Brownilocks

Hey Sasch!

You have been a great motivator and very helpful through all of this! I'm starting month 6 and I will do a total course of 7 months. It is a lot better than it was but I'm so desperate to get clear again and not sure what to expect once I get off the meds that it scares me sometimes. I fear it coming back after, but the doc won't let me do more than 7 months cause I've been on 60mg the whole time and weigh 50kg so she thinks any more would be too much. I'm also scared about having to get back on it again cause I'm 30 and my husband and I really want to start having kids within a year of finishing accutane, so that's on my mind too. I see you've tried a lot of diets to address your acne, any of them do you any good? Thanks for any and all advice as always!

Wow, 3 new whiteheaded zits today and an old cyst puffed up more... WTF? This is the beginning of MONTH 6!!!

She knows that. She said she is "constantly trying to quit for my health and wellbeing" and "do not need a lecture on the dangers of smoking." Just sayin.'

I smoke and have since day one. My derm said it was totally fine to continue throughout my course and wouldn't cause any additional problems (besides obvious ones that smoking causes on its own without accutane of course). I'm on a higher dosage (weigh 50kg, taking 60mg/day since beginning) and am starting month 6 of a 7 month course. Smoke between 1/2 to a whole pack a day and doing fine with it. I find I get a cough sometimes or dry throat more often too, probably because this medicine makes me so dry in general... I've heard of others smoking a pack a day the whole time they were on accutane too with no additional probs. Good luck with your accutane regimen!!!

I just started month 6. I am also still getting new ones but much less often and smaller and old ones are still there but very, very gradually going away. How are your old ones doing? Doc says I'll be on this for 7 months total (60mg a month and I weigh 50kg). Hope this works out fully like she seems so confident it will! Good luck to you as well! Hang in there!