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[lifevia35mm]

Accutane Log.

Im 17. Male. I'm healthy...just have a lot of acne, haha. Gets wose when I shave and stuff. I have bad skin bascally. I hope accutane works. Im on 40MG a day. I took my first pill today.

I've had bad acne for a while (a year or two). It was worse before and is getting better now, but I have a lot of marks and am still getting a lot of acne ... but they're not whiteheads. I rarely get white heads and they're really small when I do. Hopefully accutane not only stops the acne and stuff, but also helps out with the marks and scars or somethig. I'll see. These meds are hella-expensive so I hope they work, haha. Im going off to collge in like 7 months so if accutane could work its magic by then I'd be pretty happy, haha. Going to New York with clear skin would be AWESOME.

So...

DAY 1: Nothing as expected, haha.

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DAY 3: Its day 3 but I havent taken my pill, so Im at 2 pills now. My face was more oily than usual yesterday and today it feels oily...but dry...if that makes sense. I have more white-heads coming out. I think its the accutane. Good to know its doing something. My big cysts on my jaw are deflating / going away...not sure if thats the accutane or just time, but whatever its cool . my lips are getting dryer...but not like bad dry yet. I hope this stuff works. im getting small ones on my neck too.

I'll update by the end of the week. yay

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DAY 4: I feel ok. my cysts are deflating or whatever. I dont know if its the accutane, but its cool eitherway, haha. i still have whiteheads popping up here and there. I think its the meds cuz they didnt pop up that much before. Its not too bad though, I dont mind. My lips arent bad. Skin is drying. im ok so far.

Does anyone know if there are certain foods we shouldnt be eating while on the meds? or things we shouldnt be drinking?

thanks!

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DAY 6: Im definately getting a lot of new whiteheads. Im starting to get some on my forehead (i usually dont have anything on my forehead). Im getting a ton of sall ones on my moustache-line and around my mouth. My jaw line and neck arent doing awesome either, but not too bad. I looks redder, and the places on my skin with no acne are feeling smoother, despite scars and such. My ace is pretty dry now all over and my lips are dry too (i still have no chalpstick...AHHH!). I think its kicking in. I dont mind the breakout, its not reall bothering me so far. I could take it for clear skin in a couple of months. but yeah...its going good.

So...anyone still dont know anything about that food and drink stuff? What are we not supposed to be having?

THANKS!

[CalmCoolShot]

Hey, just wanted to wish you good luck!

I'm on day 5, so we'll be in it together.

[CalmCoolShot]

So...anyone still dont know anything about that food and drink stuff? What are we not supposed to be having?

Well, I heard it's best to take it with a meal, but it doesn't really matter.

My derm didn't say any food was off limits.

[lifevia35mm]

Hey...cool, good luck with your course man! And thanks for answering my question.

DAY 8: Ok, so it's been a week. Started school again. I'm breaking out with little whiteheads, but I dunno, its not too bad yet. My face hasnt really dried to a crisp as my friend said his did, so Im guessing its still brining out all the acne before it kills it? I dunno...just playing a waiting game till I start seeing it get better. My lips need lipbalm at least 5 times a day now. Its not that anooying. But my face is really sensitive and I dont like touching it. i hope these stupid whiteheads stop and all my other acne goes away too soon and I start seeing some clearing. I have a lot of scars so Im just worried that even if it clears, ill still have a bunch of hideous scars. I hope its just an illusion and goes away with the medicine/time.

Thats really about it for today. yay.

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Day 11: Im breaking out all over. It kinda sucks, but I know it'll go away so im pretty chill about it. Just waiting for it to go, haha. I hope I start seeing positive results by the end of the 1st month? i hope it doesnt get unbearably bad...havent taken my pill today. My lips are really dry now and need chalkpstick all day/ My face is dry too, but its not unbearably dry...it feels oily in some places even. Hope this shit gets better...haha.

take care

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DAY 15: TWO WEEKS!!!! alright...the ball is rolling. Still no improvement really. My face is getting peely and dry. My lips are dry all day. Got a little bit of a back pain thing...no big deal though. No mental/psychological effects yet. Everythings good. Skin isnt getting better yet, but I trust it will. Ive sort of broken out, but its all handable. I dont worry too much about it. I just hope I see some fucking awesome results after this. Im staying away from the sun. Using topical stuff to hopefully prevent like a RELLY bad breakout. Im getting kinda big cysts though...sucks. Im not getting that many small whiteheads anymore though. I think you go through phases? Thats my guess. I passed the small whitehead phase now moving onto cysts and small bumps phase. I think the next phase is completely dried out like a prune phase? haha...whatever. I have moisturizer. lol.

How is everyone else doing!?

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Day 21: 3 weeks baby!

