Accutane Blog

Month 6 Duration - Feb. 9, 2012 - Mar. 12, 2013Skin - completely clearLDL Cholesterol - 120 (up 16 points!)Triglycerides - 163 (yikes!) Missed 3 random days of pills because I was outside having fun with my clear skin!!! Don't ask for extra dressing on your sandwiches! They are bad for your cholesterol!!! This is the first time my triglycerides was e...

Month 5 Duration - Jan. 10, 2012 - Feb. 08, 2013Skin - completely clearLDL Cholesterol - 104 (down 13 points!)Dosage - 60mg  My cholesterol was so low this month my derm was shocked! She had to double check her charts from last month and then started writing things down! She wants me to do another blood test and come back for a follow up appointment...

124 days of Accutane. First day I am acne free. No actives. Nothing! Even the cysts under my chin are gone! If only there is a pill for confidence too because I really like this one girl...well that's another story. Here's my face. Don't eat before you look at them.

Look at all those red dots. I hear they will go away in 1 year? Lets hope so.

Month 4
Duration - Dec. 11, 2012 - Jan. 09, 2013
Skin - multiple cyst under chin. clear face. lots of scars and/or dark marks. dry bloody boogers.
LDL Cholesterol - 117 (up 7 points)
Dosage - 60mg

Been working out A LOT! I managed to put on 7-8lbs of mass this month but also got my LDL cholesterol up from eating so much. My face is acne...

Month 3
Duration - Nov. 11, 2012 - Dec. 10, 2012
Skin - left side of face broke out, a couple big ones.
LDL...

Month 2
Duration - Oct. 12, 2012 - Nov. 10, 2012
Skin - same skin, red if i use moisturizer, otherwise it is drier or more flakyCholesterol - 116 LDL
Dosage - 60mg Now without acne all I see and worry about are my scars. There's always something to dislike about yourself. She wanted to up my dosage because my liver was doing so well but after we...

Month 1
Duration - Sept. 12, 2012 - Oct. 11, 2012
Skin - clear skin, kinda red, lots of blackheads
Cholesterol - 120 LDL
Dosage - 30mg

Just like that a month has gone by super quick! Wow I never knew what a normal pimple looks like until now. I thought that crap on my face was normal. Apparently not. Normal pimples are quick forming, comes to a...

I stopped benzoyl peroxide the day I went on Claravis accutane. I was so happy until day 8 when I started breaking out. I waited and waited and it's almost day 13 but I am still breaking out. There are just so many pustules, large and small, scabs everywhere, they pop and pus and they are so painful! My upper lip is so swollen! It's painful...

About Me:
I am 27 yrs. old and I have had acne since high school. It was pretty severe nodular acne that has left many scars that have faded over the years. However, in some areas the scars cannot heal because they are still acne prone. My problem area now is around my nose, mouth, and chin. It didn't use to be like that and I am not sure why it...