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[taned]

4 months.

 

Not much to report. Barely any new activities, overall not oily skin and a easier to deal with skin type.

 

Older major cysts still remain & I'm really doubting they'll go away. I hope someone has experience and can give a first hand account on if they will as my derm says.

 

All side effects are the same, also got a stomach rash now. 

[ughhhhh]

4 months.

 

Not much to report. Barely any new activities, overall not oily skin and a easier to deal with skin type.

 

Older major cysts still remain & I'm really doubting they'll go away. I hope someone has experience and can give a first hand account on if they will as my derm says.

 

All side effects are the same, also got a stomach rash now. 

Hey I have the same problem as you, theyre not going away but derm says they will. Are they still inflamed or not? Mine arent really red theyre just lumps :\ Hope yours gets better! I'm only on 40 mg and experiencing a lot of the same side effects. 

[whoartthou1]

how long have you had your cysts?

[taned]

Yo Ugghhh & whoartthouh1: My cyst's age varies from years to just the beginning for my accutane regimen. They're not really inflamed either but just lumps, I'm worred they'll get back to being inflamed once I stop though.

[maria11]

Older major cysts still remain & I'm really doubting they'll go away. I hope someone has experience and can give a first hand account on if they will as my derm says.

 

I have the same problem as you And i'm nearing the end of my 6 month course so I am really concerned as well. There have no new breakouts however for the past 6 months..:/ 

Edited by maria11, 13 February 2013 - 12:41 AM.

[tommyc38]

I had the same problem. I had an eraser sized pimple on my cheek for over two months. It wasn't inflamed and didn't hurt but just sat there pissing me off. Then one day it came to a head and a punch of old puss came out (with a little help). You can read my accutane log to hear more but that is normal on this drug! I think mine came out alot faster than some people because my dosage grew quite a bit over those first few months. Now there is barely a pink spot where it use to be. I have 1.5 months left and can't wait to be done...the side effects are just getting old. However, I think 3 months from now I will be SO happy I did this when the side effects wear off, my skin can heal much much faster, and will plump out from getting so thin. I'm ginna do this spring and summer right with a clear face!

[taned]

Almost 5 months.

 

New blood work & met with derm. It's not good yet so will keep eating for another month. Blood work came out ok I think because I haven't heard anything.

 

It's the old cysts that need to go away. But I'm sure won't eat after 6 months anyway, but we'll see.

 

@tommyc38: I recognize that scenario. Problem is, for me there's like 10 of em that are unreachable and I can't touch em even with help. But a few have come out thanks to the regimen I believe. We'll see what happens

 

maria11: Interesting that you got a similar situation. I'm looking forward to hear how it goes and I'll cross my fingers for you!

[Sasch83]

We are in similar situations.  I am still breaking out heading into my 5th month and my pimples are taking a long time to go away.  The cysts that i do get see to stay under the skin though.....this sucks. Keep us posted

[taned]

6 months.

 

Today's official end of treatment. However, since I didn't do 60mg/day but 40mg/day due to stomach reactions I will finish off what's left. According to my calc I'm 135 pills (I'm on 20mg pills so was supposed to have 3/day) behind as I was supposed to jump on 60mg/day 6 weeks in (4,5 months = 135 days).

 

This means 135/2 = 67.5 days = 2 months-ish. I'll stay on the regimen until May's end.

 

Nothing much new to report. I'm looking to kill the old cysts which are deep & that's why I'm doing the above.

 

Same side effects as reported. Constant redness + Been working out more and I feel that I recover much slower. Just hanging in there.

 

My skin's much better overall and it really is a powerful medication!

[ughhhhh]

My derm told me that what I thought were non-inflamed cysts were hypertrophic scars under the skin :\

[taned]

Aha ok. Mine kinda feel alive sometimes & they're easy to upset