Hey Mary

I know it seems CRAZY but the last 2x I drank the same thing happened

...odd and i cant imagine....but hard to NOT think the incidences are related

Ive been off 11 days?

My lips were doing better...not peeling..not raw red ring

BUT corner crack is KILLIN ME

UGH

I just still dont think I can breathe easier

have this tiny red tiny thing under cheekbone and weird stuff on chin

At this point i was really hoping to have little ones fewww and far between..but who knows?

and i still feel i have no freedom at all with skincare or face products/makeup

I hope thats the case

I have heard the 2 week period after tane people break out and are clear after so I guess I have a few more days

I dont know what to expect

hate this feeling!

kim

Im miserable

well all was going great..for a few days

Last night i washed up and redness going away ..except a night mosquito bite on my face (2nd time i was out at nigt and 2nd time i got a face mosquito bite as if my face doesnt have problems enough!)

drank sat night

woke up with a little weirdness sunday and just like last time I drank... by day #2 explosion

I have 2 on cheek nose and 2 on forehead...odd pinhead red bumps

ones forehead though are bigger

been reading and looking on line and could be rosacea probably caused by tane/sensitivity

and rosacea can be triggered by heat, exc or (you guessed it..wait for it....wait....ALCOHOL!!!!!!!

Guess i have to wait a few days for this flare to pass and than jst go without liquor the entire summer

OMG, that sucks !! My flare up also continues, a new one on my chin again, small but still! It itches. I hate it. sigh sigh sigh !!!!

Im so over it Mary

wether this is dermatitis or rosacea

Im back to the same damn place

Picky skin and trying to figure out what works and doesnt (nothing works)

Ive been using liking neutrgena new creamy cleanser and vanicream lite for sensitve skin

noy hydrating enough so added a light serum a few days ago and all was going well

I dont know combo of serum and alcohol or what?

Just tired of all of it and want to rip my hair out!!!!!!!!

The one little clog by my nose I could tolerate but forehead is a HOT mess

sorry about your new one

oh well

we tried!

kim

Woke up with a stye..... Fucking painful. Doctor said it's common on accutane.

OUCHHHHH!

that sucks!

sorry hear!

kim

Sorry to hear we're all in the same boat..woke up with three new zits, albeit small.

This is about a week and change after my last pill.

We all have out struggle in life, I guess I'm thankful that mine is bad skin...

I woke up with more zits on my nose and in all the wrong places. One on the tip and a big one on the bridge. Another small one on my nose and several on my cheeks. This of course coincides with the fact that I went back up to 60mg. Makes me want to go back to 30 immediately but the thought of being on this drug all summer makes my skin crawl...

This CANT BEEEEEEE!!!

Sorry guys dont know what else to say??!!

Me, Derp, Mary still getting spots...others still breaking out towards mid/end course???

what the whattttttt?

Kim

Meh!, I decided im gonna make bad skin cool...soon people are going to be looking up how to get acne. im starting the website getmeacne.com

I will be considered a pro in the field.

You guys are more then welcome to join this venture with me

Hahaha Derp!! Thank you so much for laughing about this!!

Its stupid to realize that we feel so miserable just because the way we look to others. I don't see my acne except for the couple of minutes I spend in front of the mirror, some people suffer for real! I feel so shallow, but I would not care so much if I was in a relationship. My main concern is really how I will get a man to deal with my crappy skin!! I did a mistake , I lighted my skin with a reading lamp (you know this strong white light that makes you see things you didn't with another type of light) and I twisted the lamp in different angles and oh I realized that I have scarring worse than what I thought!!! It really depends on the type of light and the angle and I myself don't see it very well (on the side of my cheeks) but it made my heart sunk a little more. I wasn't conscious of that!!! But I should say it's not severe, just bothering. I guess I have to enjoy active acne free moments when they pass. The last one that appeared is quite dead now so I would say I don't have active acne now. But my skin is bumpy (and I don't know what the hell is that, it looks bumpy but I can't feel anything when I touch).

Hey Mary!

I hear ya

some days i feel guilty for omplaining about my skin when i know others have it worse

BUt some days I feel like i have been put through hell for 6 mnths taking accutane and I deserve clear smooth gorgeous skin!!!!!

Its always something with me and my skin

now I have some rumbly red bumps on the right side of my nose

they havent gotten worse but arent getting better

not actual breakouts just obvious bumps

oh well

Im going for one more blood work monday and see my derm on wed

have a good one everyone

lets try to stay positive

++++++++

Kim

Hey guys! I am a female and currently taking 40 mg/day. I have read your whole posts (the 50 pages) and was anxiously looking forward for that moment when you all start saying "no new breakouts" "one month without a single breakout". I'm so sad that you have not achieved that flawless skin yet, but I'm pretty sure you will very soon!

However, I must admit that I feel kind of discouraged and down after reading this since I have just started my accutane course (day 6) and my skin is already purging!!!!

My acne is not terrible, is moderate and sometimes even mild, depending how much control I have over my skin. However after almost 2 years of suffering from acne, I decided to try accutane since nothing was giving me results and I was getting some scarring.

For the last couple of weeks, I haven't have that many zits, maybe 4 a week. However after I started accutane almost a week ago, my skin has gone crazy. At this moment my skin is very congested and I have 4 huge angry whiteheads in my cheeks (my problem area) and I could not help myself and popped them I am so sad right now.

I miss how my skin used to look, which was not good at all but not this bad! I don't know if I'll be able to wait an entire month with my face looking like this every single day (if not worse)

I'm so sad I have quite an intense social life, and today a couldn't see anybody at their faces because I feel so so self conscious.

A big hug to you all and hope you are doing great and your skin is beautiful

[sorry about my horrible English, I'm from Spain]

Lucy, not all of us are having bad results, I'm doing fairly well skin wise at this point (3 months) I'll get maybe one new spot every two weeks but by the time a new one pops up, the old one is already gone. I just have flat red dots on my face from where breakouts used to be. Everybody is different so don't be discouraged good luck and keep us posted!

Thanks for your kind and positive reply That makes me feel much better and gives me strength to pass these purging phase.

I'm on day 9 and my skin continued purging in many small whiteheads, which are smaller and much more superficial than the ones I got at the beginning.

Right now my skin is definitely not at its best but I'm quite positive I have been thinking that maybe is a good sign that the IB hit me early, since hopefully I will get over with this purging sooner and start to see some improvements by the end of month 1.

How are you doing cshock1 Are you getting too many sides effects? Do you suffer a lot of dryness? I think I will be the kind of person that will get veeeery dry on accutane since my lips are already flaking a little bit and nose very dry.

Thank you Lucy for your compassion and good wishes!! I see that you are experiencing the famous initial breakout, don,t worry, you will go through it! If I can give you an advice, it would be not to expect anything too soon and let things go! You will get better, that is one sure thing! I know when you read us you can feel discouraged but please don't! Take pictures!! It helps me so much when I look at mine, I can see and appreciate the improvement. It is a long ride. I wish you all the best!!!

Thank you Mary! I think is so sweet that people like you continue giving advice and helping us, even though you've already finished your course. Most of accutane users finish the treatment, get clear skin and just forget that they did suffer from this condition.

I will get your advice and not expect much improvements this early. You are right, one day everything seems like it's drying up and a couple of hours later I have a new whitehead.

Right now my face is full of little scabs of all those whiteheads that I popped I want to rip them all but I am keeping my hands out of my face. I have only one big pimple in the center of my forehead that hurts quite a bit and is swollen. Also i have a little whitehead at the side of my mouth, but that's it. The rest is just scabs and pimples healing.

I'm happy that although I'm definitely breaking out, they aren't as big as the ones I got during the first week

Hope everything continue getting better.

How are you doing with your skin Mary?

Good attitude Lucy! The first I got were also the biggest and then I had just smaller pimples. You probably know that our skin is more sensitive on Accutane and I think it leads to more scarring than usual. So we have to be extra careful!

My skin is not so bad these days. I think the last pimple I got was a week ago and it was pretty small and not bothering. I don,t know if it's because my face is clear from active acne that I focus more on the global aspect of my skin but I feel like its texture has worsened overall. I notice the scarring more and the ''bumps'' which I can't identify. I don't think it's acne because they are ''empty''.. when I rub my skin it feels smooth. but when I look at it, I see tons of small skincolored bumps. Very strange. It is very possible that all that was there before and I didn't pay much attention to it since I was so obsessed with the active acne. Who knows!! I have to admit that right now, I am enjoying the results. It's so good not to feel like you have a monster on your face. Now I just have to deal with a non perfect skin that can look pretty good in some light and bad in other. I have been off for 3 weeks and my lips are back to normal. If acne stays off my face for a little while I am pretty confident that the improvement will continue with the red marks fading out and little bumps flatening.

i just posted a pic in the scar/red marks treatment forum if you guys want to feel better about your face ;(

not to discourage any of you newcomers either. If you guys check it out note that most of that is hyperpigmintation/scarring and not actives (although I still get a little bit of action on my forehead)

