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Day 73 // Mon. Aug 10:
Side Effects: Haven't been updating since I've been working so much so I will have to fast forward it! Below is just a week's update!
Day 79 // Sun. Aug 16:
Side Effects: I have been so busy working and preparing for university I barely remember to update this so I'm sorry! This week has been better, particulary Monday through Thursday. It seemed like I finally was beginning to see that bright light at the end of the very dark and overwhelming tunnel. It seemed like everything was starting to clear up. I have been trying to eat healthier so it could have been adding benefits to clearing up. However, it started to get bad again around Friday or Saturday. My right cheek has always been the most problematic during my course on Accutane, but there have been small cysts forming again... And just when I thought everything was clearing up! I'm so upset. When I think its getting better, it will get worse again. I feel like it might have something to do with my stress levels though because I have been so overwhelmed with university things so it might just be stress pimples. Other than that, nothing new to report! I will try to update more daily, but honestly this week flew by so fast!
I know school is important but whats more important is lving a stressfree life. take a semester off and relax until your acne free from accutane. Unless your parents is forcing u to go. Should just try to talk to them , but i guess not every parents understand.
And in sorry to hear your still breaking out. Im on day 16. And i am breaking out really bad from like no pimple just marks to 20+ and a big one on my nose. Now im probably going to have to take the semester off. Was really looking forward to school too. I should have taking this sooner .
Day 80 // Mon. Aug 17:
Side Effects: Soooo stressed out with trying to pick a major for university! Probably why I'm breaking out so badly. Been losing sleep over this as well so that could contribute! Almost finishing my third month. I'm hoping once again, maybe the fourth month will be the lucky month. I'm not too sure how long I have to be on this drug for. Until I see my doctor again, I will continue staying on 40mg. I'm worried that I'll have a relapse though and will have to go back on it again. It isn't a big deal if I have to take it again, but I just hope that I won't have the same severe acne I did this year. This year has been the hardest for me, so I'm hoping Accutane is a miracle drug.
I think stress could be a major factor for me as well. Just started my hardest year of high school, and having acne just stresses me out more. I have to give a presentation in English class tomorrow, can't wait to let everyone see my face up front :/
It will get better! Don't worry. I do yoga/pilates and running to keep my hormone and stress levels at a bay! Always have one hour to do something that relaxes you. And positive vibes will get you through this! Just think at the end of every day, you've made it and it was alright. Some days will be bad, but some days will always be better. 
I know school is important but whats more important is lving a stressfree life. take a semester off and relax until your acne free from accutane. Unless your parents is forcing u to go. Should just try to talk to them , but i guess not every parents understand.
And in sorry to hear your still breaking out. Im on day 16. And i am breaking out really bad from like no pimple just marks to 20+ and a big one on my nose. Now im probably going to have to take the semester off. Was really looking forward to school too. I should have taking this sooner .
My parents are rather strict when it comes to school but I think I would be going for myself. I'm really excited to start a new semester and although acne is debilitating on my self esteem and confidence, school makes me feel accomplished and productive. Try not to take the semester off; I know it's hard but acne shouldn't make you avoid doing things that are fundamental to your life!
I learn that the only people who makes fun of acne are either people who never get it or are superficial. And one day, you'll grow out of your acne, but people never grow out of their rudeness or superficiality.
As long as you dont stress!!!!and as long as it makes you happy. If you feel better going to school then thats great . Ive been having acne for over 10 years still do just not as much. Everytime i stress about something i would have a bad breakout even if i was clear 100%. Once we stress our liver skin etc etc will not work at 100%. Some people get grey hair some get pain on their body and worst of all some get cancer all due to stress and environmental related. people say its just in the gene and their right!! But that dosnt mean you gonna get it. Can you really imagine a happy person with no stress in their life getting grey hair at age 25-30 ?no way right?? They have to stress to get that. Not stressing alot wont be able to cure us of anything but it defiantly prevent alot of negative things . for us we get acne ,its in our gene.am i making alittle sense?? No one is perfect we all have a genetic code that determines our body function. Yeah its hard not to stress when u have a shitload if acne. But no one is pointing a gun at you to look at urself in the mirror. You dont have to. I havnt look at myself in the mirriir for over a week lol. I already know how good looking i am without acne so i aint tripping.im basically stress free now.And from experince i can tell you my acne will fade away once again before i even know it. Btw im on accutane so that maybe one day if i stress which i will .i wont breakout as bad . Its not that hard to not look at urself in the mirror. If it makes u sad just dont look trust me it works. Stop that camara on ur iPhone crap too that shit gonna make u sad and depress. To sum it up , whatever makes you sad. Just let it go. Like a bad relationship just stop worrying.
