mario90

3rd treatment of accutane? If that's not curing your acne then you may want to look for other causes of your acne... Looks painful, can your doctor give you a cortisone shot into it to reduce the inflammation? Topicals don't work well against nodular acne so I would ice it to try to reduce the swelling if your doctor won't give a shot.

In the past 7 years I've pretty much exhausted every other option. The only thing that seems to work, although barely, is accutane. My skin has become much better than what it was a couple years back. These days I get 2-3 nodular acne per week, as opposed to getting 2-3 daily.

 

I did put some ice on that swelling and it did get a little better. It's not as hard as it was before, it has softened quite a bit. Now I'm hoping the antibiotics will do their job and make it subside completely

Roaccutane:

 

Duration: 6 months

Daily dose: *varies* - 1st month 30mg, 2-4th month 50mg, 5-6th month 70mg

Weight: 75kg

 

I was lucky not to have any lasting consequences, as soon as I finished my treatment all the side effects vanished.

I had minor, common side effects like: dry sking, very dry lips, sore muscles, loss of energy

well, i'd give up my left arm for clear skin

Thank you all for your replies. I have finally made my peace and decided how i will continue to live my life.

Well, accutane works differently on other people. For me it started showing results after the 5th month, by then I was already on 70mg. You have to take to mind that accutane isn't a 100% healer, you still might get the occasional pimple even after you've finished the treatment. Maybe you could talk to your derm for a dosage increase. I started with 50mg and we are about the same body proportions ( 175lb 6'1)