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[KellyAnne1284]

Has anyone here with comedonal acne (you know, those stubborn little kinda-like white head things that create tiny bumps all over, but never really break out of the skin or get inflamed)....gone on Accutane? I usually post over there because I am on accutane, but I'm not quite getting the answers I need - they all seem to suffer more with cystic acne. Please lemme know!

[ScoobyDoo]

Has anyone here with comedonal acne (you know, those stubborn little kinda-like white head things that create tiny bumps all over, but never really break out of the skin or get inflamed)....gone on Accutane? I usually post over there because I am on accutane, but I'm not quite getting the answers I need - they all seem to suffer more with cystic acne. Please lemme know!

My acne was mostly comedonal pre-tane. What are your questions?

[BH-Solution]

Has anyone here with comedonal acne (you know, those stubborn little kinda-like white head things that create tiny bumps all over, but never really break out of the skin or get inflamed)....gone on Accutane? I usually post over there because I am on accutane, but I'm not quite getting the answers I need - they all seem to suffer more with cystic acne. Please lemme know!

My acne was mostly comedonal pre-tane. What are your questions?

Does accutane get rid of comedonal acne?

[ScoobyDoo]

Has anyone here with comedonal acne (you know, those stubborn little kinda-like white head things that create tiny bumps all over, but never really break out of the skin or get inflamed)....gone on Accutane? I usually post over there because I am on accutane, but I'm not quite getting the answers I need - they all seem to suffer more with cystic acne. Please lemme know!

My acne was mostly comedonal pre-tane. What are your questions?

Does accutane get rid of comedonal acne?

It did for me, along with milia.

I'm almost 4 months post tane, and I am completely clear.

Good luck on your course!

[KellyAnne1284]

Has anyone here with comedonal acne (you know, those stubborn little kinda-like white head things that create tiny bumps all over, but never really break out of the skin or get inflamed)....gone on Accutane? I usually post over there because I am on accutane, but I'm not quite getting the answers I need - they all seem to suffer more with cystic acne. Please lemme know!

My acne was mostly comedonal pre-tane. What are your questions?

Does accutane get rid of comedonal acne?

It did for me, along with milia.

I'm almost 4 months post tane, and I am completely clear.

Good luck on your course!

That was pretty much my question, too. I'm over 1.5 months in on 80mg a day and my cysts and what not have gone away, but these comedone things won't budge still. Do you remember how long it took for you? Did they ooze out or did they just vanish?

[ScoobyDoo]

Has anyone here with comedonal acne (you know, those stubborn little kinda-like white head things that create tiny bumps all over, but never really break out of the skin or get inflamed)....gone on Accutane? I usually post over there because I am on accutane, but I'm not quite getting the answers I need - they all seem to suffer more with cystic acne. Please lemme know!

My acne was mostly comedonal pre-tane. What are your questions?

Does accutane get rid of comedonal acne?

It did for me, along with milia.

I'm almost 4 months post tane, and I am completely clear.

Good luck on your course!

That was pretty much my question, too. I'm over 1.5 months in on 80mg a day and my cysts and what not have gone away, but these comedone things won't budge still. Do you remember how long it took for you? Did they ooze out or did they just vanish?

Just vanished. I didn't experience the skin purging that people describe.

I also had monthly facials performed by the esthetician in my derm's office ("acne surgery" is covered by my insurance). She would do extractions. I really think that they helped me clear faster.

I was completely clear by the 3rd month on my course.

[KellyAnne1284]

YEah, my derm talked about doing some extraction surgery, too. I had it done last year, only to have all of them return within a month. I can't really do it now because I don't want to have to go to work with cuts all over my face and with her schedule, I can't get it done at a time when I'd have a few days to recover. You think I'll be ok without it?

[xenth]

IMO you're better of trying some different options first.
Any way you could try Differin (creme)? It's seriously working wonders for me.

[Kiwi006]

Im starting Accutane next week for the same kind of acne..Id much rather NOT take Accutane..But Ive seriously tried everything over the past 8 years..Hopefully this will take care of it once and for all =/

[KellyAnne1284]

IMO you're better of trying some different options first.
Any way you could try Differin (creme)? It's seriously working wonders for me.

I'm already on accutane. I've already tried all those "other" options...with ABSOLUTELY NO response. Thanks, though.

