5 months 11 days: skin is spot free, though i caught a look at myself when i was flushed the other day and my scarring looked rubbish  
anyway lips still bad, i've started taking maca root today because my ass is still recovering from a big weight loss spell last year and has lost its roundedness. Maca is meant to help with that. I hope it wont stir any hormones and create breakouts but live and learn!

5 months 2 weeks: Skin is wonderful, lips are rubbish, leg was really injured last night when i went to a refugee  dance festival thing. I was yelping in pain limping back to my house at 2AM. Can't wait to finish this shiz, got 18 days to go  (wish it was 21 seconds lol)

15 days to go, go:  I walked up a hill today and now my thigh has broken  my body is so frickin frail on these pills. I also went and bought nipple cream and a whole bunch of novelty chapsticks because my lips are pissing me off as usual. But skin is so wonderful. It seems that since using a new moisturiser (hydrabomb I think its garnier) my skin is less dry because my foundation (true match loreal) is gliding over it and looking great which is a real novelty. Just to not have problem skin is such a new concept and I thank God for it.

turns out I calculated wrong and have 17 days to go, go: Miffed about that, was getting excited. My facial skin is having a dry spell and makeup isn't sitting brilliantly again. The blood in my nose is a daily thing now, but that doesn't bother me much.

15 days to go, go: My lips seem to be refusing every product (bear in mind i have about 15, no joke!) which sucks. The side which cracks has changed after like three months of being in the same place, bizzare. But yeah, roll on two weeks time when i can kiss this sucka goodbye

12 days to go: I have a stye in my eye which is really starting to hurt. Im sure its from accutane, ive heard about it. Grrrr.

Piles, very painful lips, recovering eyelid inflammation, facial blushing, body aches and i cant frickin wait to finish. But havent had a significant spot in a month  eeeee

The lips thing is getting to me so bad, it literally makes me upset at times because im always uncomfortable.
Ive also got an inflamed fingernail with a small bit of puss. Nailbed issues are a side effect. Im tempted to stop 9 days early, but im paranoid :/

4 days to go: I finally (took enough bloody time) made a concoction which eases my corner mouth cracks so that i can eat without pain. i mix vitamin e oil with honey with aloe vera with two drops of tea tree oil. works very well. im still chapped but the pain is minimized. ahhhh.

i got bad leg pain today from standing too long. so happy im finishing soon, so scared of relapse! Saying a lot of prayrs

I've been reading along. All the best! Hope you don't relapse. 🙂

On 29/04/2016 at 2:18 AM, Purple Owl said:

I've been reading along. All the best! Hope you don't relapse.

aww have you haha, sweet. i didnt think anyone did anymore.

I am FINISHED, so happy to say that. I actually had 60mg more to go, but i figured in the grand scheme of things it will make no difference after six months. I cant take it anymore, its really harshing my buzz. This is the end of my blog and hopefully the end of acne, if God wills 🙂 

Aquaphor, for your lips. I was on Accutane twice, and it was the only thing that helped. My lips actually ripped open from the sides all the way to mid cheek(angular cheilitis)It was terrible, but that healed me completely.

I too have been reading along. So happy for you! Best of luck and I hope you will update!

9 days POST accutane 😀 : My lips are HEALED. Huzzah. I am thrilled. I was freaking a bit earlier in the week as i got about 4 small little bumps/spots on my face but i'm hoping that was my body settling because theyve cleared now. Im still pretty achey, gonna start the gym tomorrow so im hoping not as achey as before. Facial oil has not returned, i dont really mind if it does it was never a big issue for me. Hair oil is another thing but that also hasnt come back substantially. All is well, lets hope it stays that way x

23 days post accutane: Very happy. Yes my skins still too dry for makeup to not stick in pores etc, lips slightly drier than pre accutane but perfect compared to when on accutane, i get around two spots per week. They scare me but if they continue just like this i'll be happy. I thank God for freeing me of this horrible condition and pray it never comes back  to anyone whose considering it, go for it, only if your acne deeply effects your life, cos accutane is gonna do that too for a good while. But youre worth it, do your research, be prepared, stay stong and pray. Stay away froim vitamin A, dont exercise too hard and moisturise moisturise moisturise. You'll most probably have great success just like the majority xxx

4 years later and I'm a little sorry to say that I have been mildly relapsing for a while so accutane, come at me again you beautiful horrible mofo

Dont get me wrong accutane was a miracle for me. I dont exactly NEED to go back on it but I think it's a good idea because I'm a teacher of english as a second language and am never ever in the UK anymore. Whenever I flare I think to myself god damn  how will I ever go back on accutane. Now..cos of lockdown I'm finally in the uk for the foreseeable SO I thought its time to top up my accutane and make future relapses milder (that's my possibly awful logic anyway lolz). I'm extremely scared and almost feel guilty doing this to myself because it's not severe at all. Like I'm tempting fate. But...here we go. Hope I keep my frickin hair. It seems to have been thinning for a while (nought to do with accutane). 

