Hello again !

Lore91 > thanks a lot ! Your answer helped me a lot back when I read it. I actually wish I had your skin honestly . The photos don't really show how bad it is

Day 124

I thought I looked better, but unfortunately my face did not really progress these past 3 weeks. There are 2 marks that faded a bit, but I have 2 new ones from small breakouts.

I did not breakout in a long time on my face, but I did on my neck, right under my jaw so it's not too visible. It's going down now.

I don't really have actives, just deep bumps that are not really visible on my neck.

I don't think i'm gonna improve until the end of the course in August, until then I think I'll just rely on makeup, only on my cheeks, the rest doesn't really bother me.

I think accutane did it's job by removing active, but it does nothing to the million red marks, as excepted.

The only thing I care about is to have made progress on September (internship) and also on March 2016 (most likely going abroad)

I'm trying to start doing more things again, I'm seeing a friend tomorrow, a bit anxious to know if he will react... Whatever

Two job interviews Monday too ! One is not important (I'm not interested in the company but accepted the job interview offer for practice), and the other is in a company heavily focused on fashion, it's like 80% girls and it's really "parisian" style... oh god

No new actives in sight.

Red marks not changing.

I'm debating starting long term low dose so my skin can heal the hyper pigmentation. I'm not yet at the 120mg/kg thought, I was thinking of maintaining 20mg/week or something instead of 40mg/day.

I'm staying on 40mg/day this week while thinking about it.

Question to people that finished accutane :

Did red marks heal faster when you finished accutane ? How much faster ?

Because mine aren't fading on accutane, that's why I'm considering either ending early or going low dose.

I'm almost at 80mg/kg

Day 138 : my face is still very calm

Some activity on my neck, pretty much the only thing still getting some blemishes, maybe due tu irritation. It's not sebum induced zits, kinda weird.

SO ! I Decided to stop washing my face with topicals. For multiple reasons :

• my face is dry enought
• my face didn't get sebum related zits in weeks
• my main problem is red marks, uneven tone and scars, so topical won't help for this
• sometimes I get a small red pimple on my face with no sebum in it that disappears in days, I think it's irritation

I also discovered my topical cream was meant for oily skin : it's this one. http://www.ducray.com/en-gb/skin-care/oily-blemish-prone-skin/keracnyl-foaming-gel

I hope these changes don't break me out !

Well it did break me out a little bit, so I'm starting to wash my face again ! Might have been a coincidence but I don't want to take risks.

Haha you guys are scaring the hell out of me ...

Started 40 mg clavaris 4 days ago day 5 today... I will go see a girl for a month in italy oct 1st... About 98 days from now.

What should i expect?

What should i expect?

Most people improve by this time, but everyone reacts differently.

What's sure is that you'll no longer have oily skin and blackheads at this point.

Ok, new pics, pretty much no evolution except my neck is better now.

Sorry about the dead skin, was just taken at wakeup...

Two new recent scabs due to the "only water" experiment ! I hope they will fade a bit.

ps: acne.org lowers the photo quality, I look worse really

Your skin looks great. You're probably not going to see much healing on accutane until it's out of you system so if the goal is to fade the red marks, wait till you're off to introduce AHA or let it heal with time. Your skin looks amazing.

Your skin looks great.

Thank you !

YourYou're probably not going to see much healing on accutane until it's out of you system so if the goal is to fade the red marks, wait till you're off to introduce AHA or let it heal with time.

I agree, I can't wait...

Day 151 : Some of the recent small zits/scabs I had are going away.

Some of the red marks are improving... well maybe, it's really slow.

Day 165 : 20 days left ! Considering ending a bit earlier and going low dose long term (like 20mg a week)

My skin is calm, I have this big red scab on one of my cheek, because I picked a tiny spot It should go away in the next few days

The red marks remain

I regret not taking better closeups back when I started, hard to compare this way.

I decided to finish the course ! I'm going to stock some accutane just in case it comes back. I can't let it come back or I'll never heal !

Day 176 : Stopped taking Accutane today !

