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I have been on accutane for 2 weeks now at 30mg once daily and weigh60kg so taking 0.5mg/kg currently. The first week was ok and I immediately noticed some dryness on my lips and on my face. Now that I'm on week 2 I can definitely say I have broken out, I used to have moderate acne with a couple of cysts here and there and the IB has pretty much been all over my face with a couple of cystic ones but my face doesn't feel too irritated or inflamed. My face is not dry at all and has probably gotten better since the first week in terms of dryness but the acne is getting worse and worse and I'm not sure if the accutane is even working. My lipswere getting slightly chapped by the end of week 1 and now that I'm at the end of week 2 I feel like I don't even need to apply Vaseline or anything to them and they feel fine.
I just feel like it's not working and my body has gotten used to the dose?and it's just making my break out, my oil production has remained pretty much the same since pre-accutane and I'm not seeing my dermatologist for another 4 weeks! Not sure what I can/should be doing to try and help the accutane do its job.I do have it with food and I ensure its more than 20g of fat aswell.
Any suggestions? I know it's only been 2 weeks but the concerning thingis the dryness has just faded without me really doing anything and I feel with the dryness come the results.
Just to give an update, I'm on day 20 now and all of a sudden my skin just stopped producing oil yesterday and I woke up to pretty much no oil on my face today for the first time since I can remember. I have maybe 1 or 2 actives and mainly just hyperpigmentation now so I'm very happy with how it's going currently, my face is a little dry and I am looking for a good moisturiser as everything I try just breaks me out including Cetaphil, any suggestions?
4 hours ago, chicanery said:I had my usual oily skin until 3 weeks into 20mg, then my skin suddenly stopped producing oil, pretty much overnight. It will work - your body isn't getting used to it.
Yeah my oil literally went away in the 3rd week too, I'm looking for a moisturiser as I mentioned above.
Bit of an update I guess now that I'm 6+ weeks in, got my dose upped to 60mg as felt it was necessary and didn't want to be on Accutane for ages, feel like my progress has slightly stagnated, started taking 60mg daily from this Wednesday, hopefully things start to improve, just have to be patient, I have maybe 3-4 actives but can feel quite a bit under the surface acne which is annoying, my skin is probably slightly more dry than what it used to be on 30mg.
As far as side effects, I guess mildly dry skin (which is still oily in patches annoyingly) and dry lips which can be easily managed for me by Vaseline, apart from that I think I get tired a bit more easily? Not sure how much this is because of the amount of sleep I get or the Accutane. Apart from that no other side effects so I'm counting myself lucky for now.
So I finished accutane 2-3 weeks ago and was really happy with the outcome, howver recently I have been seeing some closed comedones forming on my forehead and a little on my cheek, not sure what I'm supposed to do and if this is normal or not? Slightly worried as it hasnt even been a month since I finished.
My oil levels have increased a bit aswell but probably to a 'normal' level.