Hey, Just thought id stop by as i am on 20m of accutane, its day 14 for me today and my acne in mainly clogged pores and tiny bumps.

So i am the same as you wondering if accutane will clear this sort of acne up.

Anyway, how are you doing with it?

Hey crystal, I have been reading your log! Your day 10 sounds like mine did. Up until my 10th day, I surprisingly had a reduction in breakouts, but then from day 10-14 i broke out like i used to before 'tane. (maybe a little more than i previously did). Now days 14-1 month the breakouts subsided, and I get a cyst here and there. Usually just 1 at a time and they heal quicker than pre-tane. Just a heads up for you if our courses are somewhat similar!

As for side effects, I would say to load your Lips/nose/around eyes with aquaphor before bed and your moisturizer/ jojoba oil throughout the day. Good luck and I hope this first month speeds up for you!!! keep it up!!

Thank you, the support def helps, this is pretty hard atm.

Ok, so after yesterday's update I can tell you this relatively "normal" breakout has turned in to complete madness

I called my derm's office and they are calling in a week's course of prednisone to calm this crazines down.

Cross your fingers for me, hopefully the prednisone will kill this current breakout (pretty close to worst ever) and the severity of my future breakouts will go down

Does anyone have any experience with this? Any insight as to what I expect with the prednisone?

Thanks guys, just trying to keep positive... It WILL get better..... right?

xoxo

Hey chrystal-check out my log, I answered some of your questions. Stay positive! Around month 4 or 5 this nightmarer should be a distant memory

Ty pink! Its pretty hard to get thru days like these, they seem never ending, but ur right! At some point I will be "healthy" and clear! Thx for the recs, I went to walmart today, and instead of bio oil I decided to try mederma. Most of my marks are leaving actual indents, and the box says acne. We'll see! I am encouraged by ur log tho, it gives me hope that the intensity and frequency of this madness will lessen. I think I had my hopes too high about the bad cysts just clearing and not getting any new ones. Reg zits would be fine, well not rly lol, but/most of mine r so deep and sore, its absolutely nut. Save me accutane!

Try the suggestions in my signature. Follow the link that starts "What to do..."

Ty pink! Its pretty hard to get thru days like these, they seem never ending, but ur right! At some point I will be "healthy" and clear! Thx for the recs, I went to walmart today, and instead of bio oil I decided to try mederma. Most of my marks are leaving actual indents, and the box says acne. We'll see! I am encouraged by ur log tho, it gives me hope that the intensity and frequency of this madness will lessen. I think I had my hopes too high about the bad cysts just clearing and not getting any new ones. Reg zits would be fine, well not rly lol, but/most of mine r so deep and sore, its absolutely nut. Save me accutane!

I def. can relate. Sometimes I couldn't decide what is worse. Painful cysts that can be sorta covered with make-up, or regular pimples, but with an ugly whitehead that is impossible to cover. Accutane will save you. Now if there was only a medication that could clear instantly from day 1

DAY 14

I can't believe I'm doing this, but here r my pics... I must admit I'm not thrilled about this, but hopefully in the long run I will see improvement and maybe this will help someone like other pic logs have helped me. My scars r pretty bad, but I hope in time they'll fill in some. advice and recs always apppreciated.

I decided to add one w/ makeup for good measure, lol that's as good as it gets

Also, I'm out of space now, and these r .jpg, any way to free up space?

Thx

Crystal

DAY 14

 

I can't believe I'm doing this, but here r my pics... I must admit I'm not thrilled about this, but hopefully in the long run I will see improvement and maybe this will help someone like other pic logs have helped me. My scars r pretty bad, but I hope in time they'll fill in some. advice and recs always apppreciated.

 

 

Also, I'm out of space now, and these r .jpg, any way to free up space?

Thx

Crystal

YES! about time you posted pics!! lol

From the pics it looks like your cheeks are your most troubled areas?? Is it always like that or is it from the IB? You are right, the scars should fill in over time! Keep going with the 'Tane and these pics will be the only memory of your acne

PS... Your eyes are very pretty! look green from the pic?!?!

oh and about having more space, I just upload them to a site like photobucket.com and then copy the direct link on my post......

Yes my cheeks are my worst area, tho I also breakout on chin and forehead too.

Thank you for the compliment on my eyes, I feel pretty ugly w/ my acne and it helps to hear something positive. And yes they're green. I hope ur right, I hope this will be a distant memory soon!

Hey- Our acne seems very similar. My cheeks were my worse area too! I think you'll look great after accutane. I wish I could find my camera cord so I can upload pics. All I have on my computer are ones from facebook, and the only ones I allowed on facebook are ones in which my skin looked good lol.

How's the mederma?

Thank u Pink, that gives me hope this will clear up, and of course id love to see ur pics. I hope this nightmar ends soon! I'm so glad uv cleared up, I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy! The mederma itched like crazy so idk if ill use it again or not, obviously no chg overnight, lol that would be a miracle! I have no idea what to do, but I feel like there's something I should be able to use to help heal my skin, I hate to just leave it bc I feel like the more prolonged these marks are the more I feel down, but I'm so sketchy about trying new stuff being on tane and having crazy acne.

Thx again!

Try lac-hydrin five love! Ive been using it for a week and I still had red marks but they are fading more quickly!

Crystal: U have got a beautiful smile =)

We are both 29, and both on accutane. I hope we would get through this. Good luck and keep your posts coming.

I need to get some of those magnetic letters again for my fridge....I loved playing with those as a babe! Sorry had to say!

