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[jediv]

breakouts... it just irritates a lot..my skin is just extremely dry and my lips almost peeling i guess...use BLISTEX...its really a good thing for your lips:) which helps me right now;)

[loveacnesufferers]

Day 21( week 3!)

it really helps adopting a positive attitude towards acne u know? before going to school i looked into the mirror and was thinking i look like crap. haha but after going to school, my friends talked to me as if my face was totally alright. paper was okay not too bad.=)

anyway no new breakouts so far. red marks are healing pretty fast from the IB. im trying to rub them everyday with moisturizer to heal it quicker. they usually last one week tops. my skin heals pretty fast or maybe its normal.

getting ready for second round of breakouts..... or hopefully not LOLS.

breakouts... it just irritates a lot..my skin is just extremely dry and my lips almost peeling i guess...use BLISTEX...its really a good thing for your lips:) which helps me right now;)

haha my lips are freaking dry but i just leave them alone most of the time. and i got like ulcers. maybe its related to accutane so its hard to smile or talk to my friends . sux . on the good side, the red marks are healing the acne has stopped breaking out temporarily.

[loveacnesufferers]

My IB in uncommon areas lasted around 2-3 weeks, maybe even a month. It was weird because it broke out in "zones". First I broke out around the edges of my lips BAD. Then it was around the corners of my nose BAD. Then it started breaking out on the edges of my eyes about an inch to the right of the corner of my eye. Now I am on month 4 and it just breaks out in my problem areas. My initial breakouts where mostly large to medium sized whiteheads(90%) and each new one healed within about 3-4 days. Once they popped themselves(or me) I would put peroxide over them, they would get dry, and I would moisturize them, then the scabs would eventually go away with hardly ANY redmarks after a week or so for new spots.

The cysts/hardspots that I got around the corner of my eyes and my forehead, well, those fuckers would last a couple of weeks, and once they were gone they were GONE. No redmarks at all left over.

I am not completely sure if it heals redmarks or if it is your body. I believe it does help and makes them fade faster, but it depends on what type of breakout you have. If it's a cyst or closed comedone, it takes so much longer than a normal whitehead mark to go away. My experience has been around 2-4 weeks for a closed comedone or cyst to go away COMPLETELY. Everyones skin is different though.

I also have a dark skin tone, so they are hidden with the right amount of sun. As of now I am getting WAYYY too much sun and they are showing up more. If I was just getting a little I would be getting a nice tan and they wouldn't show up much.

Fuck the Sun.


Edit: My forehead almost never breaks out, and I got ONE bad spot so far, and it was all the way back in month 1. I still have a little hard spot that is visible.. It still has not gone away, and I don't know why. I am going to see what the doctor thinks next time I see her.

wow my IB sounds like urs. i breakout like mad all over my mouth area chin, moustache area, sides of mouths. its been 2 weeks and it has stopped for now. around the corners of my nose as well!!! super breakout . wierdly, everything that broke out around my nose has dissapeared, leaving no trace.

oh and ive done some research, the accutane apparently doesnt heal red marks, but it prevents acne , indirectly allowing the red marks to heal without new ones to take their place. thats a goood thing if ur body heals quickly.

geez i got one closed comedone on my forehead. its taking forever to go away. 3 cysts on my right cheek (where i never ever break out before accutane), 2 of them have healed and are reddish scabby stuff that will heal and one of them is like a red patch.

alright i better go get some studying done. last major paper tomorrow.


anyway it sounds like you are doing pretty well:) try to avoid the sun more, maybe wear a cap? haha just a suggestion

[jediv]

its really nice to hear that your initial breakouts stopped...hope you get better and better;)...as of now i`m just totally depressed ......have college tom:(

[gLx]

I do wear a cap

and what is this "red patch" like? I got one a few days ago and it's still there. It does not seem like a normal zit.. :S

[loveacnesufferers]

I do wear a cap

and what is this "red patch" like? I got one a few days ago and it's still there. It does not seem like a normal zit.. :S

for me,it was initially a cyst or comedone but it keeps reducing in size everyday until a red patch is left.

u mean u just got a red patch by itself? im not to sure about that one though.

got like two of those patches on my right cheek right now. hope it quickly heals.

its really nice to hear that your initial breakouts stopped...hope you get better and better;)...as of now i`m just totally depressed ......have college tom:(

thanks man! just be positive when u go to college and just act like u would without acne around people, or at least try to haha even though its hard. it wasnt as bad as i thought for me going back. ur skin will definitely clear up, its just a matter of time:)

[loveacnesufferers]

Day 22

have 2 small white heads that just popped out of nowhere. it doesnt bother me, but i need to keep reminding myself not to touch or pick at my face.

whats really killing me now is the ulcers near my teeth so its always constantly pain as its always touching my teeth. when i walk, it hurts. when i talk, it freaking hurts so much. lets not even talk about smiling, it will probably kill me. i wonder if ulcers are side effects of accutane or if anyone has experienced them while on accutane. searches on the internet returned nothing. this cant be. i am sure its a side effect of accutane. anyway, being very paranoid about the ulcers, and if anyone has experienced it while on accutane please let me know!! thanks!

