Day 45

So today is my 45th (or somewhere around there) that I've been on accutane. Currently I am on the 20 mg dose once a day. I posted about a week ago with good news about my progress. Unfortunately that is not the case today. My skin is terrible! I have at least 14 red marks on my face from either active pimples, mostly cystic, or from them starting to heal. Now I can't really sit here and blame it on the medicine because the other night I was feeling overwhelmed and began to pick at my face. BAD IDEA. I know that picking is one of the worst things you can do but for some reason I decided to do it anyway. Now I am totally regretting it. I have been hiding out in my room for about 3 days now. I can't stand to go into the bathroom to look at myself in the mirror. I have stopped picking at the ones that have now become scabs with the hope that it will help them heal faster. I have also been applying neosporin to them and drinking plenty of water. I also read somewhere online a while ago that diaper rash cream helps the ones that have been picked at or popped, so I have been using that as well. I was just wondering if anyone else has any other advice they can give me about how to help all this heal faster or even methods that they have used to help them stop picking at their face.

To anyone who is reading this that has just began accutane or something similiar the best advice I can give you is to NOT PICK! It may be tempting to pop the white head but in return you'll just end up with a red mark that's gonna take longer to heal than if you had just left it alone. Instead of popping use a warm damp washcloth to help drain out the pimple and use any topical medication that your skin can tolerate without getting more irritated.