**I have to do a condensed update again because school starts very soon for me and I've been busy trying to work out my schedule, apply for scholarships, and working so I've been super busy! D:
Day 85 // Sat. August 17:
Side Effects: All the stress from last week actually made me incredibly sick this week. But I'd rather be sick than have a breakout from stress. Five more days and I will be done month 3! I feel like my skin has stayed the same over the last couple of weeks, but I can't be too sure because my friends say that my skin looks better. I can't say that I fully agree with them, but my skin has been settling down. There are less severe breakouts, but I worry that next week I will have a massive one since I've been super stressed this week. I've been eating healthier, trying to go on more runs now that Autumn is approaching (although I still can't go when it's sunny) and trying my best to keep my hormones steady. My dry skin has been improving with the tedious, but daily application of lotion. So, everything has been essentially the same ever since I started month 3. I'm excited to be finished. I have 20 more days before I see my doctor for another refill. I still want to do at least 2 more months on it though. I have a strong feeling that I might have to repeat the Accutane course, but it will probably be easier than the first course.
As long as you dont stress!!!!and as long as it makes you happy. If you feel better going to school then thats great . Ive been having acne for over 10 years still do just not as much. Everytime i stress about something i would have a bad breakout even if i was clear 100%. Once we stress our liver skin etc etc will not work at 100%. Some people get grey hair some get pain on their body and worst of all some get cancer all due to stress and environmental related. people say its just in the gene and their right!! But that dosnt mean you gonna get it. Can you really imagine a happy person with no stress in their life getting grey hair at age 25-30 ?no way right?? They have to stress to get that. Not stressing alot wont be able to cure us of anything but it defiantly prevent alot of negative things . for us we get acne ,its in our gene.am i making alittle sense?? No one is perfect we all have a genetic code that determines our body function. Yeah its hard not to stress when u have a shitload if acne. But no one is pointing a gun at you to look at urself in the mirror. You dont have to. I havnt look at myself in the mirriir for over a week lol. I already know how good looking i am without acne so i aint tripping.im basically stress free now.And from experince i can tell you my acne will fade away once again before i even know it. Btw im on accutane so that maybe one day if i stress which i will .i wont breakout as bad . Its not that hard to not look at urself in the mirror. If it makes u sad just dont look trust me it works. Stop that camara on ur iPhone crap too that shit gonna make u sad and depress. To sum it up , whatever makes you sad. Just let it go. Like a bad relationship just stop worrying.
Day 88 // Tues. Aug 25:
Side Effects: **I will start doing condensed updates because I'm finding it really difficult to update more daily and I'm not experiencing any different symptoms so if I am doing condensed updates, it will most likely be because I have been super busy or there are no changes happening to my face. The past three days have remained the same. I'm getting less breakouts and I think I'm finally starting to see the light at the end of the very long and dark tunnel! (Though I don't want to jinx it). I'm still dealing with a LOT of red marks and so many scars. I'm hoping that this process will be easier through the next couple of weeks because hyper-pigmentation on my skin is the worst! It's dark, noticeable, and takes many months to start to fade. Still been on my game on trying to eat healthier and live a stress-free lifestyle. I'm finally starting to get through my university things and I finally feel like I'm able to breathe. 2 more days and I will be done month 3! I will have to go back very soon to see my doctor for a refill (will probably go next week as I will be busy starting a new school year). No new updates other than my face is getting better. Less breakouts, and smaller cysts.
