Roaccutane Log

chickbree123 · 2013-08-08T13:14:42Z

I've decided to make a log to help track my progress whilst being on roaccutane. I'm a 23 year old women who has suffered from mild persistent acne since I was 16 years old. The cause of my acne was originally an allergic reaction to a fabric put on my jaw post jaw operation. The cycle began and I haven't seemed to be able to break it since. I have gone several months on and off of having the most clear skin only to wake up with 3 huge pimples staring back at me. It's frustrating, upsetting and trying to find the root of the cause has been an expensive journey. Originally I saw a dermatologist at age 16 when my mother became worried about my self conscious and attitude towards my skin since it began breaking out. They recommended roaccutane, to which my mother quickly attacked the dermatologist for even suggesting it. They later suggested the 'pill' but once again my mum claimed that was unnecessary. I was put on tropical treatment and switched to using cetaphil face wash and moisturiser. Needless to say that my acne did begin to clear up (not completely) but the unsightly pimples on my jaw began to fade. By 17/18 I was attending school wearing either no make-up or tinted moisturiser! I was cured....I thought. I started using the contraception pill and they pimples began to return. This left the doctors very confused as I was on Diane, which was mean't to assist acne. The pimples were never horrendous, just annoying. I would pick at them and make them worse, so the process continued. I began developing small cyst pimples that would appear out of nowhere (only 1) and take forever to disappear. I picked the first one I received, not knowing what it was! I am now left with a huge scar because of it. I started talking with doctors further about medications as I was put on Kelfex for a UTI and it cleared up my acne completely in the process. Unfortunately I became resistant to the medication and almost all the antibiotics had little to no affect on me. I was clear, but then had bad weeks...so really, nothing had changed. With my wedding end of November I had enough and sought the advise of a well known dermatologist here. He took one look and recommended roaccutane. I, like my mother, questioned why he would do such a thing. I only had 2 pimples at the time and they weren't anything bad. He said "well...you have tried everything else. You have what we call persistent adult acne, if you want to get rid of them then this your best hope!" I have heard the horror stories, I know the side effects and I wasn't keen! I originally threw the blood test in a draw and forgot about it. 2 weeks later I developed 2 cystic pimples out of nowhere and I began questioning it. What if this occurred on my wedding day? I bit the bullet and went and got the blood test, then the script and then the drug. My aim is to have clear skin by my wedding, which would be the most amazing thing ever! My biggest concern is getting stress related pimples and I would just be so upset. DAY 1: No different and didn't expect anything to change. My cystic pimples are shrinking, but that was occurring prior to begin treatment. I do have slightly drier skin on my hands, but I don't think thats related to the drug as of yet.

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Posted : 08/26/2013 7:39 am

Oh my goodness...I am so so so dry today. I never should have mentioned the oil on my face as now I have 0. The inside of my nose is so dry that it physically hurts, my throat is so dry that no amount of water seems to help. My lips are flaking like crazy still, my skin is dry all over. My body is also very very try, I am sweating less too.

No new pimples...but still blackheads.

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