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chiptharipp
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Posted : 01/24/2013 8:29 pm

yooo i'm new here...but ive just began a 5 month course of accutane about ten days ago. My acne has never been awfully severe just mad persistant. The thing is that these past few days ive broken out worse than i ever have. like ever. my derm said he could give me a steroid to surpress this. does anyone have any experience with this and know what its called? it be real helpful 100saywhat.gif

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B Marie Wants No Acne
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Posted : 01/25/2013 12:44 am

That my friend is called the initial breakout (IB). I got it too. It's no fun at all, but the steroids should help. My derm prescribed an antibiotic for me which really helped.

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chiptharipp
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Posted : 01/25/2013 10:33 pm

niice yea. my derm wound up giving me prednisone and said i should be good in around 24 to 48 hours....so we shall see. shits crazy i have never broken out like this. even my doc was surprised

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B Marie Wants No Acne
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Posted : 01/26/2013 1:05 am

Sounds exactly like me. If you check out my log you can see the pics of what my skin looked like. :) it's called Accutane- I believe in you!

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B Marie Wants No Acne
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Posted : 01/28/2013 5:18 pm

Irishguy, there is more than one way to treat acne and no guaranteed way to treat it.

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Posted : 02/01/2013 11:07 am

Irishguy, there is more than one way to treat acne and no guaranteed way to treat it.

>>> that is true...... i even believe doctors have no clue as to what is really the "root cause" of acne.....

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