New to accutane

Started by giorgos, Aug 11 2007 03:46 AM

Please log in to reply

2 replies to this topic

#1 giorgos

New Member

Members

Posts & Likes

Posts: 2

Likes: 0

About Me

Joined: 11-August 07

Posted 11 August 2007 - 03:46 AM

Hello guys. I am 17 years old and next week i will start taking accutane for 6 months. But i have some questions...

1) I play soccer in a team and now i the summer we will start the hard practise before the season will start. and here in greece we have a lot of sun..

2) I use lens. Is it dangerous for my eyes?

The worst i am afraid is that maybe my spots will be worse, especially on my face, i don't care about anything else. My doctor said that maybe it will happen only the first month.

Thanks in advance

Back to top

#2 maddy001

Madeline

Veteran Members

Posts & Likes

Posts: 1,139

Gallery Images: 27

Likes: 0

About Me

Gender:Female
Location:Singapore
Interests:I'm currently majoring in biological sciences and minoring in Mass communication in Nanyang technological university. I'm studying this both because I have loved biology since my secondary school days and since then moved on to like microbiology and genetics but I hate biochemistry and biophysics and anything mathematical. I started taking mass communication in my sophomore year, wanted to minor in psychology but after crashing my friend's class, I realised that mass comn interests me more. My interests include watching Television, hanging out with friends, swimming and playing tennis. I am currently into martial arts and am taking Tae Kwon Do. I am a christian, used to be Catholic, now Evangelist I have a younger brother 5 years younger who doesn't have acne problems. I am also kinda short only 4ft11, 149cm so I dislike people who make fun of my height.
Joined: 21-April 07

Posted 11 August 2007 - 06:42 AM

1) Accutane makes you very sensitive to the sun making you burn more easily. Make sure you get a good sunblock with at least SPF 30 or above. I highly recommend Neutrogena Ultra sheer dry touch sunblock SPF 55. Make sure you get one that has UVB and UVA coverage.

2) I'm not sure what you meant by lens, I presume contact lens. Accutane does give certain people dry eyes so its not recommended for them to wear contact lenses. Otherwise get a good eyedrops. I didn't have the dry eyes so I could still wear my contact lenses.

If you are worried about getting new spots in the first month, you can discuss with your derm to prescribe you some antibiotics to curb the breakouts until accutane stablises the acne. Not everyone will get the breakout, I didn't so it depends whether you are lucky or not.

Other advice: 96% of accutane users have dry lips so prepare a really good lip balm and drink plenty of water. I recommend you get some aloe vera gel as well, its really good for dry and peeling skin and maybe a good moisturizer, I'm not a fan of moisturizer but if it gets to the point where your skin is really tight and peeling like hell, then you do need the moisturizer. When you do start accutane, you have to start using really mild products because accutane thins out your skin and makes it more senstive, so stay away from any harsh products like cleansers or other things.

Good luck with accutane!