Hey, don't give up!

There's this guy I watch on youtube who does fitness, and he's been on accutane for 74 weeks!

That just goes to show that in severe cases, it may take longer than 3-6 months! Look at this dude, he's been on it for almost 1 1/2 years, and only recently has it become a ton better. Really wish the best for you, I know the feeling of having acne and it hurting your self esteem, even at my age when technically acne is "normal" as a teenager.

Hello kl1001.

I can totally understand you of how much acne can affect us, it makes us desesperate to the point to take dangerous drugs (accutane).

If you want my opinion you should still wait one or two months before you see improvements but I think accutane doesnt cure hormonal acne, unfourtenaly it will come back.

For me accutane destroyed my life I developed a extreme rare side effect of it even with a low dose in a period of 3 months. Now I cry everyday of how much I hate myself and this drug. (You can see my personal story of it in my post)

For the hair lose did you have this problem before taking accutane? If not its indeed the medication thats doing that. If you really scared of the damage of hair loss you should maybe stop it. As you say no one can guarantiee you

Have you heard of spironolactone? Alot of people take it for pcos problem and most of them swear by it! There's also birth control pills that can help wich I think I'm going to take it since I tried everything.

I would say stop. If it's hormonal it will come back. Have you tried SPIRO or other things geared towards hormonal acne?

I know how rough it can be. You are not alone

Hugs from NY

Hey, don't give up!

 

There's this guy I watch on youtube who does fitness, and he's been on accutane for 74 weeks!

 

 

That just goes to show that in severe cases, it may take longer than 3-6 months! Look at this dude, he's been on it for almost 1 1/2 years, and only recently has it become a ton better. Really wish the best for you, I know the feeling of having acne and it hurting your self esteem, even at my age when technically acne is "normal" as a teenager.

Hi Antonthegreat,

Thanks for replying! I watch this guy's videos a lot He is my hero... the main concern for me with the tane is my hair loss...apparently this dude has only minimum side effects

I would say stop. If it's hormonal it will come back. Have you tried SPIRO or other things geared towards hormonal acne?

 

I know how rough it can be. You are not alone

 

Hugs from NY

Hey Leelowe1,

Thanks for the hugs! My derm said accutane works better than spiro, but I might switch to spiro since it also prevents hair loss caused by excessive androgen ....

I don't know if I wanna be on spiro for years. It seems that once you are off spiro, all the symptoms will come back

Hello kl1001.

 

I can totally understand you of how much acne can affect us, it makes us desesperate to the point to take dangerous drugs (accutane).

 

If you want my opinion you should still wait one or two months before you see improvements but I think accutane doesnt cure hormonal acne, unfourtenaly it will come back.

 

For me accutane destroyed my life I developed a extreme rare side effect of it even with a low dose in a period of 3 months. Now I cry everyday of how much I hate myself and this drug. (You can see my personal story of it in my post)

 

For the hair lose did you have this problem before taking accutane? If not its indeed the medication thats doing that. If you really scared of the damage of hair loss you should maybe stop it. As you say no one can guarantiee you

 

Have you heard of spironolactone? Alot of people take it for pcos problem and most of them swear by it! There's also birth control pills that can help wich I think I'm going to take it since I tried everything.

Hi Porswis,

Even though I didn't experience the same situation, I can still feel you. I know how hard it is. I cry very easily as well.....and I don't cry in front of anyone, including my boyfriend. When I was joking like "I might be bald real soon." He just laughed at me and said that balding only happens to men. It is so hard to convince other people that women suffer from androgenic hair loss as well. No one pays attention to it....

I do have thinning hair problem over the past 3 or 4 years. It just speeded up a lot since I went on accutane..

I hope your symptoms get well soon. A pharmacist once said to me that...any drug could cause anything. I guess this is true.

You can always talk to me if you wish I guess it is more effective crying to me because I understand what you are going through, while others (including our derms ) can not relate to theses issues

 

I would say stop. If it's hormonal it will come back. Have you tried SPIRO or other things geared towards hormonal acne?

I know how rough it can be. You are not alone

Hugs from NY

Hey Leelowe1,

Thanks for the hugs! My derm said accutane works better than spiro, but I might switch to spiro since it also prevents hair loss caused by excessive androgen ....

I don't know if I wanna be on spiro for years. It seems that once you are off spiro, all the symptoms will come back

The thing with accutane is that it will not keep your acne at bay if the issue is primarily hormonal. Which was what happened to me when I used it. It was devastating to go from clear to broken out....I haven't been back since.

Ugh

Why dr offer it than

Grrrrr

I'll be 42 in June

Derm rec accurate for 6 months rather than spiro

Said better take tane for 6 months rather tane indefinitely

Even though bw came back normal obviously there was/is hormonal issue

I'm days away from my 6 months anni and have never been completely clear for more than a handful of days

I'm already pissed and devastated ...

Never mind breaking out again

I would have liked some sort break

Kim

 

Hello kl1001.

I can totally understand you of how much acne can affect us, it makes us desesperate to the point to take dangerous drugs (accutane).

If you want my opinion you should still wait one or two months before you see improvements but I think accutane doesnt cure hormonal acne, unfourtenaly it will come back.

For me accutane destroyed my life I developed a extreme rare side effect of it even with a low dose in a period of 3 months. Now I cry everyday of how much I hate myself and this drug. (You can see my personal story of it in my post)

For the hair lose did you have this problem before taking accutane? If not its indeed the medication thats doing that. If you really scared of the damage of hair loss you should maybe stop it. As you say no one can guarantiee you

Have you heard of spironolactone? Alot of people take it for pcos problem and most of them swear by it! There's also birth control pills that can help wich I think I'm going to take it since I tried everything.

Hi Porswis,

Even though I didn't experience the same situation, I can still feel you. I know how hard it is. I cry very easily as well.....and I don't cry in front of anyone, including my boyfriend. When I was joking like "I might be bald real soon." He just laughed at me and said that balding only happens to men. It is so hard to convince other people that women suffer from androgenic hair loss as well. No one pays attention to it....

I do have thinning hair problem over the past 3 or 4 years. It just speeded up a lot since I went on accutane..

I hope your symptoms get well soon. A pharmacist once said to me that...any drug could cause anything. I guess this is true.

You can always talk to me if you wish I guess it is more effective crying to me because I understand what you are going through, while others (including our derms ) can not relate to theses issues

Thanks kl1001 your support helps me to face this hard situation. You can also talk to me when you're down I also can help you with some advice for acne too

Yeah people dont take us seriosly wich it can hurts us. You should explain to your boyfriend that this is a situation really difficult and you need support.

Hmmm I guess its the pcos that is making your thining. I think as leelowe1 said here you should take spironolactone it helps pcos problems. Of course this not a cure but you can take it in longterm. While with accutane your acne will propably come back too. But its a more serious drug.

Thanks I really hope too but I think the damage its chronic. I went to forums to read some stories of people who are still having the sides effects of accutane 10 or more years later. I'm so scared to live with this for the rest of my life!! I'm desesperate to find a way to treat it.

Hugs and stay strong