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I'm a shoe FANATIC! I'm 5'7 as well but I looooove heels! Living in Miami for four years, I got used to rocking heels every weekend
It does wonders for your self esteem, I swear. And I love towering over guys, because it seriously makes me feel powerful.... plus it weeds out all the ones without enough balls to come talk to me
Four inch heels are pretty standard for me, even for work (the classy heels though, not crazy stripper heels), and 4.5 inch heels are also typical for when I go out. Learning to walk in them is an artform, I swear!
Wow someone else who is 5'7?! I always feel so uncomfortable when I tower over guys. My ex boyfriend was 6'3, so I could wear 4.5 inch heels and still feel like I'm not a giant. The other guy who I was seeing months back was 6'6 and that was the hugest turn on for me. I'm a sucker for the tall guys. Tall, "lanky" (as my girl friend says) guys. HAHA. But you're so right...wearing tall heels will weed out those suckers with no balls to approach us hot mamas!
OMG tall dudes!!!! My fiance is almost 6'5" and is skinny. I love it! Then again, I'm a 5'2" midget. Hahaha My best friend is 6 feet tall! She's like an Amazonian goddess. Why do I hang out with so many tall people!?
OMG tall dudes!!!! My fiance is almost 6'5" and is skinny. I love it! Then again, I'm a 5'2" midget. Hahaha My best friend is 6 feet tall! She's like an Amazonian goddess. Why do I hang out with so many tall people!?
So I see we all like guys on the tall side. They're handsome. 
I mainly hang out with small people - all of my female friends are smaller than me!
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I'm a little late to the game. 
I'm 5'7", and I have terrible posture from stooping over because all my friends are shorter. And maybe a little bit because I read all the time. I wish I wore heels. I should start. But my toms are just so comfy!
Also - I LOVE tall people. Not because I find them particularly attractive, but because they totally fascinate me. Not like 6' or whatever, but insanely tall guys who have to duck to get into the metro. Like 6'7" maybe. I don't stare at people with facial birthmarks or anything, but really tall guys - I can't help it. Is anybody with me on this?
I'm a little late to the game.
I'm 5'7", and I have terrible posture from stooping over because all my friends are shorter. And maybe a little bit because I read all the time. I wish I wore heels. I should start. But my toms are just so comfy!
Also - I LOVE tall people. Not because I find them particularly attractive, but because they totally fascinate me. Not like 6' or whatever, but insanely tall guys who have to duck to get into the metro. Like 6'7" maybe. I don't stare at people with facial birthmarks or anything, but really tall guys - I can't help it. Is anybody with me on this?
Aw, I was in the middle of replying at work and my damn computer froze. Had to re-start it. But I noticed that whenever I'm in a photo with friends smaller than me, I stoop over a bit. I do it without thinking. I should probably stop that!
Really tall guys fascinate me as well. You're definitely not the only one! 🙂
Day 66
I didn't moisturize this morning before work & now I look like a flaky face. There's dead skin waiting to fall off. Now I don't want anyone to talk to me at work...how long was I walking around like that for? Yikes. That's never happened to me before, so maybe it's a good sign. I noticed the cystic pimple from weeks ago is continuing to get smaller. However, cheek pimple is still lovely & large. I don't know if it's going to turn into a whitehead or not...I just want that thing to go away, or at least start to.
My hope of having a good looking face for my birthday is still possible if things start to turn around within the next 4 weeks. 
Aw, I was in the middle of replying at work and my damn computer froze. Had to re-start it. But I noticed that whenever I'm in a photo with friends smaller than me, I stoop over a bit. I do it without thinking. I should probably stop that!
Really tall guys fascinate me as well. You're definitely not the only one!
Day 66
I didn't moisturize this morning before work & now I look like a flaky face. There's dead skin waiting to fall off. Now I don't want anyone to talk to me at work...how long was I walking around like that for? Yikes. That's never happened to me before, so maybe it's a good sign. I noticed the cystic pimple from weeks ago is continuing to get smaller. However, cheek pimple is still lovely & large. I don't know if it's going to turn into a whitehead or not...I just want that thing to go away, or at least start to.
My hope of having a good looking face for my birthday is still possible if things start to turn around within the next 4 weeks.
Ugh, I hate that. It happened to me early on. My face looked scaly by the late afternoon, even when I moisturized.
