Thanks Donn, hope your roaccutane course is going well for you!

DAY 112:

Yay double digits! And I don't have much new news to report, skin is getting better every day and tomorrow I am of to my regular doctor about my finger. Not surprisingly my lips are still bad and the rashes are back on my hands, I think I have found the cause, Dettol handwash I have noticed that when we switch brands it causes the rashes on the back of my hands. Ummm, ooh it's the school formal on Friday and I have my dress and my shoes and my skins looking great so I am in a great mood.

A bit odd, my left cheek is so much rosier than the other lately?

Byee, hope all is well

I think I might have skipped a day?

DAY 114:

Went to the doctor today and she had no idea about my finger and she said I'm just going to have to wait it out untill I see my dermatologist again, which isn't until October!!! Then she charged me $50 for her expert advice and off I went. Pffffffft. It's so irritataing I'm stuggling to hold a pen comfortably, and I have my exams coming up! Has this happened to anyone out there??!?

Also the rashes on my legs are back, joy.

Sorry for the negativity, stress less bess stress less

My 11 year old daughter noticed a difference after a week. My daughter has been on it since the end of June and now looks fantastic, her confidence is through the roof, her derm said she should stay on it until October - it has been the miracle cure for her, just a bit of dryness on her lips and uses eye drops at the moment.

Good luck

Hey 12pmoore glad to hear that things are working well for your daughter!

DAY ???:

I seem to have lost track of the of which day I'm up to but I'll work it out later. I have some new things to report:

I've started using bio oil for red marks and scars, I've only been using it for the last three days but it works well as a moisturiser aswell.

Lips are still bad, thats not new, but I've got i big red cirlce on each corner of my lips which looks a bit odd.

Blister on my finger is healing, thank god

Nose is dry and sore still, and I've had two blood noses, both of which while I was in the shower?

Ummmmmmmmm... OOh had my formal! I might put a pic up of me at the formal later. but here are some new pics:

I hate red marks, thats all it is. They still make me look as if I have acne.





I get away covering them with make up fairly easily, but I can't wait till I don't deel that I have to wear make up just to pop down the street, or freakout when I have to sleep over a friends and take my make up off.

bye

Hey,

Just to let you know, there is a vast improvement in those photos to earlier ones. Best of luck.

hey thats life thanks, its good to know!

DAY UMMM?: I'm almost on month 5 in 3 days!!, so you can work out what day I'm on

Well, my derm appointment is on tuesday, but I don't have enough pills for then so for the last 3 days and up to tuesday I've been only taking 20mg a day trying to stetch it out. I figure that better to keep it in my system than stop taking it altogether. Soooo

Thing on my finger has gone, lips are still dry and cracked, woke up with blood on them the other day. eek. I'm still using a bit of biol oil every now and then. I've still got rashes on my arms and legs, they come and go.

Got a hair cut, coz the ends of my hair were all dry and crackly. Nose is not as sore as it has been. But its all goooooooood. Can't believe month 5 is coming up, only two more to go and then I'm done!!!! I can't wait to have my soft lips back.

Getting lots of compliments which is nice!

Here are some pics: Red marks blah blah go away. Notice any difference? Is the bio oil working?
haha they're shocking photos.... i just woke up.

DAY mid hundreds?

So had another derm visit and he said that he noticed a big improvement which is nice. I got another prescriptoin so am back on 40mg a day. At the mo I've got really dry rashes on my arms and legs which isn't good coz it's summer here and I'm like a scaly snake...

Red marks seem to be fading slowly, I asked the derm how long it will take for me to be completely free of red marks and he said 3 to 6 months!!!!!!!! so lonnnnng!!

I've also stpped using my mineral powder foundation, and started using Revlon colourstay liquid coz it gives me so much more coverage, with it red marks are invisible. I only used the mineral because it's so much healthier for skin with acne, but that doesn't really apply anymore. Currently I have no pimples at all, not a sinlg one. 5 months ago I didn't believe that I would ever be able to say that.

I think it's roaccutane related but the peircings in my ears are really dry and now seem to be infected? My ears have never been like that before. weird and disgusting. anyways enjoy the weekend!

xoxoxoxoxoxox

Your skin looks great! You can really see that it is smooth. Yes, the red marks are annoying, but they will eventually go away (so I am told...)

One of my piercings has been disgusting since I started accutane, it is a cartilage piercing and it was almost totally healed when I started accutane, but then it started oozing and crusting. It is not infected, it just isn't healing anymore... hopefully when I'm off the accutane it will heal up finally!

Thanks Chaoticdreams! My piercing sounds about the same as mine, except that mines on my earlobes and I've had them for about seven years which is odd. Hope your piercing gets better!!

DAY MEH:

Not much new, sorry I'm so boring but it's good I spose that not much is a happening these days. Apart from I just ate a really spicy soup and now my peeled lips burrrrrrnnn. barrrr

In these few pics I've got a little bit of makeup on..

The last one is my forehead

DAY SOMETHING SOMETHING:

Hey all sorry that I havent posted in a while, although I'm sure nobody even reads this anymore... but my exams are on and so I'm a little bit stressed... I'm currently on my last month of Roaccutane and can't wait for it to be finished!!!! My lips are forever killing me. But I'm so happy that it's worked and that it's been a relatively easy six months.

This log is so boring now coz I never have anything new to report which is a good thing. oooh here is a gem! I've got a coldsore (ew) and combined with my dry lips it's so very painfull.....

I think my redmarks are fading slightly? I'll try to put up some pics. I hope everyones skin is being cooperative.

Just another thing, I have been leaving the house with out make up quite a bit, of sometimes I'll just dab on a bit of concealer, it's such a great feeling. I feel so much more confident and free than I did six months ago. This site was such a lifesaver for me, it's so nice to talk to people who relate and are so nice and friendly Thanks to all who have dropped by throughout the months.

Computers being stupid an wont let me put pics up butred marks are fading!!

Till next time, wish me luck with my exams!