Another TV star on Accutane...

So I was just reading my US weekly magazine- cause you can't get enough reality trash in your life...


and I was reading an article on The Girls Next Door's Kendra Wilkinson about life in the Playboy Mansion, and was surprised to find this:

Other low points?

Filming The Girls Next Door with the worst acne. I cried every day. It made me so insecure, sad and depressed. I put my makeup on in the dark-- I wanted to kill myself. The doctors prescribed me Accutane. They said, "This stuff will make you suicidal." I said ,"I'm already suicidal."




I love it when stars aren't afraid to talk about acne, and how it makes them feel.

Britt's Accutane Log **w/photos**

Pre-Accutane

Hey My name is Britt, I am 22 years old, 110 pounds, and starting accutane in a month. I couldn’t be more excited to start! I have been on everything like most of the ppl here: oral and topical antibiotics, several birth controls, and retinoids. My skin hasn’t responded to the treatments and is starting to scar. So I guess I will start with a before picture so I can track my progress.

Up until my last derm appointment I was using Retin-A Micro…. And in the eight weeks that I have used it, it has completely destroyed my face. I am supposed to continue to use this until my appointment on Jan 16th.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/spo...89/IMG_1310.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/spo...89/IMG_1284.jpg


And here is a pic of my support system: she will be helping me along the away, and I will post pictures of her throughout the treatment as well

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/spo...979094_1718.jpg

For those of you that have already been down this road tips of the trade would be very helpful.

also my derm suggested a facial/peel before I start- not sure how I feel about this... I have never had one. The thought of someone picking at my face makes me ill... perhaps they are just trying to suck more money out of my already empty checkbook. Luckily my lovely family will be paying for the accutane, because otherwise I would be in a bit of a pickle.

I don't know what to do anymore? How to keep going

7 weeks ago i threw the towel in and started Retin-A Micro... to kick my stubborn non-inflamed acne. I had clogged pores all over my face, which were really only noticeable when caught in the right sun light. But non the less they bothered me because when I would wash my face all i would feel was a bunch of tiny bumps. I was also concerned because I had been on Minocycline for the past year (which had cleared some cystic acne i had from starting birth control)... and I could feel it starting to wear off. So i stopped the antibiotic and my doctor put me on RAM.

He told me I wouldn't have an IB... but that it would take a full three months to see results. I posted below a before I started picture, and a picture I took a few hours ago. My face keeps getting worse and worse and I feel like I should just quit... but people keep telling me week seven is supposed to be bad, and that it will turn around. But I have been breaking out since week four.

I want to go into my derm, but the second he sees what has happened to my face he will probably take me off the RAM... and then the seven weeks I went through will have just been a waste of time. I am really torn as to what to do at this point..

1. Continue
A. It gets better, and my skin starts to heal itself and I have clear skin within a month
B. It just never works for me, and my skin continues to break out, and it gets worse

2. Go to my Derm
A. He makes me stop the med and I never have the chance to see the results that are just around the corner
B. He puts me on something else that will work
C. He makes me continue (results A and B)


I don't know what to do

I guess my question is when you are on a regimen that takes several months to work... how do you motivate yourself to keep going when you see no progress? And do you ever feel like going to the derm can actually hurt your situation?

Before:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/spo...89/IMG_0864.jpg

After:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/spo...89/IMG_1284.jpg

Question about Initial Breakout period on Retinoids??

So I am about half way through my seventh week on Retin-A Micro.

Although I've been breaking out the entire time ive been on it, I would say my Initial Breakout was around week 4. My face went crazy, and still is going crazy.

The past few days I am still breaking out in the areas from my initial breakout, but I have also noticed that my entire face has started to break out in these really really tiny red blemishes. They are very small, and they aren't turning into whiteheads. They kind of look like a rash to me? I know that i should probably just make an appointment with my derm, but I thought I would ask here first. What the heck are these pimples?

My skin is def. itchy and dry as expected to be while taking RAM... but rashes can be itchy too.

Here is a picture:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/spo...89/IMG_1280.jpg

has anyone else experienced this type of breakout?

Sunscreen recommendations (that can be bought at Target)

I am currently on Retin- a Micro

and need a better sunscreen

any suggestions

something that can be found at Target?

I have a tube of Neutrogena Healthy Defense Daily Moisturizer SPF 45...just not sure if i should use it?