I have developed a little constellation of three cheek pimples. They are all nice and purpleish and uncoverable. ARGH! I haven't had cheek pimples since my teen years. Annoying. It was one last week, now it's three. With no apparent intention of going away. At least the rest of my face is doing good. How is the rest of your face? LOL. That's a hilarious question if you take it out of context. I'm totally gonna bring that up in a random conversation someday soon: "So, how is the rest of your face?"
Anyway - 4 weeks at 80 mgs, you'll be fine! Better than fine. Beautiful!
I occasionally get patches of dry skin, but I literally saw flakes just like...hanging off. Hahaha ew.
Hahaha, a constellation. I have a nice constellation going on myself. I'm super bummed about my cheek pimple. It's the ONLY pimple on both of my cheeks and it's a friggin' eyesore! I'm waiting patiently for it to come to a massive whitehead filled with puss. Ew, again. This thing is stubborn, though. I squeezed it a bit out of annoyance and it didn't budge. It's hangin' around for the weekend. The rest of my face is okay. Forehead is healing with no new actives. My chin (which was the original warzone during the first & second month) is pretty much clear. My jawline is still going through a gross breakout. I popped a whitehead last night in the shower. Then I have a few buggers with no head, they're just red, angry, and not ready to leave any time soon.
Thanks, I really am having one of my days where I'm starting to doubt this so called "magical" medicine...but I know that I still have 3 more months to go, so I need to remain patient.
Omggg hahaha I love that! I'm stealing that.
I'm so over todayy. All I've done is exam after exam after exam from noon til now ahhH! But finally all done, no mas escuela por doce semanas! I'm so excited for senior year and going back to the high school instead of online. I need to see mis amigass.
I occasionally get patches of dry skin, but I literally saw flakes just like...hanging off. Hahaha ew.
Hahaha, a constellation. I have a nice constellation going on myself. I'm super bummed about my cheek pimple. It's the ONLY pimple on both of my cheeks and it's a friggin' eyesore! I'm waiting patiently for it to come to a massive whitehead filled with puss. Ew, again. This thing is stubborn, though. I squeezed it a bit out of annoyance and it didn't budge. It's hangin' around for the weekend. The rest of my face is okay. Forehead is healing with no new actives. My chin (which was the original warzone during the first & second month) is pretty much clear. My jawline is still going through a gross breakout. I popped a whitehead last night in the shower. Then I have a few buggers with no head, they're just red, angry, and not ready to leave any time soon.
Thanks, I really am having one of my days where I'm starting to doubt this so called "magical" medicine...but I know that I still have 3 more months to go, so I need to remain patient.
Okay, just to make you feel better, I occasionally take a needle to my zits. For real, I alcohol a needle and then do what I call "surgery" because I just can't stand looking at it and the pain of it reminds me daily that a big zit is there. Of course, then I end up making a lovely wound but at least it's not sticking half way out of my face and throbbing!
Patience is so hardddddddddddddddddddddd!! Hang in there lovey!!
Patience is a virtue!
OMG! I preach this to my kids all the time Taylor. 🙂 I am a really patient person except when it comes to my acne - patience goes out the window!
You are so right Taylor! I need more patience with my skin. It's so, so hard.
This is how I feel about how slow 'tane has been working for me sometimes...
Hahaha. Hurry up Accutane, GET RID OF THE ZITS!
I LOVE THIS CARTOON!!!! Keep your sense of humor Katie - you are more than those stupid zits on your face! And I agree, come on Accutane, get in gear man, for all of us!!!!
Okay, just to make you feel better, I occasionally take a needle to my zits. For real, I alcohol a needle and then do what I call "surgery" because I just can't stand looking at it and the pain of it reminds me daily that a big zit is there. Of course, then I end up making a lovely wound but at least it's not sticking half way out of my face and throbbing!
I do surgery too! Dr. Oz said it was okay...
Omggg hahaha I love that! I'm stealing that.
I'm so over todayy. All I've done is exam after exam after exam from noon til now ahhH! But finally all done, no mas escuela por doce semanas! I'm so excited for senior year and going back to the high school instead of online. I need to see mis amigass.
Haha I saw your post and it came right to my mind. 🙂
Home school sounds difficult! That's awesome you're done with your exams. That's an awesome feeling. I bet you're excited for your senior year. You will be acne free and beautiful! Senior year is so much fun, acne or no acne!
Okay, just to make you feel better, I occasionally take a needle to my zits. For real, I alcohol a needle and then do what I call "surgery" because I just can't stand looking at it and the pain of it reminds me daily that a big zit is there. Of course, then I end up making a lovely wound but at least it's not sticking half way out of my face and throbbing!
