WARNING: this post talks about lady issues.

I have been on Accutane 60 mg / day for the past 6 months or so, and it has worked wonders for my skin. One side effect I have experienced, though, is that my [vaginal] discharge has changed in consistency. It is now much thicker and white in color, as opposed to the clear, fluid-like consistency it had before. At times I am too dry to have sex without using lube, (I am 23) and the discharge will accumulate at the base of his penis and it is very gross and unappealing. I have attributed this to the Accutane and have always assumed that it will go back to normal once I stop taking it. I went to the gynecologist recently however, and received some troublesome news. My pap smear came back "not perfect" as they put it. Not that there was anything abnormal about it, but something wasn't perfect... possibly an infection that I had at the time of the pap smear or something to that effect, but they want me to come back in 6 months to have another one.

Apparently dysplasia runs in my family (my mother had it.. and was told she probably got it from her mother) and that could be a possibility, or it could have been an infection that I had and I just didn't noticed because my discharge is so out of whack right now. But my question to all of you ladies on Accutane is, did you have a similar experience? My gyno knows that I am on Accutane, and she did not mention anything to me during the visit, but I can't seem to find anything on this topic and wanted some input from my fellow female Accutane users. Any stories or experiences would be greatly appreciated!