As the title says, I'm on my last week of accutane. After 6 months of 40 mg twice a day, I'm done. (Cumulative dose 14000ish, I lost a few pills)
Should my acne be completely gone? The results have been unbelieveable, but I'm still getting 2-3 very small zits a day.
I read that that your face should continue to clear up even more for a few months after your last dose.
Can anyone verify that?
The accutane is still working some few months after you finish yes, but I would advise talking to your derm about it and they may keep you on it until you're completely clear. It's better to be safe than sorry in my opinion. Get cleared entirely before finishing, I'd say. That's thr route I would take, I wont want to be off the Accutane until I'm clear entirely.
Any products that are not natural cause your skin to become addicted to them and it will not truly cure your skin, only work for a certain amount of time before your skin becomes immune to it. Try going the natural/organic way that I did to clear my skin, here's my blog post: http://www.acne.org/messageboard/blogs/entry/32202-how-to-heal/
Please reach out with any questions! Best of luck!!!
Did you take your pills with at least 20g of fat? Although you have taken so much maybe it hasn't fully absorbed. If you read up on that, the amount the body gets compared to the amount you take can be fairly low. Also, it is fairly common apparently to still break out right up to the end.
I haven't really followed that guideline, but I always took it with food. Cereal or eggs in the morning and like 2 hours after a big dinner.
Do y'all think I'm good to go or should I complain to my doctor? I have a small cyst on the top left of my forehead (the first cyst I've had in 2 months).
Also, I have pretty terrible scarring. What's the best method for getting rid of them? My derm told me he'd put me on retin-a for scarring, but I have a little bit of ice pic scarring on my jaw line.
I have left over tretinoin from before accutane. Should I start on it now? I want this scarring gone ASAP.