[xenth]

IMO you're better of trying some different options first.
Any way you could try Differin (creme)? It's seriously working wonders for me.

I'm already on accutane. I've already tried all those "other" options...with ABSOLUTELY NO response. Thanks, though.

Wow no response from differin, and I thought I had stubborn acne.
Good luck trying to get accutane then

[ScoobyDoo]

IMO you're better of trying some different options first.
Any way you could try Differin (creme)? It's seriously working wonders for me.

I'm already on accutane. I've already tried all those "other" options...with ABSOLUTELY NO response. Thanks, though.

Wow no response from differin, and I thought I had stubborn acne.
Good luck trying to get accutane then

Differin didn't do a thing for me.

YEah, my derm talked about doing some extraction surgery, too. I had it done last year, only to have all of them return within a month. I can't really do it now because I don't want to have to go to work with cuts all over my face and with her schedule, I can't get it done at a time when I'd have a few days to recover. You think I'll be ok without it?

Cuts on your face?

I never had that kind of response to a facial...and she did a lot of extractions at the beginning. Does your derm do them, or an esthetician? My esthetician was really gentle and knew when to stop before damaging my skin.

[KellyAnne1284]

When my derm did what she called "extraction surgery" last year, she used a sharp knife-like tool to cut tiny slits in the skin above the comedones and then used another tool to kind of pull them out. I had little scabby slits all over my face for days.

[ScoobyDoo]

When my derm did what she called "extraction surgery" last year, she used a sharp knife-like tool to cut tiny slits in the skin above the comedones and then used another tool to kind of pull them out. I had little scabby slits all over my face for days.

Ouch!

The esthetician does use an extraction tool, and it isn't always comfotable, but it doesn't sound at all like you describe.

She would also use products on my skin to promote healing. My face felt great afterward, not worse.

[Gunther]

If you're using accutane then you should see positive results..I had a friend who had cystic and he was on accutane..right now he's completely clear..it's amazing what a small pill can do

[murfirhea]

When my derm did what she called "extraction surgery" last year, she used a sharp knife-like tool to cut tiny slits in the skin above the comedones and then used another tool to kind of pull them out. I had little scabby slits all over my face for days.

Ouch!

The esthetician does use an extraction tool, and it isn't always comfotable, but it doesn't sound at all like you describe.

She would also use products on my skin to promote healing. My face felt great afterward, not worse.

There is a difference between plain old extractions during a facial and acne surgery. Regular extractions should never be as evasive as to leave scabs and such. Acne surgery or extraction surgery is way more involved. They cut pretty deeply to remove the lesions. This sort of procedure should never be done is a spa only in a doctors office. I only do really mild extracting during my facials. You shouldn't leave looking like ground beef. Even when I remove milia it doesn't leave scabby marks, maybe a bit of redness. I have had someone go to town on my face before with extractions and I looked awful, so I'm really gentle.

[BH-Solution]

What were the side effects you experienced on accutane?

[elizabethmargot]

Has anyone here with comedonal acne (you know, those stubborn little kinda-like white head things that create tiny bumps all over, but never really break out of the skin or get inflamed)....gone on Accutane? I usually post over there because I am on accutane, but I'm not quite getting the answers I need - they all seem to suffer more with cystic acne. Please lemme know!

My acne was mostly comedonal pre-tane. What are your questions?

Does accutane get rid of comedonal acne?

It did for me, along with milia.

I'm almost 4 months post tane, and I am completely clear.

Good luck on your course!

That was pretty much my question, too. I'm over 1.5 months in on 80mg a day and my cysts and what not have gone away, but these comedone things won't budge still. Do you remember how long it took for you? Did they ooze out or did they just vanish?

Just vanished. I didn't experience the skin purging that people describe.

I also had monthly facials performed by the esthetician in my derm's office ("acne surgery" is covered by my insurance). She would do extractions. I really think that they helped me clear faster.

I was completely clear by the 3rd month on my course.

Scooby - okay, so I'm trying to figure out what I have and if they're like yours and Kelly's - tiny little bumps under the skin, sometimes that can't even be felt, but that show up in the right light as shiny little bumps - if I squeeze them (bad idea usually), what comes out is stringy white stuff - NOT hard seeds like people say with milia, but stringy. Is this what you had, and did accutane really clear them up? How fast?