I'm a 24 year old male starting my second round of accutane. Took it 7 years ago when I was in high school for facial acne and it cleared it up 100%, still to this day i hardly get any acne on my face.
However, a couple years after that I started developing acne on my chest, back, neck & shoulders. It progressed to the point where it became extremely cystic and painful (see pics). For some reason I wasn't prescribed accutane until now. My derm told me I have a very severe case of ACNE CONGLOBATA. Unfortunately I'm sure I'll have to live with some of the scarring but as long as it takes care of the active pimples and cysts I'll be happy.
I am now beginning week 4 of 80mg a day of Claravis. My skin seems about the same, I'm pretty sure I'm going through the initial breakout now. I understand it takes a few months to work usually so I'm hanging in there....
Keep us updated.
DAY 90
So I'm finally starting month 4, still on 80mg/day. I'm starting to notice a slight change in my skin for the better. Still a ways to go but I'm getting less pimples/cysts.
I've also started to develop exzema on my hands, any remedies for this?
From what I've read on here, months 4 and 5 are where you really start to notice a difference, so I have my fingers crossed. My derm also said we might go for a 6th month just to make sure we get it all out.
