So I'm living in korea teaching English and I finally went on accutane here. It's very easy to get it here...no ipledge, I didn't have to sign anything, I wasn't even asked if I was on birth control!! They just pass it over to you! They don't even do the monthly blood tests! It's crazy! Anyway, I have hormonal cystic acne (About one/two cysts every month) I was given a low dose accutane (20 mg) a day for six months. I also have eczema flare-ups which is why he gave me the lower dose. Anyway, I feel I was on too low of a dose for my body weight and I was suspicious I'd relapse after. Exactly 3 months coming off it, my acne returned exactly the same as before! Not even less severe but pretty much the same.

I went back to the dermatologist and he prescribed another four months of accutane (even though I've only been off it for 2 and a half months practically!) He told me to take 20 and then tamper off and just take 10 mg a day and then if my face clears to stop it...then if I have a flareup again, to restart it. Why would I take it on and off again? How is that helping? Aren't you suppose to do a consistent run with it. just using it here and there when I have a flareup is just using it as a bandaid. I'm not going to cure the acne!! If anything I'll be dependent on it and when I stop taking it, it will come back.

Has anyone been given accutane and told to 'use' it just when you need it? Maybe this is just a weird thing they do in Korea but I think it's ineffective. I had little side effects because of the low dose at least but I'm not getting results I feel!