In the beginning of month 4, things are going a little better for me. I had my last blood test (yippee!) so I just have to finish this month and I'm done! Things are starting to clear a little. I just have these two patches, on on each cheek right next to my nose, of hard, red, bumpy skin. Hopefully it's going away as I've noticed the irritated areas going down a little bit. Some red marks on my chest but those usually go away within days. Been drinking a lot of water and restarted my workout routine that I haven't really done since I started the "tane" since they're pretty intense and they bothered my bones at first. Now i just feel a little stiffness on my back when doing core work and definitely hip stiffness after doing a lot of lateral movement (especially after playing tennis). Things are looking up though! Can't wait for it to be over and remember what it's like to not have chapped lips
Day 94 // Mon. Aug 31:
Side Effects: Finally done month 3! Let's see. This month was way better than the first and second month. In the middle of month 3, I have a breakout and I thought it would never get better but I have to say that today, I think I am finally on the road to clearer skin. I still have lots of red marks and scars to deal with, but that's way better than pimples! I have been trying to wear less makeup so I can let my skin breathe. I don't want to jinx it and say that I finally have clear skin because I still get tiny breakouts here and then. I still don't feel comfortable going off Accutane yet and I would feel better doing another 3 or 4 months (I think the recommended is 4-5?). On a side note, got a super bad haircut that's really short and I'm worried that since my scalp has been so dry, I think it may impede the growing of my hair but we will see. Orientation for university starts tomorrow and uni starts next week so hopefully, I will have even better skin by then
Day 100 // Sun. Sept 6:
Side Effects: So far, I am dealing with a lot of red scars and marks, but I'm glad to say that I am rarely getting breakouts now! Skin was a little dry this week (might be because the cold weather has finally started to settle in, yay!) so my skin was flaking a lot. My skin all over my body has been extremely dry and putting on lotion is such a hassle but I will feel like a starfish out of water if I don't put it on! Nothing new to report.
I'm wondering if I'm allowed to take prenatal vitamins whilst on Accutane? I'm not pregnant but I really want to grow out this ugly, short haircut and I heard that prenatal vitamins are really helpful? Trying to find biotin pills as well, but I would like to take both. If anyone knows the answers, that would be great!
I'm really worried that since my hair isn't producing more natural oils, my hair growth is slowing down 
Hope you're doing well... I HAVE 6 DAYS LEFT WOOHOO! I have a lot of redness and of course now that I'm almost done I just got like 4 giant red cysts that hurt like crap. Met with my derm last Tuesday and he asked if I wanted to do another prednisone course for a week and I said no cause I've always had the mindset that you shouldn't put medicine in your body if you don't really need it, but when I thought about it over the weekend (and now that I have these cysts) I decided to call him for a prescription of it. Last time I took it, it really helped. I'm honestly just praying that I won't have bad scars and that all the red dots and marks under my skin (I guess that's scarring too technically) goes away once I'm off the medicine. I think you were about a month behind me so you're almost there too! Keep on going. Hopefully it pays off. I feel like you and I both didn't get what we signed up for in that they made it sound like after the first couple months we'd be pretty much acne free, so I hope the medicine actually was working this whole time. It'll be interesting to see our results.
i think im having an initial breakout now i think it started around day 10-11. now its day 15 and im really very moody. i feel like my face was abit more worse than when i was on tane. i have many pimple marks on my right cheek and i have two large pimples that have dried out on my left cheek( the surrounding of the pimple looks purplish ). before i was on tane(10mg) i dont really have much pimples on my cheeks only around my chin and corner of mouth but now its totally clean and it focus on my cheeks that why i feel that i was abit worse than before. my derm prescribed me with prednisolone 10mg daily for 1st week and 5mg daily for second to help my current situation. i really lost i dont know how long this nightmare will continue. i still have pimple marks that were grown 3 weeks ago ( even before i was on tane) and it still on my face and yet to fade. makes me even worried that how long these new and worse IB pimples are going to last
Hey, you're almost the same weight as me, curious to know what dose you started on and how quickly you escalated? Sorry if I have missed it on your log, I haven't time to read through all posts right now. I am on day 21 and I've no side effects to speak of yet, which I am finding bizzare but I guess I should be thankful! I will be escalated next week from 20mg/daily to 40 or 60. I would be careful taking vitamins by the way, you definitely do not want anything with vit A in!
On 11/16/2015, 5:18:47, Isogirl123 said:Hey, you're almost the same weight as me, curious to know what dose you started on and how quickly you escalated? Sorry if I have missed it on your log, I haven't time to read through all posts right now. I am on day 21 and I've no side effects to speak of yet, which I am finding bizzare but I guess I should be thankful! I will be escalated next week from 20mg/daily to 40 or 60. I would be careful taking vitamins by the way, you definitely do not want anything with vit A in!
I'm so sorry for the late reply! I hope my reply will help you in some way, even though it's two months late!
I started on 40mg of Accutane. My doctor didn't give me an increased dosage (even though it's common).