Patience is so hardddddddddddddddddddddd!! Hang in there lovey!!
You are so right Taylor! I need more patience with my skin. It's so, so hard.
This is how I feel about how slow 'tane has been working for me sometimes...
Hahaha. Hurry up Accutane, GET RID OF THE ZITS!
I LOVE THIS CARTOON!!!! Keep your sense of humor Katie - you are more than those stupid zits on your face! And I agree, come on Accutane, get in gear man, for all of us!!!!
Ouch! That sounds painful. I had the worst picking addiction on my last round of 'tane, and I still have a bit of picking problem today. That's where my shallow ice-pick scars came from on my cheeks. I hate them. I want them lasered off someday down the road. My picking problem shows how damn impatient I am. I put Neosporin on my large cheek pimple, which has now blossomed into a whitehead.... This thing is not something I want to have on my face for my weekend, grrrr!
Hahaha - I had to share it! It's so relevant to how I (& I'm sure many of you!!!) feel about this whole Accutane course. 🙂
I do surgery too! Dr. Oz said it was okay...
Really?! That's interesting. I love Dr. Oz.
Hahahaa I love that cartoon. It's my new mantra. I think we're all impatient. It's just human nature. 
Katie! I totally have had embarrassing patches of dry skin, with some flaking off of my face! And nobody told me! I think it's even more embarfassing when nobody says a damn thing. If my best friend lived here, she would tell me. Grrrrr even my fiance doesn't say anything most of the time. I think people are afraid of making us feel self-conscious. It's like telling someone they have a boogie in their nose. I let people know if it's really bad...all I do is some sort of awkward motion acting like I'm picking my own nose and say, "ya got something there...yeah, right there...left side." haha Why can't they do the same for us?
Hahahaa I love that cartoon. It's my new mantra. I think we're all impatient. It's just human nature.
Katie! I totally have had embarrassing patches of dry skin, with some flaking off of my face! And nobody told me! I think it's even more embarfassing when nobody says a damn thing. If my best friend lived here, she would tell me. Grrrrr even my fiance doesn't say anything most of the time. I think people are afraid of making us feel self-conscious. It's like telling someone they have a boogie in their nose. I let people know if it's really bad...all I do is some sort of awkward motion acting like I'm picking my own nose and say, "ya got something there...yeah, right there...left side." haha Why can't they do the same for us?
Haha! I love those e-cards! They crack me the hell up. 🙂
Ahh. I had NO idea! I usually can tell close up when I look in the mirror, but I wasn't even close up and it was like BAM dry skin just waiting to flake off. Good thing I sit at a computer all day. But I'm sure some people noticed while I was talking to them. Oh well. Gotta love all the benefits of 'tane. I'll feel like it was all worth it once it really makes a difference. Haha, I suck at telling people anything like that though unless I'm really close with them!
Okay, hilarious with the whole nose thing! I'm totally one of those people who say if you have something on your face or in your teeth. With the whole zit thing, I'm always asking my husband, "Is it still covered? Is it bleeding? Is it flaking?" He's so patient with me, I've got him trained. 
I kinda wish I had skin flaking off my face (I know, be careful what you wish you for). I do really like the dry skin on my face but I worry it's not dry enough. Haha, how much is that someone talking who's had oily skin and acne all thier life?
Someecards in my most favorite thing ever!! So inappropriate, just like I am. They fit my personality to a T. At first I w liking blunt cards a few years back. Then I came across somecards and they are much better. I love those things. Make my day! I look at them everyday it's a obsession lol
Okay, hilarious with the whole nose thing! I'm totally one of those people who say if you have something on your face or in your teeth. With the whole zit thing, I'm always asking my husband, "Is it still covered? Is it bleeding? Is it flaking?" He's so patient with me, I've got him trained.
I kinda wish I had skin flaking off my face (I know, be careful what you wish you for). I do really like the dry skin on my face but I worry it's not dry enough. Haha, how much is that someone talking who's had oily skin and acne all thier life?
I felt like my face wasn't dry enough for the longest time. I guess 80mg is really doing something! I don't miss oily skin at all.
I love that ecard.... someecards is seriously one of my favorite sites! I go on it pretty much every day and laugh
Someecards in my most favorite thing ever!! So inappropriate, just like I am. They fit my personality to a T. At first I w liking blunt cards a few years back. Then I came across somecards and they are much better. I love those things. Make my day! I look at them everyday it's a obsession lol
I love them too! They crack me the hell up! 🙂
Hi Katie, it's Stacey, I love that card! I am always telling my kids "Patience is a virture." They would love that card's view of it instead I'm sure, hahaha! I hope you woke up today and that cheek pimple was gone.
