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I'm sorry, I'm not British so I can recommend a few things to you but I'm not sure what's available over there :/ I'm sure you can find anything online but I don't know if you want to go through the trouble or spend the $$ for that though. I have heard that Nivea lip products are great and I believe they are available to you waaaaay over there in Britain. I use CereVe cleanser and moisturizer which have been jolly good (see what I did there? I spoke BRITISH. haha) and I LOOOOVVVEEE my Aquaphor for the lippage (i made up that word, thankyouverymuch). I don't think I'm quite as dry as you but I still recommend it. I have read that a lot of people swear by it. I haven't kissed anyone for the 23 days I've been on accutane (so sad. SOOOO SAAAAD. I think I may be dying from withdrawl) so I don't know what my lips feel like to others. LOL. But yeah. Don't skimp on the lip treatment because cheap shit has lots of wax in it and can actually make you feel drier. It will 'seal and protect' your lips but it won't moisturize or hydrate them.
CereVe and Aquaphor products have been pretty good to me. But sadly, my face still looks like bloody hell (did it again). egads 
I did want to say that the right side of my face is also worse than the left (and usually is....so weird). I don't know what that's about!
Have a good one 
~ Celia
Thanks Celia lol 
Day 24
im no longer waking up with a load of flakes of skin, still getting dry lips but the facial dryness overall has pretty much stopped i only need moisterizer once a day. The spots that were drying out seem to have stopped and are just staying there. Left side of my face is the worst its ever been, right side has like 1" squared thats clear, just red/sore looking(which is an improvement). ll keep going i guess.
Dont know if this is all normal or if the accutane has stopped working or what lol.
day 28
Realised im gona have like 13 days in october with no pills left so gonna have to take them 1 daily, then 2 daily, etc when it comes to that, to make them last. Derm appointments are very hard to get in the uk.
Acne still getting worse by the day, worst its ever been by a long long way. I guess this is the IB. Dryness has returned which i expected, when spots dry up i expected them to scab up, heal then dissapear, instead then scab up, the scab drops off and there still there. Grr... lol
I have read about quite a few people who have the same dry nose issue (I haven't had that....yet) and most say Vaseline will help. I assume you can get it in England (or some brand of white petrolium jelly). You can apply it with a q-tip if you aren't comfortable shoving your finger up your nose. lol. I would probably just use my finger...too lazy to get a cotton swab. haha. Nice visual, eh?
One month update. (31 days)
Well i realised my derm screwed up my pills so im gona have to take 1x20mg a day, 2x20mg the next, so on and so on until my next appointment which they couldnt fit me in till 15th october
A very quick summary of the past month would be this; `is it working...yay its working... dry mouth and skin.... dryer mouth and skin.... even dryer mouth and skin and dry inside of nose which is really really sore and just gets clogged up easily from all the dust at work... fml its not working, breakout... breakout.... breakout.... breakout starting to dry/scab/heal very slowly`
I know its only 1 month down but i really hope i dont get another IB/continue this IB for much longer, its kinda taking over my life lol.over the past 7 days, ive been moping around feeling sorry for myself so much i didnt stop and realise my IB is starting to dry out and heal. Im hoping this next month will go well, apart from the fact that my pills are screwed up but my derm was very relaxed in my first appointment stating it doesnt matter at all how long it takes to have them as long as i take them all and dont over dose pretty much. One more thing to add, i shaved my hair off a few days ago. Usually when i shave it off its like greasy or something and always pulls and tugs with the shaver( that makes me sound like a tramp even though im very hygeinic lol), but this time the hair was so dry and thin it literally fell out with no pulling etc, only took 5 minutes as opposed to the usual 25. Nothing scary or drastic but just thought it was worth a mention.
Dont think ive missed anything although i usually do, so feel free to leave questions if you have any.
Day 36
Spent the day in a hot pool of water in my friends garden on saturday, and got hammered saturday night (first drink since starting tane). Had a mild rash on both forearms/wrists/spreading past elbo0ws onto upper arms, which has spiraled out of control and escalated since saturday so i dont know if one of those two things have caaused it to flare up.
Best way to describe it is millions of tiny red dots, reallt really really itchy.to the point were i just wana cut my arms off and cant sleep or anything. Been using e45 cream a lot, but ill switch to some eczema stuff i find in the chemist once this e45 runs out since i can only assume its eczema from letting my arms get too dry and burnt in the sun......
Face wise, no real improvements, things are a little flatter, but most of the stuff i had is still there, just flat and redder, aswell as the new stuff from what i assume was the IB.
Face wise, no real improvements, things are a little flatter, but most of the stuff i had is still there, just flat and redder, aswell as the new stuff from what i assume was the IB.
