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(@andrewbarth97)

Posted : 06/16/2020 2:30 pm

Hey everyone. I got off accutane in April and since then I haven't had any cystic acne. Only a few very minor breakouts. Thank god. I'm happy that my skin has finally calmed down but it is pretty severely scarred. I feel like when people look at me, they cringe a little. I can handle having a scarred face. It can give off a masculine tough guy look which I am okay with. I would, however, like to get rid of the discoloration and smoother the scars out a little. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thank you.

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(@andrewbarth97)

Posted : 06/16/2020 2:46 pm

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(@sirius-lee)

Posted : 06/16/2020 8:11 pm

From what's been floating around on the web from various channel is that you could start treatment while on Accutane. I personally think you should be off for at least 6 months to give your skin a full rest. At any rate, you could begin with non-energy device like subcision and, depending on how much improvement you see, you can follow up with RF microneedling. Once the skin is completely healed, you could move on to TCA. Good luck!

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(@andrewbarth97)

Posted : 06/17/2020 1:30 pm

This seems like a good gameplan given what I've researched as well. Thanks for the advice!

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