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[block]

Just starting accutane(roche) 30 mg a day for the first month.
2 10mg tablets with my first meal, and 1 10mg tablet with dinner.

Background info:

I'm 18 year old asian male, I had moderate acne since I was 13 used various prescribed creams, such as clindoxyl, and stievamycyin.
They worked to an extent but stopped working. I recently took doxycyline 100mg a day for 3 months which cleared my acne
during June 2011. Fast forward to October 2011. I suffered minor breakouts but nothing too intense and decided to go get
a facial extraction done which fkd up my skin. I will try to update daily and add pictures weekly with my progress.

Current acne:

Mostly on my left cheek some on right due to a bad facial extraction experience
Some on forehead, and nose

Left Cheek
Right Cheek
Face shot.

June 2011

1.5 months after facial extraction still breaking out Nov 28




Current regimen:

Morning & Night: Wash with shiseido men cleansing foam
Apply on witch hazel toner with aloe vera.
Apply on shiseido moisturizing emulsion.

First day:

Took my first 2 pills, skin seemed fine. Took my next pill and washed face skin seems sort of tight, and feels like a pimple is going to erupt under my chin.

Edited by block, 19 December 2011 - 01:07 AM.

[block]

second day:

took 2 pills with lunch and now two small red bumps appeared above my lip
which are very painful and 2 pimples came to a head on my left cheek
a pimple appeared on my chin like i predicted
still have to take one more pill with dinner

Edited by block, 12 December 2011 - 05:49 PM.

[Quiescence]

good luck with your course love x

[ihatemynose]

Hey, I'm turned 19 a month go and I'm Asian male too! You'll get better man, give it a month or 2 and you'll see some crazy results. Good luck!

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Quiescence, on 12 December 2011 - 06:01 PM, said:

good luck with your course love x

thanks! good luck on your course as well =)
hope your skin gets better quick!

ihatemynose, on 12 December 2011 - 10:02 PM, said:

Hey, I'm turned 19 a month go and I'm Asian male too! You'll get better man, give it a month or 2 and you'll see some crazy results. Good luck!

thanks for the comforting words hahaa
looks like you had good results while on accutane =P
hope i clear up soon too!

[block]

day 3:

whitehead appeared inbetween my eyebrows
and the 2 bumps above my lip turned into whiteheads
and i got another whitehead that developped above my lip
no dry skin so far, and i've been using burts bee chapstick on my lips
so i haven't felt any dry lips

[block]

day 4
active spots seem to be diminishing and getting smaller
face gets itchy at times, and skin is getting flaky and dry
but im surprised that my active spots are healing so quick

[bigdreams]

Hey, good luck with your course

[block]

bigdreams, on 15 December 2011 - 01:06 AM, said:

Hey, good luck with your course

thank you you too! hope we all clear up



fifth day:

noticied a whitehead on my forehead
but thats about it the other whiteheads that initially appeared
seem to be healing quite fast and im experiencing no other side effects
other than the dry skin

[Ham84]

Your skin right now looks quite red, so try to be gentle as possible. As you know asian skin is quite delicate and really prone to hyperpigmentation.
After finishing Accutane you probably won't need facial extraction treatments, ever. Even blackheads will fall out of the pores.

Thank you for sharing your experience with Accutane with us, appreciate it, will follow it. Good luck block, stay strong.

[bigdreams]

Ham84, on 16 December 2011 - 06:32 PM, said:

Your skin right now looks quite red, so try to be gentle as possible. As you know asian skin is quite delicate and really prone to hyperpigmentation.
After finishing Accutane you probably won't need facial extraction treatments, ever. Even blackheads will fall out of the pores.

Thank you for sharing your experience with Accutane with us, appreciate it, will follow it. Good luck block, stay strong.

Yep, I agree with this. I'm half Asian, and my skin is definitely prone to hyper pigmentation. So just be careful with yours block!

[block]

Ham84, on 16 December 2011 - 06:32 PM, said:

Your skin right now looks quite red, so try to be gentle as possible. As you know asian skin is quite delicate and really prone to hyperpigmentation.
After finishing Accutane you probably won't need facial extraction treatments, ever. Even blackheads will fall out of the pores.

Thank you for sharing your experience with Accutane with us, appreciate it, will follow it. Good luck block, stay strong.

yeap i suffer from hyperpigmentation with my previous creams/gels they take so long to heal
thank you i'll stay strong

bigdreams, on 17 December 2011 - 07:24 AM, said:

Ham84, on 16 December 2011 - 06:32 PM, said:

Your skin right now looks quite red, so try to be gentle as possible. As you know asian skin is quite delicate and really prone to hyperpigmentation.
After finishing Accutane you probably won't need facial extraction treatments, ever. Even blackheads will fall out of the pores.

Thank you for sharing your experience with Accutane with us, appreciate it, will follow it. Good luck block, stay strong.

Yep, I agree with this. I'm half Asian, and my skin is definitely prone to hyper pigmentation. So just be careful with yours block!

thank you and good luck on your accutane experience.


6th - 8th day

nothing new, some small bumps appeared
but nothing too big to worry about
previous actives seem to be healing up quickly
and my lips are starting to get really dry but nothing a little burts bee doesn't fix.

here are some updated pictures:
closeup of my left cheek

the red dots/marks are from the previous facial extraction
they weren't as visible in the pictures posted up there


right cheek:


btw sorry for the bad picture quality its from my webcam

Edited by block, 19 December 2011 - 01:04 AM.

[block]

day 9

nothing new, just really dry/peeling lips

[block]

day 16

lots of blazing and drinking this past week
munching out on lots of junk food
think my initial breakout is coming
lots of whiteheads popping up at places
and blackheads are squeezing through

[susanliu]

Just remember the sunscreen, the moisturizer, the lip balm and NO picking.

You'll be clear as glass in no time Good luck!

[block]

yeap i moisturize every morning and night when i wash my face and keep my chapstick on me everywhere i go
thanks hopefully i'll be clear like you!

day 17

i think my initial breakout is here i have about 6 actives
3 cysts on my left cheek 1 beside my nose
1 on my forehead and 1 beside my eyebrow
and numerous small whiteheads
and i have this one nasty cyst on my nose that keeps bleeding -.-

side effects: dry skin, dry lips, nosebleeds

Edited by block, 28 December 2011 - 01:14 AM.

[block]

day 18

actives are drying up really quick
and skin seems to be less red

[Ham84]

Side effects are good to have imo. Those are indications that the effects of the medicine are starting to kick in.

When's the next derm appointment? Mine is 10th of January.

Very good update btw. Jia you!

Edited by Ham84, 29 December 2011 - 04:13 PM.

[block]

happy new years everyone
my gp prescribed me my accutane i haven't seen a dermatologist before
i need to book an appointment to see her and
just have to go get my blood drawn

day 22

a few more pimples popped up over the past few days
and my red marks seem less visible
usual side effects but the soles of my feet are getting dryer and elbows as well

[19drei19]

goodluck im asian too 17 and on 10mg,,im on my day 80 i think still breaking out currently having 3 cyst