After 1 week at 20mg:

Only one pressure headache this week (the day after I began) which is a huge improvement compared to first round. I have a nailbed issue with minor amounts of blood and discharge (that happened a lot lot later last time, odd). I shooted ayurveric Indian shampoo into my eye (lolz) and was really injured for two days, worried. Seems to be over now. I always get paranoid about the eyes and accutane as they are a defining feature and need to stay the same lol :,( I supposedly have dry eye syndrome from accutane though I dont feel it that strongly in general life and still wear contacts, it was a comment from an optometrist during an eye test.

Hair is slightly less oily but not substantially. Lips began to dry on day 5 or 6. Not painful but noticeable. I'm using bioderma atoderm lip balm which is supposedly ace on accutane. Who knows maybe that's why I'm doing well lip-wise. I cover thatin weleda skin food and then aqauphore at night.

Face-wise I use neutrogena water gel cream then avene tolerance extreme emulsion then dr organic snail cream THEN weleda skin food (lol extra I know but I remember the dryness so I'm prepping). Face is doing ok and im still able to use my beloved lily lolo mineral powder. Not sure if itll be possible as time goes on. Hope so though, its lush and gothicallypale which is rare to find. I've loved it on and off for 10 years.

I'd say skin wise I'm slightly worse than average but slightly better than when I started as I was having a (still mild) but unusually strong flare up on the jaw line.

Still very worried about the possibility of hair loss as mine is very thin much more than in the past. Feel like I'm noticing more strayhairs. Could well be my imagination.

Almost 2 weeks:

Thrush...lol and I never get that.

My hair seems like it's all over me.

Skin not great not bad. More spots than usual on chest.

Angrier than usual.

After 2 months:

Been on 40mg for a month now. It's really fine to be honest, better than the first round so far. Lips annoyingly dry but rarely painful as such. Skin less dry because I have more expensive skincare these days. Especially la roche Posey. Thats great. Cerave cream also ace for hands and rashes and even lips. I ran to an appointment the other day and I just broke lol. Joints especially ankles are a bit killer. But I'm really ok. Hilariously I'm more scared about birth control than accutane! I'm thinking of going on yasmin as an anti androgen for hair oil hair loss issues etc. Just hope it doesnt have terrible side effects or eventually cock up my skin. Seeing the private derm in two weeks, presumably she will prescribe a couple months more of accutane. I'd say skin wise my back is better but fave only slightly better. Being such a mild case I dont really know how much I need totake to get remission.

After 2 months 2 weeks:

Back and chest acne now a thing of the past. Facially I'd say less than before, jawline I'd say slightly more.

My pelvis area and ankles are worst effected by joint pain. It's very frequent. Doesnt stop me exercising though. Hair isnt great but it might be imagination. Lips passable. They are usually good in the day but very dehydrated by night. Odd. Skin dryness pretty good! Avene hydrance creme= A1

Vaginal dryness now less of an issue.

After pretty much 3 months:

Derm has put me on 3 more months worth of 40mg. I'm so sadddd. Thought itd be over soon. Starting to feel more mood effects and tailbone is hurting. ah well. Lips not dreadful which is something.

After 3 months:

Dudes. Do not get any dental things done. I had a CLEANING and I was hemorrhaging at the mouth for 3 days. To the extent I had an emergency platelets blood test. Mad.

After 3 months 2 weeks:

My levels of anger and ability to rant havebeen off the charts on accutane. I really hope it dies down afterwards and its not just my personality lolz. Lips still shockingly ok if somewhat uncomfortable, especially when I go out for drinks or dinner etc which is odd. I really notice it then.

Face has been drier than usual suddenly whereas until now it's been amazingly good. I have more spots than normal at the mo almost all jawline. I'm hoping it's a little flare before complete clearance.

Have some kind of nether regions infection again which hardcore sucks. Toenail has torn somewhat at the edge which sucks too. A lot of facial flushing. No dry hands or hand rashes like I did 5 yrs ago.

I keep drinking which isnt good. Not hardcore but not as light and rare as it should be.

After 4 months:

Skin had a dodgy dry spell but is levelling out now with addition of cerave body cream as facial moisturiser. Torn toenail getting wider across, i'm hoping it'll grow out and be ok. Excited to finish. I often feel quite lifeless. I wake up with anxiety every morning though i'm not sure if that started happening before or after accutane. It'd be nice if i become ultra chirpy when i finish. 2 more months to go...sigh. No oily hair is nice though. I have one spot on jaw, bit sore.