8 months in, no sign of slowing down. Larger hairs have been falling out less, and the shedding on the back of my head has started to pick up more. Now there is not a single spot on my head which isn't suffering from hair shedding.

I had Subcision, CROSS Carbolic and Microneedling done with Dr. Rullan on Tuesday (5/26/20). The Dr. was great! He makes you feel very comfortable during the procedure by chatting and explaining what he’s doing. 
The procedure itself was not painful, ad your face is nimbed with anesthesia. It was a bit uncomfortable, as you can still feel tugging and can hear the tethers being severed, but overall I found it to be less painful than microneedling with numbing cream. 
I‘m including pictures of my scars before the procedure and my face on procedure day and over next couple days.
I was planning on suctioning afterward, but unfortunately my cups haven’t arrived yet. I’m not sure if I would have started now anyway, as I’m very nervous about disturbing my scabs. I’ll probably start suctioning in the next couple days. Not sure if it’ll still be helpful, but it can’t hurt.

This is my nose after i think 7 months of accutane and inconsistent use of tretinoin gel. Im using it consistently since this past week tho. 

1. Had a mild breakouts on chin and  lower face where mask is covered. Realized that O'Keeffe's spf lip balm was the cause. I suspected it was the lime peel oil in it which caused irritation.  
2. Since stopping O'Keeffe's, skin become stabilized. I also learned that it's better for my skin to apply tretinoin and azlaic acid first then the mosituriser. Since changing to this order, my skin is NOT flaking anymore. 
3. Eucerin advanced repair cream is so good! I finally found a moisturizer that literally cured my flaky/ dehydration prone yet oily skin. 
 
4. Current routine:
AM wash face quickly with water only, azlaic acid 20%, CeraVe pm, ultrasun extreme spf 50, eltamd uv physical spf 41, makeup. 
PM shisedo cleansing oil, CeraVe hydrating cleanser, tretinoin 0.05%, azlaic acid 20%, CeraVe pm, eucerin advanced repair cream

A quick update on the various experiments I have been trying.

It's been almost a month since I started my elimination diet as described in my previous blog post. I haven't noticed any lasting improvement in oil production, but I will probably continue the diet for at least another two weeks beyond the one-month mark. One point of interest is that 5 days ago on Monday, my oil production slowed down by a remarkable amount, probably by about 50% if I were to take a guess. The strange thing was that it only lasted for that one day. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what might have caused that dramatic change.

There was one unfortunate side effect to my new diet plan: almost immediately, I started getting much more frequent acne. This came as a surprise because I was eating more nutritious food and less junk food than ever before. Equally surprising was the fact that the acne stopped once I started supplementing with olive oil again a week ago, which I had eliminated from my diet as part of my experiment. I'm not trying to claim that olive oil is a miracle acne cure. I'm just reporting my results.

On the topical side of things, I can't remember if I mentioned on this blog that I started using a serum containing green tea extract, nobiletin, and niacinamide at the same time I started my new diet. I have also been washing with 1% Nizoral shampoo. I've been applying both of these twice a day to the right side of my nose, and I have not noticed any changes worth noting as of yet.

My new game plan that I started last night is to apply a concoction of anti-androgenic ingredients to the right side of my nose for 1-2 months, in addition to the aforementioned serum. My concoction is composed of lavender oil, cedarwood oil, tea tree oil, and argan oil, all mixed in a base of jojoba oil. As always, if I see any improvement in oily skin from this experiment, I will post about it.