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[jhonyguy04]

no. and my skin is still not 100% oil free. sigh...at least you know that your medicine is going into effect. and iam waiting for an initial breakout but nothing...

[slowandsteady]

my IB lasted for like 2-3 months. and didnt really hit till about a month in. dont worry about how quickly the medicine is going to work for you its different for everyone and a lot of the time oil production fluctuates throughout the course. you've got a long ways to go, be patient

[jhonyguy04]

day 19

ughh...i was hoping to be clear like mad fast like some of these ppl. i do have to be patient....

[block]

good luck on your course, you'll be seeing the dryness soon! took me over a month til mine kicked in

[jhonyguy04]

thanks block. what i plan to do so i dont go fucking insane is to just look at my face and measure my sebum levels every 7 days. cause iam getting really anxious.

[jhonyguy04]

day 24 (i think)

well it seems things are improving quite well for it to be less than 4 weeks. my acne went from moderate (maybe moderate severe) to mild. i say a 50% improvement. it seems that the oil has gone down, but its not completely out. i still seem to break out everyday, but the pimples seem smaller, or if they seem like they are gonna grow into a big monster, they dissapear faster. i hope its not all in my head. i still have prominent blackheads in my nose, so i know that the accutane hasent kicked in into full effect. plus iam taking a baby dose for my weight. anyhow, got my blood work done. with the help of God, everything will come out good with my bloodwork, and ill go up to 40 mg, which is still a low dose. iam excited to see the results with an even higher dose, since this baby dose has actually done a lot. iam also scared it might give me an initial breakout. Please God, be kind.

also my ex is comming over to cuddle with me today, and iam excited!!! talk to you guys soon!!

[SkyLynn]

LOL your silly. Glad its going well. My derm told me I would stop breaking out and see improvement after the first month, so that may be the case for you too, hopefully ) Go on and get your "cuddle" on you "lovesick" man lol...keep it up buddy

[jhonyguy04]

Ugh I think I see an inflammatory one comming on my right cheekbone. A medium one on my forehead. Am sad and anxious again. Am back w my bf. Yay

[jhonyguy04]

well that inflammatory one that was in my right cheekbone was a real fluke. it never grew, i was overpanicking but i think i have three potential threats on my right cheeck. especially a spot that is really big, i think it might turn into a big papule. iam so scared. anyhow, i got like 9 actives still, but most of them are small. i dont know, i guess when you run out of big ones, you start counting the real small ones, lol, after you ignored them because you had so many big ones.

cant wait to see my derm tommorrow and see what he tells me, and iam sure he is gonna up my dose. my nose is really dry and crusty btw, but the blackheads are still there. also, my skin is so fucked up. i have sebaceaos hyperplasia at age 25. iam too young for this!! and too old for acne!! well i heard that accutane is supposed to take of these too.

iam back with my bf, but he doesnt threat me the best after 2 days of being back together....god if we were to break up again, i would have to move out of this place for good, because i dont want another make up and then be hurt again. this is the final try, and if it doesnt work, am running out of here. we should see....

[jhonyguy04]

so tmwr is gonna me my 30th pill, and a month on accutane. so far slight improvement, oil reduced, but still breaking out. no IB, and I hope it doesnt happen this comming month. gonna be raised to 40 mg a day, which is still a small dose. sigh, i feel because i started so low, iam a month behind a regular course, but oh well.

ive been depressed and anxious, but i was like that before accutane. its the acne, not the accutane guys, so dont worry.

[jhonyguy04]

day 33

so iam up to 40 mg a day. dont really feel a difference and no serious side effects. dry lips here and there. iam a little concerned because the oil seemed to increase all the sudden but hopefully its just me. iam basically clear all over my face except my stubborn forehead. for some reason my forehead keeps breaking out. i have one huge whitehead, that might have turned into a second one, and a small one which i dont know how big its going to get. i try not to stare at my face so often, because i panic everytime i see a red spot. i have a shitload of PIH too....but i should be happy with my progress considering i had 20 pimples at a time, and now i have possibly 3. i hope iam 100% clear by the end of this month, even though oddly enough my derm said that i should start clearing up after month 2, but couldnt he see my progress when i saw him on wed......

