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[nadodude]

ok. before last november, i had great skin. completely clear and tan and smooth haha. my whole life was perfect........ so christmas break comes i go into the 2 weeks of break with clear skin. come back to school with bad acne. just in 2 weeks! i didnt really care. i had a couple of cysts but still didnt care. but then around january i couldnt sleep because it hurt so bad. and then my entire face got completely deep dark red for some reason. even on spots where theres no acne. and then the acne caused a staph infection which caused my face to balloon. wow what a mess. so i could hardly open my mouth and was in the emergency room for 4 days straight. i got put on septra for the staph infection and accutane. after 10 days my face is back to original shape but wow the acne was bad. i see pictures on here of people who say they have severe acne....are you kidding me? gosh i wonder what the hell i have if they think they have "severe acne" haha. well ive been on accutane for 2 weeks exactly today. so let me start out from day 1. the first day nothing happened.
2nd day nothing, didnt have dry skin on lips or anywhere. but i was still putting on chapstick to be ready for it though. day 3, nothing it still looked the same. day 4 the same no dry lips no side effects at all and the skin didnt improve. day 5, exactly the same as day 4. day 6, exactly as day 5, haha. day 7, lips a little dry and skin feels wierd. day 8, new person. haha it was going away. day 9, people were coming up to me because my skin was looking so much better. day 10, even better, people couldnt believe it. i was getting back aches though but not to bad. no other side effects though. day 11- even better it just keeps on improving. day 12, still keeps on getting better. day 13, yesterday, even better haha, and no side effects and no initial breakout. day 14, (today) im starting to see my original face again haha. but the skin is flaking off and its completely white with dead skin and really itchy.
well this is my stupid post and well thanks for reading it if you do haha. oh and im not depressed or anything. i mean when i look back at my pictures and the skin i have now its like wow, i really took it for granted. man i sure do hope i get better fast. i havent gone out for 4 weekends because im embarrased. but im not that insecure at school or anything and no one even says anything about it anyways. ok well bye. i will try and keep it updated.

[nadodude]

ok today is day 15.
face looks a little better. people came up to me and said it looks better than yesterday which is good.

[nadodude]

Day 16:
today the face looks a little better. theres still alot of redness. no side effects. but face is dry. i am using AVON moisture therapy lip balm and it works amazingly havent had chapped lips the entire time if been on accutane. but i was wondering if it causes pimples because there are new zits forming everyday right next to the lips and partially on the lip. the active ingredients are: petroleum, Octyl Methoxycinnamate, Benzophenone-3. other ingredients are: isoeicosan, ozokerite, rice bran oil, microcrystalline wax, c30-46 piscine oil, aloe extract, tocopheryl, acetate, squalene, lanolin alcohol, lecithin, soybean oil, sodium lactate, sodium pca, urea, alanine, glutamine, histidine, serine, acrylate/carbamate copolymer, benzoic acid and BHT. do any of those ingredients cause pimples to form? thank you

[nadodude]

i still cant get over how fast accutane is working. i am so happy that im only on the 16th day and the right side of my cheek is actually almost clear. the left is still bad haha. but gosh i had major major severe acne and it took it away this fast!!! i am so happy and i didnt get the IB i guess thats how you guys say it lol. well i just wanted to say that i am amazed with this stuff. thanks for reading haha

[nadodude]

DAY 17
ok. its getting very scary at how fast this stuff is working. in 2 weeks. my right cheek is going to be clear. i am so happy with the progress. i am not experiencing any symptoms. i put chap stick on but i dont have dry lips. i do get the occasional back ache. but wow the improvements in 2 and 1/2 weeks is incredible. well today was a good day. nothing new and every morning my face looks smoother and clearer. i was wondering if salmon has iodine. does it? because i think iodine causes acne. i know its in shrimp and that causes acne so just wondering. thanks

[nadodude]

Day 18
today my face looked a little better. its definatley clearing up. no side effects

[nadodude]

Day 19
ok. today my face still is getting much better. but i have huge red spots on both cheeks. they are almost purplish dark red and it covers the entire side of the face. on both sides and down the chin. ive had this redness before i started taking accutane. thinking that it would go away when the zits go away but now in the places where the acne's gone its still really dark red. so i know its not the accutane. will this ever go away? i dont have scarring from the acne but will this redness scar me? thanks

[nadodude]

day 20
everythings the same but face looks a little better. i could hardly run today because of knees and ankles hurt so bad. is this the accutane? thanks

[thorn]

I took accutane while i was playing basketball in high school. I noticed a few aches and minor pains while working out and running. It is all normal.

[nadodude]

oh. ok just wonderin ha thanks.

[nadodude]

Day 41

ok so i havent updated in a while haha. well im on day 41 and im almost clear. my skin is all flakey though and i saw my dermatologist yesterday at ikea haha. and she was like oh your skin is so dry but omg your skin looks great and i just saw her 10 days ago for the check up and in 10 days its gotten way better. i feel like im getting my life back. thanks to anyone who reads this. ill try to update when i get the time.

[nadodude]

Day 51
ok so i havent posted for a while. but ive improved so much. i have nothing on my cheeks anymore. just under the ears and on my neck and back and ive had a couple break outs on my forehead but little ones so hopefully theyll heal up in a few days and am very red. but its cuz of the acne. i dont think the accutane made me red because i was red like this before i was on accutane from the acne. what ever i sure hope it goes away. thanks!