feels good to look in the mirror but some days its like you just wake up and "oooo great how many spots to pop today". I find on mornings after I've been out on a heavy drinking session that my skin can be quite dry and really clear Double Vodka Redbullox For TEH WIN. I guess my skin isn't overly terrible on my face but its still enough to knock my confidence and make me want to look down when people are speaking to me cus sometimes it just feels like they are looking at the spots on your face and you can feel their looks piercing you!!!! I hate that feeling!!! I used to hate upper school and got bullied a fair bit because of my skin but I strolled on and hoped that it would fade away... by the time I was 18 It hadn't got any better so I started going to the doctors and over the next 4 years they pre-scribed me a plethora of anti-biotics and anti acne pills. Can't remember all the stuff I've had but the most recent was somthing like "Tetralycle/ Lymcycline".

After being on that for a year or so I was starting to get annoyed that my skin wasn't clearing up... all that tetralycle seemed to do was maybe contain it slightly but it definitley did not prevent new acne from forming. The doctors words were "Have you read up on Accutane - It can perform miracles on some peoples acne but then again it can turn some people psychotic". This some what scared me and I researched it more and the more I read the more concerned and nervous I've become about taking it but what the hell I'm going to give it a bash.

Took me about 4 months to see a dermatologist who gave me a brief run down of Accutane (nothing I didnt already know from browsing tinternet). This dermatologist lady is super hot though She's foreign and has such a cool accent... I actually can't wait for my next appointment haha. Anyway she didn't prescribe me it there and then... I had to come back in like another few months with blood test results.... It is a hell of a long wait and their way of making the wait sound nicer was "ahh you've had it for years whats another few months going to be".... this comment infuriates me... I've already had it for years so why should I have to wait another few months damn j0oo give me the pills now!!!! haha.

Ok so today was the day I had to go back and hand the blood test results in and they was all ok and she handed me the Accutane. I got to take 40MG for a month then go back to see her. Its going to be a nightmare getting the time off work cus my boss can be an ass at times and I'll probably end up having to use my holiday days for derm appointments .

In preparation for this escapade my sister had already purchased me 2 lots of "Blistex Intensive Moisturiser".... It's for lips as no doubt mine are soon going to be as dry as a bone. I dont know anything about moisurising products so I asked the dermatologist to reccomend some. She wrote me a list of 4 produts....

Day 1 - So Here We Are - 10th March 2009

On the way back from the derm I stopped off at Boots and purchased the following:

250G Liquid Paraffin 50% In White Soft Paraffin - £3.71
225G Vaseline Pure Petroleum Jelly - £1.91
500G Cetraben Emollient Cream - £9.30 (WTF PRICEY!!!)
500G Aqueous Cream BP - £3.91

Total £18.83.

This was all the items on her list... I dont know if she meant for me to buy all of them but what the heck. The Boots people seemed a little miffed that I was buying all this moisturising stuff haha. I didnt even have a Boots card so lost out on 60p in points!!! Bummer . I was also told that it would have been cheaper to get the Cetraben on prescription!!!! So remember that guys... might save a few quid!!! I have no idea how I'm going to use these products or what one to start using first so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. So as well as the above the only other gear I've got for this mission is 2 packs of Blistex lip moisturiser... Hope I'm not missing anything :/.

I have taken 2 photos of my worstly affecting area.. which is my back:



Hopefully that is attached above? I did take 2 pictures but there is only enough space to upload 1 lolzzzz. Yeah so you can see my back is pretty nasty.

I'll try and upload pictures as the days go on to monitor if there is any improvement. I was told that drinking alcohol while on Accutane can greatly reduce the effect of the drug This really sux cus I do like a good session at the weekends =-D well either Friday or Saturday.... not both days ..... not that hard core lol.

Ok I'm going to go pop my first 2 20 MG pills... quite nervous....brb.

They went down a treat. Ok now I guess I sit and wait for the nose bleeds, outbreaks and dryness to kick in!!! I'll update soon.

Hope I get a few views lol.

Cheers.

Meeko.