I've read many of those stories too but that makes me hopeful! The only thing I want is to stop breaking out! Even if it's in a couple more months. (I don't even want to think about my red marks for the moment.)

TRUE Mary..at least we will STOP breaking out!

Im just fair and my red marks last MONTHS

I have some from october than barely budged

so though tane may stop breakouts which is one battle..what will i look like after?

granted i would rather flat red marks than raised breakouts but i guess i had this ridiculous notion that tane would solve all my problems and at the end of the course my skin would look a-m-a-z-i-n-g!!

BUt for now i would be thrilled to just stop getting new breakouts daily!!!

Exact same thing here. Before starting I was already celebrating a perfect skin. I was crazy to think than in just a couple of months I would have this baby skin and enjoy a make-up free life. Nope... Not for now!

I hear ya Mary

but didnt think that I would be what feels like an IB at this point

I have 4 BIG ones across the bridge of my nose

Just sucks

kim

It's day 18 already. These two weeks flew by so fast. My major breakout is officially healing. It left red marks all over my face but they're turning pink. I have one active acne spot and its a small under the skin one. I haven't had a new whitehead in over 5 days! I just bumped up my dose from 30 to 60 a few days ago and holy shit balls my face is flaky but doesn't feel dry. But my lips are so numb and rough and sorta burn. Around my mouth is also super dry. But I'm happy it's doing what it's supposed to. I didn't get another major breakout from upping my dose like most people say they did but maybe that's coming up down the road because I still feel many bumps under my skin but I'm not sure what that is. Woohoo!!! A little more than one more week to go before month one is complete. I can't believe my skin is not breakout out right now. I felt like when I was having that initial major breakout that I was never going to get clear. Still many months to go but for now I have no new acne marks! And if I do they're just flat red dots.

GOOD LUCK Cshock1...i got a breakout about 2 weeks after increasing dose

BUT none everyone dooes..fingers crossed!
The IB is supposed to be the first 2 weeks but no hard core rules when it comes to tane

Pity Party table for 1

A few small but visible red spots today

one left side, 2 under lip

Im fed up

seeing derm in about an hour..I am in NO mood!

kim

Im back

Dr things red marks are not acne/breakouts but irritation and she said since i dont have acne and havent in some time..she thinks i should be on the 6mnth plan

i dont know how I feel about that

I want nothing more than to get off this drug but afraid to not take the last mnth and relapse..said decide next mnth

For now my skin looks like crap

red/irritated and lots of spots that look like small breakouts

Im still not sure if its tane/products im using or if I buy the derms conclusion that they are due to dryness

(BTW took only 40mg the last 2 days..think that would help?..but got few new spots this am)

Kim & Mary, sorry to hear things are going crappy!

Kim, did ur derm have any ideas as to why the irritation is happening?

Crappy here too, discovered some nEw comedones over last couple of days and i have a deep red bump on my forhead that is slowly surfacing (been like 3 days).

GOOD LUCK!!!!

Hey Derp..sorry tp hear

for me things went from bad to worse

my derm rec something called plexion ..she thinks my red bumps are dryness and not breakouts

She thinks because i havent had many real breakouts in a while that even on 60mg she thinks i should be on the 6 mnth plan (yeah!)

anyway she gave me this loiton to use at night that contains sulfur

I should have known!

It wasnt a cream or lotion but this gritty gel stuff...how the heck could i use this am/pn?

so I used it solo at night

and woke with my face bumpy and ON FIRE

It was so red and painful...

I wanted to kill me derm!!!!

why would she see i am red and irritated and dry with bumps... and give me this crap!!!!!!

I call the idiots and they tell me not to use it again..thanks!!!

said itw as a little strong

so now my skin is red bumpy sore....looks like shit

kim

CRAP!

sorry to hear...definitely thought we'd all be singing a different tune at this point..

Tell me about it Derp..where were all these stories when I decided to take tane

Maybe i tuned them out..LOL

I remember the ones with people saying they never had an IB....skin was clear by 3-4 mnths

well , it is what it is at this point

lets just hope in the end its all worth it!

I could live with the side effects and dry skin if i would just stop breaking out

My derm said they aren't breakouts but whatever these raised red bumps are they suck just as much!

I hadnt broken out under my cheekbones or sides of my face for 2 mnths not i have a handful of small red bumps

Is this the Mary, Derp, Cshock1, and Kim club..wonder how the folks who posted in the beginning are doing?

Kim

Hi everyone!

Kim: argh, what was the name of the lotion?

Nothing new to report really... I have only 15 days left to my initial plan. I asked for an extra month. I will see soon if the Dr agrees. I am not sure I would take another full month though.. I would reach the 150 mg/kg in just 15 extra days @ 60 mg/day. My face is getting slowwwwwwly better. But I don't feel like going off in 15 days... even if I know that the clearing continues after we stop. I just can't understand how the pimples would stop without the medication if they don't while under it.

I am sure that better days are ahead of us. Don't give up folks and be patient. Oh and also, in my case, lowering my expectations helped a lot. I now accept the fact that I will probably never have a perfect skin like I dreamed of for the past 15 years. But I will be okay with just an okay skin. So Tane, give me that please!

Hey Mary

The name of the lotion was plexion

INSANE.....dont know what my derm was thinking..this is why I dont trust derms!

