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[LabGirl81]

Day 15:

So I'm halfway done with my 30-day pack. I know this sounds nasty I still haven't washed my hair.....it really dosen't need it....but I will either tonight after the gym or tomorrow morning........

My lip dryness isn't that big of a deal really....I just keep putting on Aquaphor, and they stay soft and smooth. I noticed the skin around my eyes is a little dry....so I've been using an eye cream, which really helps, it's amazing how much longer eyeshadow lasts when your eyelids aren't oily.....I no longer need to wash my face, but I do once a day out of habit I guess......

My skin is def. clearing up. I still have some pimples, and a cyst on my cheek, which will be injected the next time I see my derm.....but the rest of my skin looks soft and smooth.....as far as an initial breakout goes.....I'm still waiting....I still can feel hundreds, possibly thousands of comedos, but I don't think they are all going to become inflamed.....they seem to be falling out like little grains of sand.............I've got this thing by my nose....it's little, and rock hard......and OMG it hurts........

My life is so not being affected at all by the side effects.....if anything I can spend less time in the shower since I don't have to wash my hair more than once a week.....I've been to the gym every day this week, and have no soreness or body aches.........

I wonder what 40mg will be like......hopefully my derm will increase my dosage.........

[jamielynn79]

I am on day 8 of my first blister pack. I take Amnesteem 40mg a day. My side effects haven't been too bad yet. I defitely agree about the hair. Before Amnesteem, I would wash my hair in the late morning and my hair was greasy before I got in bed that night, but now it seems I can go for days. I like it. I just wish my face would lose the grease too.

[beentheredonethat]

I no longer need to wash my face, but I do once a day out of habit I guess......

Well remember that washing your face isn't just to get rid of sebum, but also to clear off the grime and pollution that winds up on it through the course of the day. I'm personally quite sensitive to airborne pollutants on my facial skin.

[LabGirl81]

I no longer need to wash my face, but I do once a day out of habit I guess......

Well remember that washing your face isn't just to get rid of sebum, but also to clear off the grime and pollution that winds up on it through the course of the day. I'm personally quite sensitive to airborne pollutants on my facial skin.

I should have said I no longer feel the need to wash my face......I only wash at night now.....especially since I go to the gym, and play with chemicals in a dusty lab all day at work.........

What's funny is my perfect skinned fiance hardly ever washes his face....he says sometimes he uses shampoo or body wash in the shower, but only if he gets dirt on his face at work...........

[beentheredonethat]

What's funny is my perfect skinned fiance hardly ever washes his face....he says sometimes he uses shampoo or body wash in the shower, but only if he gets dirt on his face at work...........

Ain't that always the way of it?

[ImOily]

Im on 60 mg/day since sept. 12th and I havent experienced anything but a itchy scalp. When oh when will my oily skin subside???

[Married2AGamer]

Just wanted to stop by and see how you were doing. Glad to see all is going smooth.We are on our way to clear skin.I cant wait.talk to you soon.

[LabGirl81]

Im on 60 mg/day since sept. 12th and I havent experienced anything but a itchy scalp. When oh when will my oily skin subside???

It took me about two weeks.......

[Time4HighSelfEsteem]

Hi Labgirl! I feel like i never need to wash my hair or face! I wash my face only because I wear makeup. I don't think you will have any side effects on 20mg. Glad your face is feeling smoother. Those others ones will be gone soon!

[LabGirl81]

Day 16:

So This morning I woke up and my face was covered in these little hard crusty bumps. I went to the gym to do my cardio, came home and took a shower......when I dried of my face with a towel....I noticed the little crusty bums were rubbing off.......there were hundreds of these little grainey things coming out of my pores.....My cyst is now a small hard nodule, and seems to be pushing itself out.......

My skin is smooth and looks really clear.....I only have one active lesion left, and it seems like it's on it's way out......I do have some redmarks but they are fading really fast.....

I've noticed my tan from over the summer is fading and almost non-existant which usually takes months...

And my lips are turning a beautiful shade of crimnson (time for some more aquaphor), but no peeling or cracking....just a little tightness......

[Time4HighSelfEsteem]

i have the tiny crusty bumps to...it's been 3 days of them and haven't left yet.

[Foomph]

Sounds great!

[LabGirl81]

Day 19:

My skin situation is doing very well. My face is almost clear. My nodule on my cheek finally dried out and fell off (yes fell off) over the weekend. I have a small papule on my chin, a few tiny little pustules (like the size of a grain of sand).....

