Espoirvertrauen's Blog

It's been about 6-7 month since I last posted, and I'm sorry for that, but I moved from SF to Austin in May and my life has been crazy (in a good way!) since then. Just to recap, I am a 32/F who never had acne issues until my late twenties, then I ended up my cystic acne that wasn't helped by anything over the counter or prescription. I went...

Hello! It has been quite a while since I posted, but I have now been done with my course for about three months. Towards the end of my course I developed a weird rash (like tiny red dots) all over my chest and back, and luckily it has almost completely disappeared. I think it was related to my skin being super dry, because it's steadily improved as...

Ok, so it's now been about 5 weeks since I finished my 6 month course on Accutane (4 months at 60/ day and 2 months at 40/day - 125 lbs) and things are going well. I have definitely seen a small amount of oil return, but it's usually just on my forehead at the end of the day, which is still WAY less than what I had before accutane. I'm happy to...

I apologize for the lack of entries recently, but not much has been going on! I finished my course of 60 mg/ day for 6 months about two weeks ago and haven't seen any big changes other than a rash that has developed all over my back and chest. The rash started about 3-4 weeks ago and consists of tiny red dots and also flesh-colored, rough, lumpy...

I will warn you now...this is going to be a very negative post!

My entire course of Accutane has seemed to go two steps forward, one step back, two steps forward, one step back, etc. The good news is that I was moving in a positive direction, but the bad news is that it's very hard on you emotionally to start to believe that your skin issues are...

Ok, so I don't really have anything new to report, but I wanted to post an entry just to give an update in case anyone is still reading this! I was on 60 mg/ day for four months, 40 mg/ day for month five, and I now have a little less than one month on 40 mg/ day. Other than occasional tiny pimples that come and go in a day, my skin has been...

I'm sorry that it has been so long since I wrote, but I've been on vacation in Hawaii with no computer! Being in Hawaii with the mild weather and nice humid air was SOOO good for my skin and eyes. All the dryness and red eyes disappeared, and the few tiny lumps I had under my skin from past cysts disappeared too. I was diligent about sunscreen...

After taking 60 mg/ day for the first four months of my course, my derm decided to bump me up to 80 mg/ day for my final month. However, my side effects were really starting to bother me (gushing bloody nose, super dry skin all over my body, red/ irritated eyes, joint pain), so I decided to drop down to 40 mg/ day and continue taking Accutane for two more...

Ok, so I went to the derm this week and she was ecstatic with my skin's progress (and so am I!!)! Because I am tolerating the drug so well, she decided to bump me up to 80 mg/ day for my last month, and I'm not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, I do like the idea of getting as much Accutane into my body before I finish my course since...

Home stretch! I've got about a month and a half left of my five month course at 60 mg/ day and things are going well. The cyst on my chin that has REFUSED to go away for almost four months despite four cortisone injections came to a head today! I have never been so excited to see pus before (gross, sorry!) but it is such a relief to have gotten...