BUT anyway...like you Mary...I have come to terms that my skin, as I was hoping, will not be perfect now or even after treatment.

I watched one too many youtube videos of people praising tane and their now flawless complexions

My hope for now is to not break out regularly and when I do that they are small and disappear within a few days..anything more will be icing on the cake!

What concerns me the most are these red dots and the fact my skin is red and complexion is bumpy

Im not sure I agree with my derm about the red marks being from my skin being dry...I feel it is irritation from tane and/or products

I would think we have enough tane in our system to prevent breakouts at this point, no?

what scares me is that my skin has become ultra sensitive and if that is whats causing the red marks...will it go away even AFTER tane?

hopefully as my skin becomes less and less sensitive

For now I have one cleanser and moisturizer I can use

I am red and dry and skin feels sensitive and slightly sun burned but when I try anything else (even last week) it gets 10000million times worse with red marks and pain/burning etc

Well hope everyone else is hanging in there!
kim

Yeah...I've all but given up. While I can't deny accutane has helped and was/is still worth going through I am finding more and more closed comedones showing up on my face with time...Goodness knows how I'm gonna get that all treated after accutane

CRAPCRAPCRAPCRAPCRAPCRAP

I've noticed some of them little bastards too! WTF !??!?!

Same here

I have lots small red bumps and fleshy clogged bumps

FU tane!

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Just a little breakdown...nothing to see here.

Good day to all.

I was actually trying to read that

mmmm?

Lol

Sorry derp

just going to assume its not good

Happy monday

happy new red blip...thank you very much

notttttttttttt

This.....is......insanity!!!!!

sorry bout the new red blip.

I'm just in the process of registering this new zit on my forehead as the 51st state..it's approximately the size of Wisconsin

OH NO Derp

I also have a new flat red mark on my chin..looks like skin tore off very top layer?

So sorry

I am DRY TIGHT and RED

lips are falling off in sheets and the red dry skin is spreading in a way around my mouth that I resemble The Joker!

I want off this train!!!!!!

kim

You made me laugh Derp with that 51st State thing !! I dont like the fact that you've got this huge thing but how you said it!!

I'm also getting tighter around my mouth, that's a funny feeling. Some lipbalm usually makes things go back to normal.

I don't know what to say anymore, because there's nothing new but still I don't feel like it's over. Pimples are appearing seldomer, the overall feeling of my skin is smoother and it's getting flat. But when I look in the mirror and think that this is it, that is what Accutane does, I'm disappointed. I expected so much more. My face is covered with more red marks than before, so I cannot say that it improved. The thing I really enjoy is not having more of those huge ones filled with ... you know! Now I can't tell if my face is better in comparison to the start of my course or in comparison with before Accutane!! Anyway, I have to say that right now, I am not depressed with how I look and I am hopeful for the future. If it stays like it is I would be satisfied (Yes, I lowered my expectations). The red marks WILL fade with time. That is one sure thing.

Good attitude Mary

I tell myself im not expecting perfect skin but when I see a new blip (like now small one on my chin)

My hopes seem to take a another dive

My issue is I think my skin looked better before MINUS the huge breakouts (does that make any sense?)

It wasnt red...didnt have a bunch of small red scares...and its texture is more bumpy now than when I beganB

BUT like you said Mary, I havent gotten the ones that resemble a small planet...so for that I should be thankfull

Mary what did u decide as far as an additional month..i forget?

I called the Dr. office and the secretary told me to ask the pharmacist to fax the Dr a prescription renewal request. I am not sure that she will approve but I guess so... I'm still waiting for the response... I have only 13 days to my initial plan.

Hey guys,

I started accutane a maybe a couple weeks after Derp. I haven't posted in months just been busy and trying not to look at my face too much. I am three weeks into month 5 of my treatment. Currently I am on 80mg a day (my derm wanted to up it to 100mg this month but started me on a new cream wanting to see if that would help...if it doesn't then up the dose next month).

Let's see my face peels off at least once a day, some areas sheets of skin seem to come off in giant flakes on and off for days at a time. I finally got a huge red bump on my cheek under my eye to clear up that kept bleeding and making a huge scab. Yea! I am so dry all over I can't even describe it other than just DRY!! My lips peel off at least twice a day sometime as many as four times.

I should buy stock in Eucerin I use so much of the stuff!!

My latest symptom that is driving me crazy is the palm on my left hand is itching like mad. And starting today it is my palm and in between my pinky and ring finger. Like want to claw the skin off itching...anyone?? anyone??

I am ready to be off this roller coaster but I know I am not done because last month I traveled for five days and forgot my accutane. Oh my goodness I broke out like I haven't seen in...well like before I even started taking tane. So, I know I still have awhile.

Just checking in...

Hey Retta

welcome back

sorry to hear you have been having a tough time

I dont know how you guys do it on the higher doses

I was able to go as high as 60mg...couldn't handle 80mg that my Dr wanted me on....my eyes were getting glued together they were so dry!

As far as I understand its the cum dose that matters the most

Maybe you can stay on a lower dose just extend the treatment?

I dont know if that is something you discussed with your Dr or u just wantt o try to hang in there and get it over with!

GL

Woke up at 5:30 am with my face burning

Kim