[jhonyguy04]

so....since i dont have much actives, i have began to count potentials. potentials are the ones that look like a red spot, but a lot of times dont turn out to be anything. lol, i know iam paranoid. so i currently have one active and 3 potentials. that one on my forehead didnt grow much bigger, i just have that big angry one on the other side of my forehead. the most threatning potential seems to be the one near my eye. iam zapping them all like browpaperbag with 5% bp. ill know by tmwr if the potentials will grow into pimples.

[jhonyguy04]

so i was about to be 100% clear, but i think i see a potential that really looks threatning!! and where could it be, in my damn forehead. god damn it. i just wanna stop breaking out so my PIH could heal. man this made me depresssed. i am just zapping the fucker, but iam scared. well now by tmwr if the potential does in fact becoming a disgusting whitehead/papule.

[lnymphl]

jhonyguy04, on 03 February 2012 - 08:33 PM, said:

so i was about to be 100% clear, but i think i see a potential that really looks threatning!! and where could it be, in my damn forehead. god damn it. i just wanna stop breaking out so my PIH could heal. man this made me depresssed. i am just zapping the fucker, but iam scared. well now by tmwr if the potential does in fact becoming a disgusting whitehead/papule.

You are so close!!! Gosh, I can't even count ALL the potentials and actives. Keep at it This is very exciting. I hope everything will be smooth sailing for you.

[jhonyguy04]

day 39

well that potential was a fluke, and i was all happy. but of course i find another fucker in my forehead, which i cant even seem to count it as a potential since its already a raised bump!!! fuck, i hate this shit!! why cant my forehead be like the rest of my face and start to clear up. iam zapping it like crazy in hopes it doesnt become a big whitehead/pustule and leave another damn mark on my forehead. iam sick of looking like a meth addict. is there something you can do for redmarks??

[jhonyguy04]

yeah the fucker is a damn pimple, not even a potential. it appeared overnight. iam zapping it like crazy in hopes that maybe it doesnt turn big. its frustrating because as soon as one in my forehead resolves, another pops up. in the positive, at least it takes a while to form, but damn, if only they didnt leave red fucking marks.

[jhonyguy04]

day 40

so the pimple in my forehead woke up very angry and red. maybe its not as big, but with the redness, it seems its as big as a nickel!! i also have a smaller one next to my lips. damn, so close to be 100% clear. well iam gonna see my therapist today and tell her about my depressing life....

[jhonyguy04]

day 46

iam still breaking out pretty frequently. iam starting to lose faith in this drug sigh..... i have two actives right now. one small one on my temple, and a big ass cyst on my cheeck.

[jhonyguy04]

ok maybe iam being too negative since its only been a month and a half, but i just worry. cause if this shit doesnt work, iam fucked. i already tried doxy, mino, benz, plexion, bp and diet. non of those work anymore. and iam about to be 26, so i dont see me growing out of this anytime soon. and i wouldnt be so upset if my acne wasent bad, but it is. its moderately severe. do they do face transplants for people with bad acne?? iam serious. if not then the only way i see living life is being on high doses of anitdepressants and a lot of theraphy, and avoid all mirrors. please God have mercy on me.

Edited by jhonyguy04, 12 February 2012 - 06:16 PM.

[JPLSU1981]

Hang in there...Your face will be clear soon! Accutane is pretty much a guarantee that your face will be improved, if not cured of acne, once you get to a cumulative dose of 120-150mg/kg ... but you have to hang in there and finish the treatment in its entirety.

As far as the breakup, relationships come and go. My only advice is to simply move on... In a few years (maybe even months), you'll look back and be laughing at the pain you thought you felt ... guys/relationships come and go, but friends and family are the ones you should focus your attention on. friends and family don't come and go. Not to mention every relationship you ever have you'll look back on and laugh at some point in the future when you realize how insignificant they were. Anyway, good luck!

Edited by JPLSU1981, 12 February 2012 - 09:07 PM.