I look pretty much the same as the previous photos minus the red scab on one of my cheek

10 days post accutane : my skin is calm, I notice some oiliness on my nose, possibly feeling some tiny bumps (the blackhead kind)

I might take 20mg/week, I'm on the fence.

Also I'm less oily ! I almost don't need to use lip balm anymore. Only one of my cheeck is slightly peeling

did you stay clear your skin looks perfect dude

did you stay clear your skin looks perfect dude

Thanks ! I did not breakout since stop, I get a bit more oily.

The small bumps I was talking about mostly went away, must have been some kiind of initial reaction after stopping.

27 days post accutane : mostly looking the same. I'm just back from vacation so I'm more tanned.

30 days post accutane : looking similar, lost most of the summer tan already

Right after taking the photos I got a few very small dots, took some accutane to be safe

Skin's looking good dude.

I finished 2 weeks ago, but literally like 5 days later ended up getting a lot of non-inflammatory closed comedones. Most died within a couple of days, but some of them are still there. I'm also getting the occasional pimple which literally disappears in under a day with Epiduo, but obviously i'm a bit scared :S I'm hoping it's just my skin readjusting!

Skin's looking good dude.

 

I finished 2 weeks ago, but literally like 5 days later ended up getting a lot of non-inflammatory closed comedones. Most died within a couple of days, but some of them are still there. I'm also getting the occasional pimple which literally disappears in under a day with Epiduo, but obviously i'm a bit scared :S I'm hoping it's just my skin readjusting!

Thanks man,

similarly to you, after stopping I had some kind of rebound where I had a few weird very small bumps, it got away.

I still sometimes get like, one small almost not visible bump but it goes away fast and does not leave a mark.

Sometimes, I take 20mg a week because I don't want to worry about the oiliness, but to be honest but that's just because I can't afford more scars.

Congrats for the tv show by the way ! is it a british one ?

Yes it is british! But the makeup is so so heavy.. ;( i'm terrified it will break me out, but aside from some tiny comedones and just redness from makeup-wipe irritation (which lasts two days, however), it's all been ok so far.

Yeah i'm hoping it's just our skin readjusting! I still have two big scars but so far i'm not oily again which is good and everything else is fading. Just lots of closed comedones all over the place but hopefully they'll go!

But hey! Look, we both got through accutane unharmed! let's hope it keeps getting better for us!

I hope it went well !

Nowadays I take 10 or 20mg here and there to control the oiliness. Without roaccutane I rarely break out and it's minimal, I prefer to be on it so I don't get stressed about my skin - it stays clear.

I kind of had a breakout last week but it's almost gone. I don't look good, it's possibly because I tost all tan and I'm to "white" which makes my marks stand out. If I compare side to side, it's the same marks (just one more) and whiter skin.
I took accutane again, i'm pretty dry at the moment.

Still breaking out a bit, I look like shit and feel like shit.
Fapping is definitively a trigger, I'm not doing it ever again.

Meh, bad skin quality. Not breaking out much at least since I stopped.

Not sure what to think, might give makeup a try again. I def need some kind of tan, with winter I notice most people's skin gets a bad quality in my town.

Your skin is looking good dude  you can go back to wearing makeup if you want to make you feel more comfortable, but you deffo don't need it

I'm seeing my derm on monday, possibly starting another very short course of accutane for a couple months just to kick it in the butt. I am getting a few breakouts still, especially on my back.

how are you finding it being off?

Thanks man,

I decided not to wear, it looks just as bad with makeup ahah, I don't like the texture.

I'm glad you can have your hand again on Accutane, I still take a pill sometimes to control oiliness. In your case it's for body acne ? It responds later I think to accutane.

Beeing off is mixed, some of the redness fades but I get some breakouts. They heal better than when in Accutane, at least.

So I got one on each side of my face this last month, I think it's because of irritation cause by some kind of hat I wore that covers cheek (some kind of russian hat OR because of my face rubbing on pillow. I eliminated both things to see how it goes.

Also the lack of sun ! I notice people's skin gets worse in winter, I take Vitamin D3 these days.

The redness I had on the last photo I posted errupted a bit, it looks slightly better and is healing now.

I'm meeting a girl in feburary I had been talking for a while, I'm a bit scared that my skin gets worse.