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[CalmCoolShot]

Good luck! I'm on a 6 month course, and I started taking 80mg this month (2nd month).

[kerpluuey]

[day 10] - I had a head ache today. I think that it was unrelated to the accutane though.

[day 11] - the usual. no side effects except my face is peeling.

I'm glad to hear that your step up wasn't too bad of a transition. I hope the peeling gets better

[gfrant7]

[day 12, 13, & 14] - been busy lately so updates are a little slow. however, acne is getting better! acne on back is disappearing and facial acne is starting to go as well ( getting less red).

[thinkin shrink82]

Is your initial breakout over? If so, how long did it take? I'm going through mine right now, but it isn't too bad.

Congrats on the improvement so far!

[gfrant7]

Wow, it has been a while since I've updated. I had a very busy week.

Day 15 (feb 2) - Day 22

Side effects starting to come down a little harder

I had a nose bleed. It was horrible, and it was bleeding like crazy for a while. Luckily, I was able to take care of it and it stopped bleeding.

I heard my back at the gym -- or atleast I'm assuming I did. It didn't hurt when i was working out, so I'm thinking my lower back pain might be causes by the Accutane. It's not serious enough to worry about though.

MASSIVE PEELING. My face is shedding skin left and right. Luckily, my initial breakout is over. I only have a few pimples on my left and right cheeks, some on my forhead, but the rest is just leftover redness/ scars.

I'll try to keep this more up to date in the future. Cya everyone.

[kerpluuey]

sorry to hear about the nose bleed. buy a humidifier. it does wonders. target has some cool ones (they're animal shapes)

Hanna

[gfrant7]

been goin so smoothly for so long. here i am, starting month 2 already! just checking in. hope it's going well for everyone else too.

[thinkin shrink82]

Long time no see gfrant! How's it going??

I'm glad we're both through our IB. It wasn't terrible for me, but I definitely had an increase in spots for a while. Hopefully it's all downhill for us now.

I hear you about the peeling. Especially on my lips and my existing pimples.

I'm noticing that my skin is getting very smooth where I don't have any spots. I also have a lot less oil. I used to get so shiny during the day, especially when I had to pile on the moisturizer when I was doing the DKR way back when.

Anyway, I'm glad to hear that you're doing well. Keep it up and you'll be clear in no time!