I did have another cyst pop up yeasterday.....but it's in my eyebrow, and is covered partially by my eyebrow itself, and the other half is covered by my hair, which I'm waering down (at least for today anyway).

Asided from a slight bumpy texture my skin feels the way it did in highschool, before the oil started....My skin isn't the least bit dry.......

My lips are the same as they've been.....they are fine as long as I keep applying aquaphor.....and only a little tight when I don't...

Last night I started feeling a crushing tighntness in my chest.....it kind felt like I had food stuck in my throat.....I woke up with the same feeling....but in addition my heart felt like it was racing and my hands and feel were kinda numb feeling......

I got to work and just felt kinda lightheaded, and nervous like something really big was about to happen.....

Well it did....(I'm really good at predicting big stuff like that....I usually feel "sick" right before something huge happens)

I found out my company is laying off 250 people from the US (it's an international company). Although I hate my job (more so my boss), I kinda like my benifits and salary.......I do have a second part time job, but it's not nearly enough to supoort me......I have no clue what's going to happen.......

Great time to lose your benifits right?

[LabGirl81]

Day 20:

The cyst by my eyebrow is throbbing, and big, red and angry. The papule on my chin became a nodule over night. And I have something growing on my left cheek......but other than a few additional small pustules....my face is pretty clear. It feels soft and smooth and not the least bit oily, or dry......

Last night I had that pain in my chest again.......It hurt so bad that it woke up me out of a dream about having gallbladder surgery.......It was the same pain I had last night but way worse.........

Other than that I'm doing well..........

I'm going to ask my derm if he'll up my dosage to maybe 60mg so I can finish my course sooner, since I don't know how long I'll have insurance...........

[Foomph]

That's kind of disconcerting both about the crushing pain and the job...sorry to hear about both...how many ppl work at your lab/office? I hope that works out but I bet you would get another great job right away with your qualifications...

As for the chest pain, I would tell my Dr...just in case...

[LabGirl81]

That's kind of disconcerting both about the crushing pain and the job...sorry to hear about both...how many ppl work at your lab/office? I hope that works out but I bet you would get another great job right away with your qualifications...

As for the chest pain, I would tell my Dr...just in case...

I was spared.......out of my whole company (US only) it was about 250 (8%). From R&D it was about 10 out of 120......which works out to be about 8%.......

It's so scary to work for a company that is in big financial trouble.....we're like the laughing stock of Wall Street ($1.10 a share).......another lay-off is expected in December........so I'm ok for the next three months.....

[Foomph]

Oh boy...yep-nobody is ever really secure, I guess, but you have so much going for you...like I said, I'm sure you'd find something else anyway. Are you going back to school?

Do you know I can get litmus paper? I'm using Paula Begoun's regimen for acne, and she says BHA works best in a pH something (I forget the number but it's in the book) and a concentration of 1%-2%. I found a 1% solution but I doubt it's pH balanced-alcholo is high up on the ingredient list. Oh well...it seems to be helping...

[Fuman]

sorry bout the litte bump in the road there both in your accutane and career

hope your job keeps you ..........you do seem very damn dedicated in what your doing

worst comes to worst im sure someone else will come a knocking you got pretty awesome experience working for an international comp

not everyone can say that

but good luck with everything

[LabGirl81]

Day 26:

I'm almost done with my first month. I'm clearing, but slowly. I'm still breaking out, but instead of 8-10 cysts a week it's like 1 or 2 nodules, and a few small pustules a week.......my skin feels smooth and my pores look smaller......I'm not that dry at all, my lips are starting to crack so I've started using Dr. Dans, under my aquaohor, and I've decided that aquaphor isn't that great....I like this other stuff I got a while ago......Rite-Aid Hydrating Healing Ointment......it's similar to Aquaphor, but seems to stay on longer, and keeps the moisture in a little better........

My hair is getting really dry....I'm thinking of cutting it a little shorter (it's more then halfway down my back)....just to get some of the dry ends off......

Foomph:
VWR

This is where we get our lab stuff at work......they have litmus paper......

[Foomph]

Wicked-thanks!

I got my last cyst in month 5, but was clear everywhere else. It takes a while...

Persoanlly, I think accutane slowed down the rowth rate of my hair. It seems to take FOREVER to grow now (or maybe it's just me) but anyway, you might want to hold off cutting a lot of length off your hair right now.

Keep on truckin'!