I have been on accutane for 67 days now, at 40mg/day and I weigh 49 kg (108 pounds). Started with mild to moderate acne, and I feel like its worse now than it had been before I had started accutane. Bleh. Im still breaking out pretty consistently around my jaw (cystic) and chin (white heads/normal pimples) area. Dryness isnt bad at alllll. My skin is only dry after a pimple is popped and it starts to heal. Lips are dry, but not too bad at all either! I use blistex a few times a day and I am set. I wash my hair once every week/week and a half or so, but could probably go a month without washing my hair, so thats a plus lol. The back pain is terrible though.

Apart from minor dryness and bad back pain, some other side effects I have had recently were teeny tiny blister like bumps on my lips that stayed for about 3 days, then they disappeared. My left eye was swollen and sore for a day, then became normal again. I also went 7 weeks without my period, so I am not sure whats going on with that.

Honestly, my time on accutane thus far hasnt been that bad at all. I know I'm only about 2 months in, but I feel like Ill never stop breaking out. I always take my medicine right after I eat really fatty foods to maximize the absorption. I have had stretches of a few days where I am not breaking out at all, then it starts all over again. I hope this actually works:(