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[blownprix99]

Well first a little background.

Im 17 years old and a senior in highschool. I have had acne since 8th grade or so. I have tried everything, and just got done trying a bunch of anti-biotics. (last was cipro)

I stoped cipro 5 days before getting accutane.

I got a break out on day one. Im 99% sure this is because I stopped all medication for that five days.

I'm currently taking 20mg 2x a day. (I weigh 170lbs)

Day 6
I woke up today with a face full of zits. Way more then normal. My forhead has been clear and today i woke up with it full of acne. All around my mouth... I thought I may get lucky and not have a IBO. I guess I was wrong. Hopefully they will start to go down soon. My lips were more chapped today. Other then that there are no other side effects.

[Eric07]

hey good luck.. you should post some pics so you along with us on this board can check out your progress

[blownprix99]

hey good luck.. you should post some pics so you along with us on this board can check out your progress

I will try to post some Pictures up this week.

I started day 8 tonight

Face is a lot drier tonight. Face looks better. Esp right now after i washed it. It feels tight but I'm not going to put on moisturizer until the morning. Lips are a lot more chapped too.

I was reading some logs on here with people clearing up in the first few weeks....wow that would be nice!

Not even remotely getting my hopes up for that one though.

[Eric07]

ya don't.. i did and my hopes just got crushed a week later

[blownprix99]

ya don't.. i did and my hopes just got crushed a week later

During day 8
I took the start of day 8 last night (as i started my first pill at night)

Today I'm very, very tired. My eyes have been dry all day too. Face looks about the same or a little better.

[kerpluuey]

We're on the same day! Took pill number 9 tonight with dinner. I was abnormally tired today also and I've been eye dropping like none other. Good luck.

[blownprix99]

We're on the same day! Took pill number 9 tonight with dinner. I was abnormally tired today also and I've been eye dropping like none other. Good luck.

about to take pill for day 10

Once again today im extreamly tired. I forgot my chapstick at home today so my lips were really chapped all day. I woke up last night at 4am and my face hurt everywhere. When i finally woke up for the day my face looked like crap. It looks a little better now, but not much.

[gfrant7]

How bad are your side effects? I weigh around 160lbs and I'm on 40 mg once daily (tomorrow to be upped to 40 mg twice daily) and so far the ill effects have been very, very light.

[blownprix99]

How bad are your side effects? I weigh around 160lbs and I'm on 40 mg once daily (tomorrow to be upped to 40 mg twice daily) and so far the ill effects have been very, very light.

so far its....
chapped lips
very tired....but im starting to think that its possibly from the lack of caffeen lately.
bad IBO
and thats all i can think of.

[blownprix99]

starting day 12 tonight

Face looks alot better today. All the white heads are drying and starting to flake off. I have what looks like a cyst on my forhead...i have never had one before so its a little different. lips are being even more chapped now. I actually need to get more chap stick...i ran out today.

Not complaining one bit though

[thinkin shrink82]

Hey blownprix99,

I started on the exact same day as you. We seem to be having similar experiences on tane. I too have a pimple on my forehead (a place where I used to break out rather infrequently), but it isn't a cyst. You're really lucky to get tane so young. I'm 24 and tried so hard to get tane when I was younger than you are now, but they wouldn't go for it. The doc had me use all kinds of antibiotics and topicals that didn't do anything. Well, good luck to you. I hope we both get clear and stay clear.

[thinkin shrink82]

Oh, and I forgot to mention. You should use Vaseline on your lips at night. It keeps them hydrated for me until I wake up in the morning. I also use Blistex Complete Moisture during the day, which seems to at least make my lips FEEL hydrated when I put it on. Also, what is your regimen for your face? Is your face still dry? I am not very dry at all. I think a really important thing that I do is I moisturize with Cetaphil Moisturizing Lotion at night. You can even buy it for dirt cheap at Walmart if you get their store brand. Good luck, bro.

[blownprix99]

Oh, and I forgot to mention. You should use Vaseline on your lips at night. It keeps them hydrated for me until I wake up in the morning. I also use Blistex Complete Moisture during the day, which seems to at least make my lips FEEL hydrated when I put it on. Also, what is your regimen for your face? Is your face still dry? I am not very dry at all. I think a really important thing that I do is I moisturize with Cetaphil Moisturizing Lotion at night. You can even buy it for dirt cheap at Walmart if you get their store brand. Good luck, bro.

hey,
thanks alot for the tips!
my face is very dry. I wash in the morning, put on moisturiser with sunscreen. then at night i wash it again. nothing to it really.

Start of day 13?
Today my face looks pretty darn good. Allthough i can feel a "big" one coming on the left side of my nose. My head is very itchy, but not flaking at all. Im going to start with heads and shoulders tomorow. the small white heads all around my mouth are still going away.

[thinkin shrink82]

Do you still feel tired/grogy? That side effect is almost gone for me. It kind of bothered me when I started, though. It was like I had very little energy. If you still have it I'm sure that it will probably be gone soon.

[blownprix99]

Do you still feel tired/grogy? That side effect is almost gone for me. It kind of bothered me when I started, though. It was like I had very little energy. If you still have it I'm sure that it will probably be gone soon.

actually today I'm doing very good. My face looks alot better. everything is drying up very nice. A lot of energy today. maybe cause i had a lot of ice tea at lunch. Also got a pretty bad head ache after lunch. Nothing a few pills couldn't help.

maybe 3-5 ACTIVE spots now. a lot more that are drying out

[blownprix99]

day 14

face looks a lot better right now.

anyone know what cream i need for the rash people get on their upper arms.

[blownprix99]

day 16

just took the pill for day 16. Face needs to be moisturised a few times a day now. Acne is going down big time. This is the best my face has looked since summer. here are a few pics i have from summer while on a cruise. Going on to the cruise i was on anti-biotics. face looked "bad" before the cruise....these were from the last day...after being in the sun, and salt water.




i dont have any pics of me right now. i will try and get a few up.

[blownprix99]

day 18

Face is still looking better. No really big ones. Few new small ones coming up here and there...but going away pretty fast. Ive had a lot of compliments from people over the last few days. Face is dry. I have to put moisturizer on it 2x in the morning, and then it'll be good for awhile.

[someguy456]

My lips got so SCREWED during Accutane and approximately one year after I finished, it is still screwed!

[blownprix99]

My lips got so SCREWED during Accutane and approximately one year after I finished, it is still screwed!

ill take the chapped lips.

Noticed rash starting on my arms.