Hey Stacey, how are you doing today? It's funny, because I am usually very patient with anything other than acne! Especially after taking Accutane again, I just want to put an end to this. Thanks! I popped it last night (so bad of me). I couldn't help it. It's slightly smaller today. The good news is that the HUGE cystic pimple from three weeks ago seems to get smaller every single day. It feels so much smoother today. Thank god that thing is going away! 
Katie I woke up this morning and have a eye brow zit... I think we may be accutane twins. Eyebrow zit and crappy jaw lines and I have a beauty zit in my cheek too. Seems like the same things keep happening to us. Hopefully one of us experiences clearing soon, might be a sign it will happen to the other. Hope things are looking up on your end
Ahh! I hate eyebrow zits! Those damn buggers. 
Seriously though, I think we ARE Accutane twins! Our courses are so close together & we aren't really having much success, are we? 
We have stubborn acne. My acne wasn't this persistent on my last course. I even looked at my pictures from week 10 and all I had was marks on my face from picking so much. It's so strange how this medication works.
Day 68
Holy friggin' crap. am I really almost at DAY 70? It's been one week and a day since my dosage was increased to 80mg, and honestly, things aren't looking too good. The one thing that I can say about this medication thus far is that it legit plays tricks on me. I'll experience a bit of clearing, and go through another breakout right after that. My skin was looking better last week. Maybe that's because I am experiencing a "initial breakout" from increasing the dosage? I want to tell myself that's what it is, because it makes me feel better about this shit. I'm kind of bummed out, and I just want to feel comfortable in my skin...that's all I want.
I would take a picture of my skin, but I don't want to. I've decided to only take pictures of it once a week. I'm done dwelling on the fact that things aren't improving like I had hoped they would be. That's only going to make me more depressed. It's bad enough that I have to walk by mirrors without my face full of makeup and cringe at the site of this mess that I call my face.
Maybe I'm being over-dramatic, but I seriously expected things to be looking up by my third month...
Here's what I'm dealing with now as far as acne:
Forehead: The part of my face that I actually can stand! All post-acne marks are fading and there is no new actives.
Cheeks: I popped the big cheek invader Friday and today it's a sexy red mark.
Chin: Some healing marks from whiteheads last week, then a cystic looking zit right above my jaw on the left side.
Jawline: CLUSTERS OF PIMPLES. Literally. I have not seen acne this bad on my jawline since I was 17 years old. I have a total of 7 to 8 pimples on my jawline. Most of them are the large red kind, that may be cystic. Also, although my cystic pimple on my jawline has gotten smaller...it's still there, and it's still a nice pink color. Not attractive at all...
I have about three more months left. If things haven't gotten better in two months and are still looking bad, then how am I supposed to believe that they'll improve by the end of my treatment? I am trying with everything in me to keep my head up on this journey, and remain positive...but it's getting harder with each day that passes by. I've never wanted anything so damn bad. I just want no acne. I don't even care about my indented scars anymore, I'd much rather have them then acne for the rest of my damn life.
I hope all of you are experiencing better results than me...this is such a hard thing to go through when you're not getting very far with it. 
There was another log I read a while back where someone experienced the same thing as you. She went through periods where her skin would clear, but then she'd suddenly start breaking out again. Interestingly enough, she actually made a graph and was able to chart her skin's progress. She was able to accurately predict when her next breakouts would be. Pretty weird, huh? I'm not sure whose log that was, but if I find it, I'll let you know. It probably doesn't help. But, just know you aren't alone. It's a tough situation to go through. And it's hard to stay positive. It might be hard to see your skin ever getting better, but it will! Just hang in there and tough it out. You'll get through this process and have flawless skin at the end. I just know it!
I do think your recent breakouts are probably from the dosage increase though. Try not to let it get you down!
Thanks Rachel.
I actually remember seeing that log a while back! I swear every two weeks I get another flare-up. It's so weird. I don't understand it at all, it is strange! I have hope because I saw what Accutane did for me after three months in 2009. I really hope this time can give me the skin that I had before my acne came back. I'm going to keep telling myself that it's going to clear. That's all that we can do during rough times on 'tane, try to keep your head up & think of how the outcome in the end will be!