So I have a question , a few days back I was on day 18 of sotret but I had to stop because of a bad bad flare up:( and go on antibiotics for 8 days , whatever I have more 4 days on antibiotics but I want to ask you , u said u are completely clear and then u said ur face can finally healing , by healing u mean red marks right?I mean the school starts in 2 1/2 mouths and I want to see some improvment , as I said i have an bad flare up but when it will go away , I mean when the IB will go away , it will go faster than the acne that I already had before I start the tratment right?

I'm sorry to hear you flared up bad. :(Yes, my red marks are healing, maybe it's because of the sun, or because I have no acne left.

Let me tell you this. If you're not as lucky as those people that get results in 1-2 months, then I'll say your acne will be gone around the end of the 3rd month. I'm sure your acne will be gone or very little by the time school starts. I don't know if the antibiotics will get rid of the IB faster, sadly.

I think I should have used some antibiotics too at some point because my acne was very very very severe around month 1-2, but I thought it was supposed to happen. What do you mean by flare up?

Oh and also before accutane I used Differin gel for 5 weeks which did a huge breakout. I thought I wouldn't get an IB on Accutane because I had already broken out a lot with Differin but I was wrong, I don't think antibiotics will make things faster.

By flare up I mean initial break out , it won't make it faster but my derm told me that reduce the inflamation and decrease the chanse of scarring.

Thank you so much for the tips!

One more question , if i stopped the tratment for a short term (12 days) will it make it different for the future?it will change something ? and when i stoped i was on day 18 when i will go on accutane again i will be able to count form 18 or i need to start over?

I don't think it matters a lot, but your dermatologist may want you to do 18 days more just in case.

Yep , thanks!

Hi! What is this wonderful cream your mom got you for your lips? I am using Aquaphor, which is great, but my lips are still flaky sometimes, which I hate.

Well there are 2 that work very good, La Roche Posay "Ceralip" and Avene Cold Cream. They're both french but as a warning, they're expensive... But it is worth the money, because it usually ends in about 2 months, for me at least.

Aquaphor is very good too! I use that before going to bed and smear it all over, I have the tube. But I must tell you that sometimes your lips will become flaky, you can never avoid Accutanes curse.

I don't know if they have samples anywhere to try but these 2 creams really worked on me, give it a try.