Hello once again!
I joined around last year mainly to keep an online log for my first time on Accutane I finished the course halfway through December I believe and I am so disheartened to say that my acne has returned extremely badly only after two months of being off it
I have been prescribed a second course of the same mg and same brand of Accutane.
My first Accutane log has my general story and background of getting Accutane and the type of acne I had, and the log can be found here:
Day 1/2:
Nothing to report as usual. Will be adding more updates as things get progressively worse.
I'm not exactly sure as to why Accutane did not completely keep me clear for the first course. When I was using it, it started working from September through the first week of February. I was clear during the course, and a little after it, but mainly through the last three or four months of it. It makes me worried that what I believed was the "miracle drug" did not clear me up. I knew that it wasn't a permanent thing, but I thought that it would make my acne more manageable. When I first started Accutane, I had more of nodular acne and hormonal acne where it persisted around my chin and jawline and cheeks. Now, it's all over my forehead, in tiny and red bumps, and huge pimples across my cheeks and around my mouth. I wouldn't say I have hormonal acne compared to last time now, so that would be the only difference.
I didn't want to go back to Accutane and I thought that starting university (as this is my first year) just added more stress to me and I did gain approximately 15 pounds compared to last year and that's probably because I hought I could now eat whatever I want since my face cleared up being on Accutane. When my acne came back, I was going through large amounts of stress and eating unhealthily. I tried to reduce my stress through moderate exercise and yoga, and tried eating more healthy, and by that I meant that I changed my diet completely. I was on a low glycemic and low sugar diet, with barely any carbohydrates, and still no progress, and that is the reason why I went back to Accutane. I hope that this course will finally give me the clear skin that I think I deserve. Acne is so debilitating to have, and I was so upset when I started to break out so badly again. I come from a family who has fairly clear skin, and it seems like I have been hit with extremely bad genetics. Even my twin has no acne at all! Anyways, hopefully I update this more thoroughly. I am glad I can look back on my first course. I am extremely frightened to go through the initial breakout again Please leave some support and kind words and some advice as I am so upset that I have to resort back to Accutane.