Ok, so when you say 'flatter and redder' are talking about the spots left over from actual zits? I'm asking because I would have to say that I have NO active pimples right now but I have TONS of flat red spots! Some of them are old actives but I don't think they all are. There are just so many and I don't understand what they are or where they all come from. I know I addressed this in my log before, and I'm glad I can wear makeup because it covers them pretty well, but I don't like them at all and I wonder if they will go away
Sorry about your eczema. hang in there buddy!
Day 39
This week my face has got consideribly worse. around 7 actives on each cheek appeared just this week, 3 above lip, 4 on head(where i never get them)... yay.
Rash on both arms is spreading and getting worse, gonna see the doctor next week if it isnt gone, which i dont think it will be cause its been spreading badly since saturday.
Good luck man, I was really impressed you went to V whilst on tane! I often go to download fest and I just can't imagine being on this drug whilst being in a tent/ without anywhere to wash etc. I see your on 40mg a day, are you going to stay on that dose or are you changing? I only mention as my derm whacked me up with 70mg to begin with which, on reflection, seems strong. Hope things work out for you mate.
Good luck man, I was really impressed you went to V whilst on tane! I often go to download fest and I just can't imagine being on this drug whilst being in a tent/ without anywhere to wash etc. I see your on 40mg a day, are you going to stay on that dose or are you changing? I only mention as my derm whacked me up with 70mg to begin with which, on reflection, seems strong. Hope things work out for you mate.
I just avoided most of the booze, stuck to 1 or 2 pints per day and lathered myself in sun lotion lol, stayed mostly covered up etc etc.
As for the doseage, my derm was very vague (couldnt understand much of what he was saying because hes indian (?) ) and has a strong accent. im on 40mg for months 1+2 and the dose will go up to 90mg but not sure when, probably at my next appointment which is 4 weeks away, as long as this rash on my arms has gone, its looking a little better today.
day 41
I noticed my mood changes a lot. Literally from day to day it can change, one moment ill be like "fuck yea this is totally gonna work bring it on", then ill be like "40+ days and i look worse than before, whats going on, i hate my life".
The rash on my arms has died down almost completely, just a few dark red "spots" which are basically tiny scabs from when i scratched really hard a few days ago cause i was stressed and itchy, but overall its pretty much gone. The only thing i did differently was change from e45 to regular moisterizer on my arms, so either this did the trick, or time just healed it. REgardless, i wont be making the same mistake of exposing myself to sun for a lengthy perid of time again, this past week has definitly been the hardest since starting this drug.
Onto nutrition: my diet is started to get crap, usualy i eat a lot of protein, carbs etc and do a lot of weight training aswell as a job that requires a lot of strength/stamina (just lifting stuff all day). My diet now has turned into energy drinks, anything thats easy to cook, and fast food. Because i dont have energy or time to prepare meals.
As of tomorrow im going to be making more of an effort but i was just wondering if people can give me any advice, any posotive difference, however marginal will still be a good thing for me. I cant rely on energy drinks for the next 5 months and dont really want to.
I sent 1 or 2 private messages to people about the nutrition thing aswell because it takes a long time for people to see this and reply usually lol.
day 44
Acne on both cheeks is getting much much worse. 6/7 more actives on each cheek in the past 2 days. Got around 7 on forehead area were i dont usualy get them, aswell as 5 whiteheads on chest(never get those either my chest was clear, pre-tane, besides 1 or 2 red spots, not whiteheads).
Assuming im not one of those unlucky people tane doesnt work for, I can only assume this is still the IB, if there is a god: cmon man, give me a break... seriously.
Would love some guidance on this, day 44 and still geting more acne than ever, face just looks like a train wreck. Hopefully some people read this who can relate.
Day -116
For the past 6 weeks I've been taking 60 mg a day. No real benefits to my appearance yet but hanging in there.
For the past week I've been waking up with excruciating back pain, at first I thought it was cause I was laid wrong during the night. It started where my ribs are but at the back, and now it's about 15cmhigher but in the centre. It's worse when I'm laid down. Best way to describe the pain is like something chewing me up from the inside.
Can Anyone tell me if they experienced anything similar please at such a late stage?
Honestly dude get back to the derm and thell them about it. It could be the way your sleeping or a problem relating to a sleep issue from accutane but speak to a Doctor or Dermatologist becuase nobody here is going to able to give you an answer about your health. I hope it works out for you dude. I can see you're kind of going through what I went through, albeit I went through it slightly earlier than you, in relation to your skin. I had a period for about 3/4 weeks at the start of my third month where I was getting loads of new spots but now it has settled down a bit again. Hopefully you'll see something soon.