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Hi my name is Brady, Im 15 years old and tomorrow I start accutane or roaccutane as they call it here in AUS, I'll be keeping you updated probably from day to day, but 1st I'll just share my journey, so i have had very mild acne like 1-3 pimples since I was 13, but this year I started to get really bad acne, like i have/had two huge cystic acne pimples on my cheeks for a month now and they are disgusting, they have been less inflamed lately because of this table called SONE but as far as I'm aware that's all SONE does, so right now I have been on the Regimen for nearly 3 weeks now and I was going to wait a bit to see if that did it but my mum thinks i should go on accutane and so does the derrm, with the regimen I have been going through the stages of results page, the itchiness etc.., so I think my skin has improved a bit it basically feels flat, but has so many red marks all over, if you want photos i can pm them to you, if anyone has any tips,comments anything please feel free to comment below or pm me, any help would be much appreciated thanks 

 

Hi Brady,

Can you pm me some photos?  My 14 yr old son is on day 46 of Accutane.   For your dry lips I highly recommend Bag Balm.  I don't know if it's available in Australia though.  At first my son tried Aquaphor but it was horrible, it made his lips worse and he had a bad reaction to it.  Bag Balm is also good if you get a really dry or raw patch of skin that you want to heal faster.  Leave it on overnight and in the morning it will be much improved.

Congratulations, you look great!   Can I ask how bad it was on your back? My son has it bad on his back & he's on day 41.  I'm concerned but I know (from what they tell me) the back is the last to clear.  Do you have any before/after photos of your back?

Hello everyone!   Well, I took my son to get a blood test, and the results came back today... his Vit. D level is 32      But I'm actually kinda glad, b/c it gives me hope that maybe we're on the right track, and maybe just maybe, that's why his skin has been so oily and constantly breaking out...

 

Today is day #11 of supplementing, and I *think* it's looking better.... looking less oily, and he doesn't seem to be getting new lesions as quickly on his face.  The ones he IS getting seem to be smaller, more superficial bumps that come to a head quicker and go away faster... but I don't want to speak too soon.  I can only hope it keeps getting better.

 

HOWEVER, his back looks horrible still, and his neck/shoulders also...  Chest is broken out too, but not nearly as bad as his back.  I will keep him on this regimen for several more weeks and pray that everything keeps improving!   I'm not super worried about his back right now, as it's not swimming season, but as it gets closer to summer, I will be more concerned about it.  He loves to go swimming, and we live in the South where it gets really hot.. 

It looks like an allergic reaction, maybe to the sulfites.  Glad it's gone now

 

Try organic wine and see if it happens again.