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I was given the option of Accutane by my dermatologist. As I've researched it more and more, I've found that side effects of stunted bone growth are possible. As a growing teenager, this is the only thing stopping me from taking it.
I'd like to know if anyone who took it in their teenage years experience stunted growth?!
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Accutane/Growth Plate Closures
Started by GoingStrong, Nov 14 2010 09:50 PM
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Posted 14 November 2010 - 09:50 PM
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Posted 28 November 2010 - 04:37 AM
I believe, though I have no way of empirically proving, that accutane has somewhat stunted my shoulder/jaw growth - resulting in a rather youthful appearance.
I started taking accutane at 19, and my body hasn't really changed since (I'm currently 27).
While long growth plates usually fuse by ~18, shoulder/jaw regions continue to grow until around 25.
I started taking accutane at 19, and my body hasn't really changed since (I'm currently 27).
While long growth plates usually fuse by ~18, shoulder/jaw regions continue to grow until around 25.
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Posted 29 November 2010 - 10:08 PM
I took accutane twice, I'm short and look young as hell, don't know if it's genetic or a result of the accutane.
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Posted 05 December 2010 - 06:58 PM
I took accutane at the age of 13 (I'm now 33) I'm the tallest female in my family at 5ft 5 inches. I don't believe it affected my growth and speaking as a mother, if my child needed to take accutane this aspect wouldn't concern me.
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Posted 11 December 2010 - 06:44 AM
Ok my turn - Im 16yo and 5 months and I took accutane for five months starting in march when i was 15 - 30mg for three months 60mg for 2 months. The drug stunted my growth whilst i was on it. I am a tall boy 6 foot something and i was then but whilst i was on it i noticed my friends were getting taller than me and that i couldnt build any muscle.
A month or so after coming off it i think i started growing again and now 4 months after finishing - i think my growth patterns are back to normal (well at least i have to stretch every morning again) and i can build muscle now (which has recently become very important to me
However accutane doesnt seem to have had permenant effects on me, i.e. my acne is starting to come back - but very very mild, i treat it with tiny blobs of BP and my body acne remains in remission.
A month or so after coming off it i think i started growing again and now 4 months after finishing - i think my growth patterns are back to normal (well at least i have to stretch every morning again) and i can build muscle now (which has recently become very important to me
However accutane doesnt seem to have had permenant effects on me, i.e. my acne is starting to come back - but very very mild, i treat it with tiny blobs of BP and my body acne remains in remission.
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Posted 16 December 2010 - 09:52 PM
hey man. im 15 years old and on my 3rd week of accutane. before the course i was relatively short. maybe 5' 6" or 5' 7". a week into the course, i grew a couple of inches. it was probably puberty doing its thing. i am now 5' 9" maybe 5' 10". and i am still getting taller. so dont stress my friend
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