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Week 17:Smooth ride so far, the skin is healing nicely, I wish the red marks would fade away faster, but my derm told me they will go away faster after I finish my course. Really satisfied with my course so far, the side effects are barely noticeable and I wish I had been using lip balm more often, because my bottom lip is cracked for like a month now and is repairing so slowly. Good luck to all of you!
1 hour ago, Andrei11 said:Week 17:Smooth ride so far, the skin is healing nicely, I wish the red marks would fade away faster, but my derm told me they will go away faster after I finish my course. Really satisfied with my course so far, the side effects are barely noticeable and I wish I had been using lip balm more often, because my bottom lip is cracked for like a month now and is repairing so slowly. Good luck to all of you!
Dr Dans Cortibalm, its amazing for lips, mine were totally wrecked for a week or so and after using it for a couple of days my lips have completely healed.
On 2/24/2016 at 10:55 PM, Jones4545 said:Dr Dans Cortibalm, its amazing for lips, mine were totally wrecked for a week or so and after using it for a couple of days my lips have completely healed.
thanks, got a new lip balm and if it doesn't work either, I'll give it a shot.
Week 18:Nothing new to report, really happy with my course so far. My plans of going in other country to work for the summer might change, so I might ask my derm to keep me on the medicine until I reach 100mg/kg, as opposed to 80mg/kg as we initially discussed, just to make sure the acne has the lowest chance of coming back.
Week 19:Going really well again, no new cysts popping for almost 3 months now and the side effects are barely noticeable. My face clear and the red marks are slowly going away. I also got some root canal treatment and 3 wisdom teeth pulled out and everything healed perfectly.
5 months completedand they went away really fast. I wasn't expecting my course to go so smoothly, can't really complain about anything so far. I'm basically not bothered by any side effect at all, no new cyst popping for 3 months now and my face is looking better and better. I so hope it will stay like this after I finish my course. Would be nice if everybody had such an easy time on the medicine as I have.
6 months completed:Same as above, going smooth. I have a derm appointment in a couple of weeks, last one was 3 months ago. Going to ask my derm to keep me on the medicine until I hit 100 mg/kg or something, feels safer like this and I also got a bit fatter, like 8 kg or so.
Week 25: Incredible results so far, feels so good to be able to look yourself in the mirror without feeling the need to break it 
Roaccutane is working spectacular for me so far, my face is crystal clear, no new cysts, whitheads, nodules etc. for 4 months now. What I've also noticed and my derm mentioned something about it when I first started the medicine, is that my scars are not so deep anymore, they kinda filled a little bit, obviously not a tremendous amount, but still, it is noticeable. The red marks are fading as well, but very slow, as my derm said, they will go away faster after I finishe my course. I would give my course so far a 10/10 without second thought.
On 4/20/2016 at 11:14 PM, Andrei11 said:Week 25: Incredible results so far, feels so good to be able to look yourself in the mirror without feeling the need to break it
Great to hear! Very inspirational, motivates me to think positive!
One thing I forgot to mention is that I get some sort of bumps, noncolored and red ones, after I use the bread trimmer. They don't hurt, nor form a white head, they just go away in a few days. I get like 4-5 of those, don't know if it's because of the trimmer or I'm not doing it properly. They do leave sometimes a bit of a red mark, that goes away in like a week or smth.
Back from the derm appointment, in a couple of days it should be Week 28, nothing new to report, almost 5 months since cysts, nodules, papules etc. Things are going really well and so far I've taken ~5060mg of Roaccutane. I started my course weighing 63 kg, but now I'm at 73 kg and I will start to lose weight today, so I'll calculate my dosage taken at an avg. of 68kg. My derm decreasedmy dosage, from 30mg/day to 20mg/day for a month, 10mg/day for the next month and if I'm not back to 68kg or less by then, I will take an extra month of 10mg/day and that will be the end of my Roaccutane course. I don't think I should update this thread weekly anymore, unless I note something worth mentioning. I found some photos taken at about two weeks into my course, when I had my IB. I have a little bit of foundation on, nothing special. My face back then looked at about 5/10, compared to how bad my acne used to be in the past.
And this is how my face looks today, natural light and bathroom neon light, close-up photos. Can't wait to have all my red marks gone. Also, my derm said usually the scars start filling 6 months+ after the course starts, she said I might not even need to correct them, but we'll see. Feel free to ask me anything.
10 hours ago, Andrei11 said:Back from the derm appointment, in a couple of days it should be Week 28, nothing new to report, almost 5 months since cysts, nodules, papules etc.....
Congrats man, your skin really does look fantastic! Glad things are working well for you!
Week 32:Finished a month since my last derm appointment, I've been taken 20mg/day. Things have gone the same so far, extremely smooth, nothing really bothers me. Almost 6 months since I've had any cysts, nodules, papules etc. Didn't manage to drop weight, though. Starting tomorrow I'll take 10mg/day for a month and after that my derm will decide if I keep on taking it for an extra month, or not. I've taken a total of 5660mg of Roaccutane. Best of luck to all of you!