If your doctor increases your dosage, it will be a faster course I believe. I did roughly 6-7 months, only on 40mg. My doctor gave me the choice to stop around month 5-6 because my skin looked way better, and calculated the amount that my body could "handle" in one course, and with that calculation, I had 8 weeks left I believe.
I wanted an increased dosage because it probably would've made my initial breakout go by faster!
I hope that your course goes well! 
FINAL UPDATE ON ACCUTANE
I'm back for the last time (hopefully)! This will be quite a lengthy post as it will be the conclusion for my Accutane log.
I finished my course approximately a week before Christmas. I started Accutane on May 30, 2015. When I first started on it, I had extreme cystic acne that was mainly on my forehead, cheeks, and chin area. I was super depressed, antisocial, and acne made me self-conscious to go out into public. I'll briefly explain my course through Accutane.
Personally, it took me around 4-5 months to actually see the results. During these months, it was the worst period of my life. Everything was coming up so I had even more severe acne. I was hoping my initial breakout would only last a week at most, but it lasted for a couple months, the third month being the worst. I have reiterated throughout this entire log that I was happy that I went through the initial breakout because that meant everything was coming up and my body was being cleansed and the pores were basically being "cleaned". I was also glad because I heard that the worse the initial breakout, the less likely it will be that severe again if I had to do another course. Overall, it was a tough period.
I did my course in May, so I was on it throughout Spring, Summer, and Fall. I read before going on Accutane that picking the season or when you'd like to go on is like picking your poison. Typically, every season has it's con. Fall and Spring would be the most preferable, but depending on how long you're on it, it would have to go through more than one season. I am a runner so it was extremely difficult to go out during the summer since my skin was super sensitive and prone to being sunburn (which is a side effect of Accutane), but I did go through the Winter period too, and Winter is equally as bad as everything is so dry, and Winter made it more dryer. So picking a time frame for Accutane honestly doesn't matter.
My journey with Accutane has been a love-hate relationship. When I started, I used to be so impatient and I would expect results right away. However, that was not the case. It requires a lot of patience. Alongside this, I ate as healthy as I could, and tried to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
I feel like Accutane is not a permanent cure for me. I have been off of it for nearly a month now, and I still get tiny pimples here and then. They are definitely NOT as severe as before, but I am afraid I will reach that point of severe acne again I am praying that I will not have to do another course.
I also get a lot of questions asking what the side effects were during and after Accutane.
During Accutane, I didn't have severely dry skin, but my lips were extremely dry. I could not go without Chapstick. My face became more sensitive and also more prone to being sunburn and scarring. My face did get dry, but it was the perfect amount of dry where it wasn't uncomfortable! I was happy that I didn't have to carry around oil-blotting sheets anymore hehe.
After Accutane, I do have some side effects that stayed with me. The main one being that it really ruined my "hormones". I've read that this is uncommon, but I've gained more weight being on Accutane. There was a post about how I had to do a blood test and my cholesterol level went up. Also, my hormones are a little "heightened". For example, I blush more easily and my face gets extremely red which has never been a problem for me. I'm not too sure what caused this, but I remember writing in this log that my face was noticeably more red and pink. I think it has to do with the sensitivity to the face. My oil is coming back and I still continue to get pimples.
Overall, I am so glad I went on Accutane. I have never been more happier and am so glad that I made this decision. If my acne comes back again, I will definitely go on another course!
One last thing: I was super emotional and self-conscious about my acne before but being on Accutane has been an emotional ride. I remember people who were blessed with clear skin and made fun of other people with skin problems. I now know that acne does NOT define me. If anything, acne made me realise that I can surpass anything. I remember being so embarrassed to go out with no makeup and I remember almost crying and cringing every time I had to go out for work or school or run errands whilst I was on Accutane because my initial breakout was so bad. I have been there and I've experienced the severity and emotional impact acne has played a part of my life. But I hope that my log has or will help people out when they feel like it's the end of the world because of acne! There is a light at the end of the tunnel, you just have to take it one day at a time
I'll be back one day if I have to do another course! But hopefully, I won't be back!!
It's literally been only a month since I have last posted and I am so disheartened to say that I am bad :'(
I have been prescribed another round of Accutane. It's miserable, but I am going to do a second log as the first time really helped me emotionally to vent and even looking back on it now, I hope that this first log will help me during the second log.
Please follow my second log here: