Hi all,
I've been on tane for the last month, 20mg/day. I've had acne the last 4 years (I'm now 23) and even if it wasn't bad, it bothered me. Especially during that time of the month or whenever I was stressed, I had these terrible, itchy pimples appearing within a few hours and they left my face with several red marks which take a long time to fade.
Now, I've researched tane a lot before I actually tried it and tbh I was a bit scared after reading about the IB, the extremely dry lips and face and all the other standard side effects.
I hope I won't be disappointed soon, but to my surprise, I had no IB. My face and lips are not dry at all (only the lips here and there, but it's also really cold these days). At first I thought that my dose wasn't high enough. However, I had only two new pimples in the whole month, whereas before I'd get those every week. The tiny clogged pores who eventually used to become pimples and were really hard to clear, are now really really easy to clear. My red marks look like they faded a bit and my skin looks lighter and brighter.
What kind of sorcery is this? Is it too soon? Can I still get the IB one month in and after these awesome results?
Anyone else here who had the same or similar experience?
I hate to also be the bearer of bad news
BUT I started on tane in Nov
I started on 20mg for the first 2 weeks my skin was GLORIOUS...smooth...pores shrunk, oil reduced
I was only on 20mg for the first 2 weeks scared of the IB..i bumped to 40mg and 2-3 weeks after increasing my dose (so about 4-5 weeks into treatment I had my IB..and have had about 3 bad episodes since )
I often wondered if i stayed on the 20g if it would have happened..I know many people who stayed on low dose tane that did not have an IB or it had nothing to do with tane and was just my time
GL
do u plan to increase dose?
kim
I had a pretty similar experience - my skin cleared up really well in just a few days - the amount of spots I had halved within a week, although it was a couple of months before everything cleared up completely. But I had no IB at all, and my acne was moderate pre-tane.
So I guess you're one of the lucky ones!
Also I'd like to add, since I had perfectly clear skin through my teen years, when acne appeared I got into the habit of squeezing every single pimple. Some left marks, some didn't. Now on accutane, all the pimples and comedones I gently squeezed leave just a some redness which disappears within 2-3 days with no marks whatsoever.