Hey Mary/derp and new comers

I see derm today for my follow up

Im about 2.5 weeks off and lips are almost back to normal except cracked corners still a bitch

My eyes are still really dry and surprisingly i still feel like a slug

I went about a week with no new blips

I bought bare bones lotion from amazon from Japan....because i desp need hydration

thought could try this lotion under moisturizer

silly me..woke with a little red inflamed spot next nose

damnnnnn

I also feel though it is a relief not to get the BIG mothers my skin texture is bumpy and dry

and I now see every last red acne scar from the beginning of time

I took a pic with my computer phone and Im a girl so I get to wear makeup and I look pretty flawless (hey now)

I realize *now* pre tane when I watched all those youtube videos and before and after shots.... its a lot of smoke and mirrors

I think its unrealistic to expect perfection.....

Guess that was MY bad..and i need to adjust my thinking and be happy for the improvement

Ok peeps..update after the derm

sorry derm about the scars/marks

when do u see derm again?

u will start retin-a soon?

Kim

Hey Derp

saw pics

I can totally relate

Mine arent red more flesh colored

but def have a few areas where i didnt break out terribly but look like a slice or bite was taken out of my face

no clue what it is

ill put it on my list to address with Dr

Hang in there

kim

Hey peeps

Update from my derm visit

First off i wanted to stab her with a fork...she looked at me from maybe 4-5 feet away and said i looked good

Go for b/w in a mnth and call her if I dont hear from them and her foot out the doorI

I told her about my little red spots....uneven skin tone and bumpy skin texture

she walked over and looked at me up close and rec Vit C am for skin tone issue and texture and retin-a at night

She asked me which retin-a worked for me..I said Ive used the cream for 10yrs but i was still in this position..so not sure what u mean by 'works for me'

I asled about atralin and tri lume and she just threw scripts at me

I asked about vitamins/vitamin deficiency and there role in acne and she handed me a script for a multi vitamin

I asked about freedon using other products ow as my skin still reacts to almost anything and is super dehydrated uncomfy

At this point she was literally standing in the doorway....so I just stopped asking questions

and plan to never see her again

She did suggest using C for a week before adding in the retin-a

using the retin-a as much as I can tolerate it..maybe 2-3x a week depending on dryness

*sigh*

didnt even mention going back on tane

She said sometime older patients need less cumulative dose

I thought older hormonal patients were tougher to treat

so thats that!

lol

Hi everyone,

I really don't think your skin looks bad Derp! In a couple of months the red marks will fade away. As for the rolling scars, I think laser can be a good option but from what I read, you have to wait a bit after Tane to start it. Keep us updated!! I will also consider it if my skin doest not get worse in the upcoming months.

Kim, I understand your frustration. I think at this point, they don't really know what to tell us.

As for me, I don't know if I just stopped loosing hair during Tane or if I just started loosing more now that I've been off for one month but my god!! I lost so much today! And I think oil is back on my nose. My heart sunk a bit when I saw my nose shining.. I am back to having to wash my hair every 2-3 days (could go a week without washing it on Tane). It seems like everything is back to normal. I also had another breakout (2-3 new ones but at least not white and not hurting) in the same area on my chin. It's so funny. It feels like there is only this area now that breaks out. (Actually, the breakout appeared the day after I skipped BP for one night since my skin was getting a little flaky.) I am sooooooo dreading new breakouts I get very paranoid. I have not been off of active acne more than a week since I started Accutane so I think it hasn't worked very well on me. BP seems to help a bit though. I am not expecting more improvement now.

I keep reading you. Lucy, anything new??

OH GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have two (maybe 3) new tiny ones on my forehead (close to my hairline). My forehead had been clear for 4-5 months now. It was the first to clear up. Does that mean that that was it?? I'm already going back to square one????? WTF!!! I just can't find words to express the horror I feel now. Sorry guys, I don't want to frighten you but I have to vent.

I would like to add that I have never suffered from severe acne,but a mild-moderate persistent one. Like I used to always have 2 to 5 active ones at a time. How can this drug not work on me but work on the most severe cases??? Is there something to understand?

Mary, Sorry! I had the same thing happen to me for my first two weeks after tane but they cleared up real quick and since then I've had nothing new! Also, while nothing dramatic, I have been taking daily pics of my red marks under the same lighting and they are definitely improving...slowly and suddely but there is definitey a difference from week to week....ill try to keep everyone posted..

I'm happy for you Derp!! I also find that my red marks improved!