And by the way.....in the end I am sure you will e thrilled with the results. Keep us updated

DAY 14

 

I can't believe I'm doing this, but here r my pics... I must admit I'm not thrilled about this, but hopefully in the long run I will see improvement and maybe this will help someone like other pic logs have helped me. My scars r pretty bad, but I hope in time they'll fill in some. advice and recs always apppreciated.

 

 

Also, I'm out of space now, and these r .jpg, any way to free up space?

Thx

Crystal

YES! about time you posted pics!! lol

From the pics it looks like your cheeks are your most troubled areas?? Is it always like that or is it from the IB? You are right, the scars should fill in over time! Keep going with the 'Tane and these pics will be the only memory of your acne

PS... Your eyes are very pretty! look green from the pic?!?!

Hey how are you feeling today?

Hey how are you feeling today?

Hey,

I'm doing better today. What's so hard is living alone and feeling like I don't have any support, u know?

It gives me too much time to focus on my face, and of course when I'm dwelling on it, it won't get better. Like a watch pot never boils, lol.

I just want to feel like someone is there for me no matter what, and it's something I just don't have at this time in my life. I hope to over come this once I have clear skin and have my confidence back. I really do like myself, I think I'm an amazing person and only deserve the best, but it's hard to look in the mirror and not understand why this is happening to me. My acne and marks and scars are just on and on, you know? If they would just stop, if my dark spots would just show signs of improvement, if I knew I was getting better, could actually see it, instead of new actives everyday, I would be able to see the end of tunnel, so to speak. I just want to heal. It's like I made my mind up, but it's not that easy.

I do have a question for you guys, tho. I am starting to notice my indented scars seem deeper since being on tane. Is this from dehydration, or has anyone else noticed this? Any suggestions for products for those? I've been using Biafine, and I tried mederma, but it made me itch badly.

Thanks guys,

You are all so amazing!

Crystal

Hey how are you feeling today?

 

Hey,

I'm doing better today. What's so hard is living alone and feeling like I don't have any support, u know?

It gives me too much time to focus on my face, and of course when I'm dwelling on it, it won't get better. Like a watch pot never boils, lol.

I just want to feel like someone is there for me no matter what, and it's something I just don't have at this time in my life. I hope to over come this once I have clear skin and have my confidence back. I really do like myself, I think I'm an amazing person and only deserve the best, but it's hard to look in the mirror and not understand why this is happening to me. My acne and marks and scars are just on and on, you know? If they would just stop, if my dark spots would just show signs of improvement, if I knew I was getting better, could actually see it, instead of new actives everyday, I would be able to see the end of tunnel, so to speak. I just want to heal. It's like I made my mind up, but it's not that easy.

 

I do have a question for you guys, tho. I am starting to notice my indented scars seem deeper since being on tane. Is this from dehydration, or has anyone else noticed this? Any suggestions for products for those? I've been using Biafine, and I tried mederma, but it made me itch badly.

 

Thanks guys,

You are all so amazing!

 

Crystal

 

Crystal- Hang in there, it will be better in a few months, I promise! I have roomates and have family that know i'm on accutane, but I still feel alone at times anyways. Noone understands the pain, the drug and side effects the way that we do. That's what these boards are for, to find people to talk too and sympathize with.

BTW, scars do start to appear worse while on accutane. Your skin is actually thinning so it makes any scars more prominent. An old scar on my face acutally reappeared during month 2 (it had healed up months before starting accutane) and has now finally faded. Just give the medicine time. Let everything infected/inflamed heal and then focus on scars/marks. Stay strong!

Hey Crystal

Keep your head up.Things will get better,its going to take a little time but it will happen.

When you feel like you have no one there or no one understands what your going through theres always the org.The people here are great & understand.Without this site i would have gone crazy.

Best of luck to you & you will get there

DAY 18

Ty guys for the support, uv been amazing!

I'm still struggling, but iv only got one small whitehead on my cheek, cpl on my chin, and a nice splattering of cloggeds all over ...and the monster cyst from a few weeks ago has decided to get lost, thank god!

My tiredness continues, but isn't as intense.

No oil on my face at all for the last week or so. I get dressed @ 7am, and when I wash up around 11pm, there's is no oil, crazy!

Lips r uber dry, aquaphor all day long keeps them from splitting.

My scalp and hair have been great w/ lanza, hopefully that keeps up

I've noticed when I'm in the sun, I don't burn but my face flushes. It goes down after a few min, but rly weird, iv never flushed like that. Has anyone else noticed that? I suppose the tane face is headed my way, lol.

Inside of my nose has been very dry, but no nosebleeds yet.

Anyways, thanks again to everyone lending their support to me! It means a lot!

Crystal

Xoxo

crystal, i flush easily too with tane. It is a very common side effect which would get better when u are nearing the end of your course. Your body would adjust to it progressively. No oil is good. It means that your sebum are controlled. My face was like an oil slick in the 1st week or so.. now it is starting to dry up and i cant wait to see a nice matt face.

Good luck and do keep your updates coming =)

Here for you Crystal! and so is !! keep your head up, you are a pretty woman!

Thanks guys, everyone here is so amazing

DAY 21

Well, not a lot new to report, stll plugging along obviously not happy w/ my face but its better than last week, so that's good. I'm thinking I needed to go to work

Omg, I actually went out the last cpl nights! Fri night I checked out the hangover 2, hilarious!

Had a great time @ UFC party last night, but I behaved only a cpl beers... I usually favor vodka/redbull, or vodka/whatever juice sounds good, but I won't drink anything hard til I'm off the tane

Hopefully things just keep getting better, I'm sure ill have setbacks, I just need to try and keep this all in perspective and know there will be better day

Pardon the hair and last nights eye makeup...

Thx again everyone, u r all amazing!

Xxooxxoo