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[kanmi]

I have these bumps underneath my skin that appeared when I first started taking accutane. I can't see them, but I can feel them, and i'm scared to death that they either aren't going to go away, or they're going to scar. I haven't touched them, and they've been here for a month now....

god help me.

[kanmi]

I got my first nose bleed last night.



AND AHHHHHHHH!! I CAN'T STOP ITCHING NO MATTER HOW MUCH MOISTURIZER I USE!!


The skin around my temples is SO red and irritated. I had exczema there in the past so maybe that explains it..

[kittenkaboodle]

The itching went away for me after the first month. I've done 2 &1/2 months, and I still have bumps I can feel under my skin on my chin...I don't know what's going to go down.

It sucks that you got a nosebleed .

[Fuman]

The itching went away for me after the first month. I've done 2 &1/2 months, and I still have bumps I can feel under my skin on my chin...I don't know what's going to go down.

It sucks that you got a nosebleed .

yeah nosebleeds do suck but after a while they went away .........itching on the other hand was constant to no matter WHAT i tried to put on it especially on my arms and legs blah

thankfully it goes away after your done.....but in the mean time it's ahhhhh! but still feels good when u itch it lol

[Heather F]

When I went to visit him, he just walked in, didn't say a word, looked at my face, wrote the prescription, handed it to me and walked out. It was kind of strange.

That would have freaked me out! Isn't he supposed to go over all the possible side effects and what to expect and what you have to do, etc.? "This isn't a drive-thru window it's a doctors office!"

[kanmi]

When I went to visit him, he just walked in, didn't say a word, looked at my face, wrote the prescription, handed it to me and walked out. It was kind of strange.

That would have freaked me out! Isn't he supposed to go over all the possible side effects and what to expect and what you have to do, etc.? "This isn't a drive-thru window it's a doctors office!"

Haha yeah, but I don't know, I guess he figured I had done my research maybe.

[kanmi]

Being sick on accutane sucks. I have a sinus infection.



But the good news is I get to stay home from work, my skin is so shitty right now. It's like every clogged pore in the world decided to hang out on my face and throw a party. Bitches.

[kanmi]

HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO TAKE?! I'M STILL BREAKING OUT AWFULLY, AND ONE OF MY OLD SCARS LOOKS EVEN BIGGER THAN BEFORE!



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[kanmi]

Maybe I shouldn't have gone on accutane.

[jasota]

gurl dont repent it believe me...
ive had the worst side effects ever believe me...but at the end its all GOOD!!
ur breakouts will stop soon..

[kittenkaboodle]

You'll never know until the end. I'm having some hideous spots pop up, and I just finished month three.

You gotta wait out the 6 months from hell to really know...

p.s. i've heard that some people have scars that disappear after they stop accutane. weird.

[T * J]

quit being awuss
i only lik u bc ur so psycho about scars

tak ur medz alrdy!

lots of scars go away
u r yng same age as i ws when i did tane 1st time and i ws 100x worse so ull b fine

[kanmi]

Going craaaazzzyyy hooooooo. No but seriously.



I'm having the shittiest accutane course. My old scars look larger than before. My skin looks like fucking shit. All these clogged pores and blackheads sticking out all over the place. I'm breaking out in cysts everywhere. Mostly in the really scar prone areas. Of course.

My exczema is flaring back up around my temples, no how moisturized I keep it. The pores there look HUGE as well. And I also noticed a new scar on my face i've never seen before. Like a slash scar.


My body is SOOO sore. I can't even perform my job right i'm so sore. At night when I lay down, I have to do it so slowly. And once i've layed down, it hurts so bad, so I have to pretty much sleep with my knees to my chest.

I can't even bend over. Ugh god damnit.

[InLoveandOnTane]

Going craaaazzzyyy hooooooo. No but seriously.



I'm having the shittiest accutane course. My old scars look larger than before. My skin looks like fucking shit. All these clogged pores and blackheads sticking out all over the place. I'm breaking out in cysts everywhere. Mostly in the really scar prone areas. Of course.

My exczema is flaring back up around my temples, no how moisturized I keep it. The pores there look HUGE as well. And I also noticed a new scar on my face i've never seen before. Like a slash scar.


My body is SOOO sore. I can't even perform my job right i'm so sore. At night when I lay down, I have to do it so slowly. And once i've layed down, it hurts so bad, so I have to pretty much sleep with my knees to my chest.

I can't even bend over. Ugh god damnit.

it sounds like you're going through the initial breakout. just be patient dear :]

[Redsoxluva]

Hey girl keep your head up. You're still in Month 2 right? You have so much time. Some people take longer than others to see results. There's only a few lucky ones that see results in Month 1. I just checked out your myspace page and you are a gorgeous girl... so don't worry, you will love you skin by late 2006/early 2007 when you're done with this stuff.. and that's really not that long away if you think about it. Try not to worry about any scarring, I can't see any scars in your gallery pics. So the scarring you may have is completely superficial and accutane will do its job to smooth all that out. Have a great weekend, I should be starting accutane this week

[kanmi]

Thank you so much inlove and redsox. I know, it isn't that long but .. it still feels like it's taking so much time out of my life. All I do is hide. I never go outside except to work. And soon I won't even be doing that because I turned in my two week's notice on Wednesday. I need to work on getting myself better. All I do every day as soon as I get home from work, is I just sob my eyes out until I finally pass out from exhaustion.

[Redsoxluva]

I hear ya... I feel like acne has taken a lot out of my life too. I didn't start breaking out until I was 18-19 and I am 22 now, in november I will be 23.. and I finally found a derm willing to put me on accutane.. there's been so many social situations I've avoided because of my skin, I can't even count em. My BF who I have been dating for 8+ months, I still haven't met his mother yet. Just cuz I am so self-conscious about my skin!! Of course he doesn't know that's the reason. I just tell him I'm not ready to meet her yet. I keep telling myself by the holidays this year, I should be confident enough to meet her. I know my skin isn't extremely horrible and when I have makeup on, most people probably wouldn't even notice I have a problem. But I still need it to look better Just be happy you are very young (18 right?) and have many more "young" years to enjoy! Without acne!

[Fuman]

Thank you so much inlove and redsox. I know, it isn't that long but .. it still feels like it's taking so much time out of my life. All I do is hide. I never go outside except to work. And soon I won't even be doing that because I turned in my two week's notice on Wednesday. I need to work on getting myself better. All I do every day as soon as I get home from work, is I just sob my eyes out until I finally pass out from exhaustion.

yeah before you know it your life is gonna be passing you by ........at least you realize you can't be like this your gonna have to

break the cycle somehow

your probably heading into the most fun years of your life ...........don't waste it like I did =) we only live

once