[jediv]

that`s really sad about your ulcer:(...are you having your food at the correct time...??..NEVER SKIP BREAKFAST..its the main reason for ulcer...i just came from college...it was just bad i can say..i just suffer from sort of moderately severe acne..but after starting up this medicine ..i just got loads of stuff on my face ..first it was only on my right cheek ..but i got more on left cheek all of a sudden...My college friends where wondering what i actually did to my face:(..you know sometimes it really hurts when people keep questioning..i just experienced it today:(...and all will end in good results...so i find you getting depressed..never give..GOD bless you always...keep going:)..you know what i feel really sad for people who have extremely severe acne(which includes chest and all other places) ..and i wish i get a wish from GOD...and it would be cure all acne sufferers and give them the best skin:)

[loveacnesufferers]

jediv, u know man, thats my wish too. We acne sufferers know the hurt and pain each and everyone goes through, and those with perfect skin all their life never had to worry about it and never understand what we have gone through. hence, when my skin gets clear, im going to make it my priority to help those with acne and make really good friends with them and help them to shine in their school life or whatever it is. i know i want to do something when i get braver like when i got clear skin for those suffering from acne. i cant be a derm cause i dont take the right subject combinations for it, so never mind, i will do what i can for people around me afflicted with it.

ulcers still hurt as much. picked at my two white heads.... damn... means i got no self discipline. but at least its jus a whitehead so no scarring to worry about. and try to sleep early too! its 12am+ over here. i should get some sleep as well. take care everyone!

[jediv]

well i stay in india:)...i know your from singapore..my cousins stay there and work there..probably they are settled there:)..right now i feel like my skin getting extremely dry like it looks like its gonna peel or so..but it dint..just wondering what will happen next and so on..its just this two months time i got loads of stuff on my face..my mum too is really worried about it...:(well regarding the help and what all you gonna do sounds really GREAT..i wish in some near future better medicines to come up..which will bring up a permanent cure totally.......

[loveacnesufferers]

Day 23

My ulcer really hurts still. dont know why it wont go away. my face looks kinda retarded with a hurt expression all the time cause its so hard to talk or express myself, damn ulcer please heal.

face doing okay except for the two whiteheads i squeezed has become inflamed and reddish. that will teach me to leave my face alone.


so one shrinking comedone on my forehead,2 inflamed whiteheads on my right moustache area(fyi, i dont have a moustache), and one small pimple on my right moustache area. its wierd that almost all my breakouts recently have been on the moustache area. i think its the hair growth during puberty thats causing my acne over there. healing red marks on my chin, most importantly, right side of face which broke out really crazily a few days ago is healing with reddish marks.

my hair is growing long and out of shape. but im just going to leave it looking like crap when im in school. i dont really care how i look now when im in school and around people. i wanna stall the good stuff for later on.

and after my face has healed hopefully, 1-2months from now, im going to get a cool long haircut with good skin and surprise everyone!:) really looking forward to that.

[jediv]

well ulcer..that will soon leave you trust me..no worries just keep going:)..today was not good for me though..

[loveacnesufferers]

http://www.acne.org/messageboard/Mind-Acne-t217465.html check this out, it will give us some confidence for those of us with acne

[loveacnesufferers]

Day 24

the little pimple on my chin has decided to flare up abit . nothing much new besides that.

anyway the ulcer really hurts, fked me up badly today at school, cause i came in late for the exam, everyone staring at me, and i couldnt ask the teacher where my seat was. and when it came to collecting the script, he asked me something but i couldnt reply. sucks.

gonna use the weekend to recover at home from the breakouts and ulcer. happy weekend everyone!

[jediv]

heya seems things are going up and down for you ..forget it just think it will all end up in good:)..as of now for me just the same old stuff and really worried ..a bit:(

[loveacnesufferers]

hey thanks man jediv. i hope the same and even better results for u!:)

Day 25

stuff from last week are fading especially the horrible red marks on my right cheek. its like 90% gone. now breaking out slightly on the chin. argh.

im using a tea tree oil based blemish fader from body shop on red marks. i wonder if it is okay to do that while on accutane. anyone tried any blemish fading creams while on accutane( except for retin a of course)? i dont know if its a good thing to do, please advise me, gurus out there! thanks

[loveacnesufferers]

days 26 to 27

Pimple on my chin became a cyst. which has gone down slightly. rest of my face is doing okay.

on my way to see the derm in an hour. will ask her if i should increase to 40mg a day or continue at 20mg daily.

keep up the fight guys!

[Enoch]

hey thanks man jediv. i hope the same and even better results for u!:)

Day 25

stuff from last week are fading especially the horrible red marks on my right cheek. its like 90% gone. now breaking out slightly on the chin. argh.

im using a tea tree oil based blemish fader from body shop on red marks. i wonder if it is okay to do that while on accutane. anyone tried any blemish fading creams while on accutane( except for retin a of course)? i dont know if its a good thing to do, please advise me, gurus out there! thanks

stick to a gentle/mild cleanser, and the only thing i can recommend for the redmarks while on tane is jojoba oil or emu oil.

[loveacnesufferers]

Day 28


just went to see the derm today. she said im doing good, and she asked me if i could take a higher dose. so i expected 40 mg. but when i went down to the pharmacy it was 30 mg.

now im like super puzzled because i forgot to listen carefully to the pharmacist. u see ive got a 10 mg and 20 mg pill daily. i dont know if i should take them one at night one in the morning or both together at night.

cause i know some people take 40 mg (20 in afternoon and 20 at night). but mines like 30 so its abit confusing. please advise me! thanks!

[PhoenixBalm]

I would take the 20 with the most fatty meal you have and then the 10 before you sleep, or just the whole 30 when you eat a big meal