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[ItalianBoy]

Sooooooooo....I've never really wrote a post in the welcome section so I'll just do it here
I'm 16 and I come from Italy...too tired to write everything else.

I've had mild/moderate acne for 3 years and Seborrheic Dermatitis (HATE IT!!) for 1 year and I'm just too tired of wasting my money on creams, gels and lotions. I've been going to this dermatologist for about 5 months and the past treatments weren't all that either and since I started school I started breaking out more than usual with hard and red papules. I don't have any scars but quite a lot of red marks. A week ago I went to the derm and told him I wanted Isotretinoin because I'm tired of my life being this way. He told me to do the blood test to check the liver and the blood and well...it was PERFECT. Nothing was out of range. Today I couldn't go to meet him and I sent my mom there lol. She said he let her sign loads of documents. As soon as she had the white paper with the dose and the blood tests she went to my GP and IMMEDIATELY she let him prescribe the thing Result I got home today with a 20MG blister. She paid 0.00€ because it's free here.

I'm starting tomorrow and I'll update this almost everyday so follow it fellas =D

1 month = 20MG

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[ItalianBoy]

Took my first pill today

[ItalianBoy]

Bump! I just swallowed my 2nd pill and I'm already feeling the Seborrheic Dermatitis going down! My oil also decreased by night I know because when I wake up I'm in a bath of oil...

But...

When I woke up I kinda felt my body stiff..other than that nothing...

Has anyone ever woken with this effect?

[Kirbatha]

Could just be coincidence, I can't imagine Accutane having acted that fast with the joint pain. It is a common occurrence, though, and evidently, taking fish oil supplements gets rid of it completely.

[ItalianBoy]

You're right Kirbatha but I did feel something different from the other mornings. I also have less flaky skin due to the instantaneous submission of the seborrheic dermatitis

Damn it how can this be!?

[ItalianBoy]

3 day

I've got a few little pustules on my face and that's it...oil decreased. I had back pain when I woke up. That's it =)

[ItalianBoy]

Popped my 4th pill today

My skin is now dry and slightly flaky which I'm fighting with Apaisac Emulsion, dry lips (but not so much) with Ceralip and nothing else.

About 5 spots are active right now and the ones before Accutane are now disappearing

=)

[ItalianBoy]

5th day

I can't see anymore sebum and when I got out of the shower what I saw was skin basically peeling and reproducing at the same time lol

Seborrheic Dermatitis is noticeable on both my nose and head not so much on forehead

I've got so many spots right now ugh hopefully they will disappear by tomorrow

Someone follow my blog =D

[ItalianBoy]

My skin feels VERY TIGHT

[iWantBeHappy]

Hey, i wish you luck with accutane.

I started accutane mm like 10 days ago, i am on 40 mg now, and iam 16 years old too.
I am in same situation as you.
I have acne 3 years now, and cant imaginate myself with clear face, but now so weird, face is not so oily anymore O.o
I will follow your log.
(sorry for my english)

[ItalianBoy]

Heyyy! Glad someone visited this page ahah =) Right now I'm having an IB I believe because I'm getting so many spots ugh

iWantBeHappy is your face dry everywhere or just on the spots? I feel like my face is only dry in the places there are pimples weird

[vanillatwilight]

HELLO

I'm on the exact same dose as you! And we're of the same age too! I'm starting a few days later so I'll follow your log

GOOD LUCK & HANG IN THERE

[Blehin]

Glad to hear you got accutane. I'm trying to get on that too. Do you happen to have any pics of what your skin looked like before you started?

[ItalianBoy]

Hey guys thank you for checking my log

As for the pics, I'll try to get 'em ASAP my cam is broken and my cellphone is as old as George Washington so I'm gonna buy a new cam in the next few days!!

I popped my 6th pill today

Ugh 5 spots disappeared and left a very bright red mark...I've never had such bright marks before they were pinkish before now they're so red lol they're probably going to disappear in a year xD

I've got about 6 little spots active

My lips aren't very dry and the only parts of my face which are dry are only the ones where there are spots!!! very weird I thought everything was supposed to dry..Oh well =)

[DudeinFL]

Seems like things are moving along for you!

[iWantBeHappy]

iWantBeHappy is your face dry everywhere or just on the spots? I feel like my face is only dry in the places there are pimples weird

My all face is dry, but on spots, and around spots are extremely dry...

If your spots getting bright marks it means accutane is working for you. I have now some bright red marks too, but i never had them before accutane.
If your face is too dry, and you feel uncomfortable i recommend you wash your face at morning only with water and dont use anything more. It helps me

[ItalianBoy]

Thank you for the feedbacks! My derm gave me a milk cleansers which smells so good I could eat it but anyway it's supposed to help the dryness in fact when I rub it on the face it takes all the dead skin away =)

[SSelf]

Same age, Same problem mate .
Ive spent 3 years going from anti-bio-tics to harsh topicals (I will never directly apply anything to my face again lol, everytime it just got worse)
I figured it was finally time to consider accutane.
Now on my 14th day (40mg)
Having IB right now ha so bleh but eh once its over hopefully just get clearer and clearer.
My lips and skin have been extremely dry. but i drink loads of water to combat the dryness and it seems to help.
I wish you the best of luck

[strato]

Wow, it's working so fast for you. I'm considering going on accutane...

Does Accutane have some other effects other than decreasing sebum production? Like, does it fight the bacteria somehow as well?

[iWantBeHappy]

Does Accutane have some other effects other than decreasing sebum production? Like, does it fight the bacteria somehow as well?

http://www.acne.org/accutane.html