im a 17yr old female. with moderate-servere acne. i have been on accutane for 5 weeks now, 10mg per day. i still have a little break out here and there and my lips become dry sometimes.
i used to have very very very oily skin before accutane and i would wash my face up to 4 times a day.
after 3 weeks into accutane, oil production has stopped. i dont even have to wash my face at all for the entire day meaning its not oily at all. but i still do wash it when i wake up and before i go to bed.
things started to change about a week ago, when i just completed my first month. my skin was getting a little oily again, but not to the extent of how oily it was previously. it has been about a week and it became a little more oilier each day.
alot of people say that they have vvv dry skin and their skin starts peeling and stuff, but mine is becoming oily again? is this supposed to be happening???
I would ask your doctor at next month's appointment to see what he/she thinks. Everyone is different, but your skin if probably going to be going through a lot of changes in the first 2-3 months of accutane as your body gets used to the medication and it begins to start it's magic. I wouldn't be too worried since you're only a little over 1 month in!