What can i say? Im getting "bad" acne along my jaw and neck, but I'm hoping it'll go away in the next week or so. It seems like my acne is in weekly periods. My face is less read apparently (according to some friends). I am getting really itchy skin that falls all over the place and looks like dandruff -- feels so good. Almost like snow kills the spring it feels like this white stuff is killing my acne. I like it. Face isnt hurting or drying out too bad. But my lips are. Back-ache still going and stuff.

Im only on week 3 but I can see signs that this is going to work. I can feel it. GOOD BYE BAD SKIN!

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DAY 28: Almost a month! -- I've only 2 more pills to go!

So far my skin has been getting kinda dry -- but it's not actually too bad, except for around my mouth and stuff. The rest is drying, but not that much really. I have these annoying bumps and recurring acne on my left cheek and jaw-line. I need to get rid of those. My lips are dry but I pack so much lip-balm on 'em that they feel ok. My nose is getting dry too -- inse and outside. I'm a little worried though because my skin was actually dryer before and Im thinking maybe I'm getting used to 40 mg a day...should I try and up my dose?

I dont know though -- this stuff takes a while to work, right? So I'll just hang in there for another month and see if it's progressing any further. I can see, although not huge, some improvement to my face and I just want to that to conitinue. I'm going to wait it out one more month -- and then if I'm not seeing anything happen, I'm going to ask my doctor to bump me up a notch.

My body acne (around my shoulders and back) is starting to swell up and hurt. But you know -- I feel pretty good. I think this stuffs gonna work for me. I can feel it, hahaha.

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DAY 40: Well, here's the story -- I was on the brand name Accutane and had to switch to the generic because of the cost so I went a WEEK without accutane. Now I've been back on it for 10 days, so this is Day 40.

I think I may be going through the "initial breakout" again from starting the treatment after a week of no pill, but Im not sure. I have a couple of pimples on my left cheek and they kinda make me feel shitty and insecure about the meds.

These pills arent drying up my skin as much as people talk about -- my skin is fairly normal texture right now and I'm already on the second month. Do you think its too low of a dose? Im on 40 MG a day and I weigh about 145-150 lbs. I got some more on my forehead too -- and they dont usually come out there. And none of these are white heads ... they're red bumps.

I'm just gonna wait all this out and come next month see if my doctor will up my dose if my skin isnt drying the way its supposed to.

I just gotta wait ... right? I keep second-guessing these meds and I havent even given them enough time to work i guess. I just dont want anymore acne.

[CalmCoolShot]

You're on 40mg for the second month too? I was bumped up to 80mg after the first month for the rest of the course. I'm 140lbs.

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DAY 44: I feel like my acne is getting worse. I have a few active bumps on my left side of the face and a few on my right ... it kinda hurts/bothers me. Im still not drying up much which kinda sucks. The acne from the breakout seems to be going down and I hope by the beginning of next week theyll be gone. I went through the first packet of 10 pills and now Im 4 pills into the second. I know my face is already looking better than it did before, but I can't help but feel like shit still. Acne makes talking to girls and stuff a lot harder. I just want to be confident again. But yeah -- I think that by the end of this month ill be looking much better -- and if they up my dose for the third month ... then ill be getting even better.

Reid: really? damn ... i need to ask my doctor about my dosage. I truly feel that I should be on something a little stronger.

[Eric07]

hey your in the same situation i am in.. senior in high school with acne.. but just think of it in the way that you will be all clear by the time u go to college

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DAY 47: Face getting slowly dry ... but still not that dry. The breakout I had is going down -- face is red. nothing on my nose ... just cheeks and jaw-line and a little on my forehead. I want to get a mohawk but Im gonna wait 'till after the 3rd month ... I dunno I feel exposed if i get it now ... hopefully in the next months my skin gets a little better. lips are dry ... other than that Im all good.

I feel ya Eric! I got into school early so Im super fucking excited to go, haha.

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DAY 53: Wow ... Day 53. Awesome. My skin is feeling smoother drying up a little more now which I think is good because I hope to see some major improvement by the end of month 3 like a lot of people seem to see. But my skin is getting more red recently. Is that a normal side effect? I can see a lot of scarring on my face which puts me down, but I only see it under certain light. haha. whatever. I just dont want anymore acne ... hopefully ill be looking decent for my prom.

Lips dry. skin drying. skin getting smoother. Acne going down. I think i'm alright. In another month I should be better. And after 6 months I hope to be completely cured, haha.

[BeeBo x3]

I also noticed my skin got more red and i blushed alot more easily. Also my eyes get very red and its embarrassing.. Some girl called me the devils child. Your wish of being clear by prom and from then on will prolly come true haha.

Goodluck =)

[Danno]

Hey man, good luck.

The redness is totally normal, it sucks, but it's worth it when you're clear in 6 months time!