I've done one month of 10mg a day and each day I wake up to a mass of scars, lines enlarged pores. Pretty sure it's amcv but accutane has 100% made it worse. I would rather spots that this mess that is my face. I'm so distraught. I don't want to leave the house and I could quite easily hide away forever.
I didn't have a break out. Just scars forming from nowhere
Hi (fellow) Welshy. The same has happened to me on accutane. I have a large group of deep, pitted scars in the middle of my left cheek which I swear were not there before I started accutane or at least weren't that bad! Accutane seems to do that. I have just finished my course and will be pursuing scar treatment once i've been off it for 6 months.
just remember why you started accutane in the first place. my face is a mess as well and i also dont leave the house as much as i would otherwise, but I waged war against acne, and I will be damned if I quit for any reason short of death. Accutane works for most people most the time, by the END of treatment.
During treatment your skin is definetely going to change. You aren't in it long enough to actually see the great results.
Everyone I know that has been on accutane had horrible looking skin, but had excellent overall results at the end.
Do not give up, make sure your derm evaluates your skin condition on a regular basis !
I can totally relate!!!
I am one month post tane..still get small bumps and my skin looks worse
PRE tane i never had indentions or deep pitted scars
now i have them in places I never had breakouts
I cant explain it but understand what you are seeing/feeling..idk if it YEARS of congestion cleared out
I had very oily and congested skin pre tane with mild acne that persisted after 4 yrs of treatments, topicals and one yr on antibiotics
kim
I attacked my skin with bp aha and emu oil prior to accutane and saw these scars appear. Slowly they faded but now they have worsened. Just don't know what to do. How are u supposed to deal with something you don't understand and have no control over. Every day I pray for a small improvement but it just worsens.
as do I, but chances are those scars that you are seeing it did not appear out of thin air, these were most likely things that were part of your skin that were not visible before. Remember why you started accutane... you have to be pretty sick of acne to consider taking it... Yes everyday my skin gets worse and it is very depressing but the doctor prescribed it to you for a reason, at the end of the course you will most likely be glad you finished your course. If you quit, chances are your acne will not improve and you will have bad skin until you decide to finish a course.
i stopped looking in the mirror because my skin is no good, just counting the days until it will all be done with. Focus on the end result, never look back.
5 hours ago, eternalrocket said:Scars do look worse while on accutane, but still if you think its not normal, talk to your derm straight away.
I did leave a message for the nurses and they talked to the dermatologist and called back. She said she didn't think Accutane was causing it and I'm just thinking in my head: "Well okay I've read plenty of posts online of people with the same experience." She just said: "Wait the 6 months and see from there." When I asked about scar treatments my last appointment she wasn't very encouraging and basically said to just deal with it and that I'll be paying thousands and won't get much results then handed me a card for a laser place. Alrighty then.
54 minutes ago, Feelishia said:6 hours ago, eternalrocket said:Scars do look worse while on accutane, but still if you think its not normal, talk to your derm straight away.
I did leave a message for the nurses and they talked to the dermatologist and called back. She said she didn't think Accutane was causing it and I'm just thinking in my head: "Well okay I've read plenty of posts online of people with the same experience." She just said: "Wait the 6 months and see from there." When I asked about scar treatments my last appointment she wasn't very encouraging and basically said to just deal with it and that I'll be paying thousands and won't get much results then handed me a card for a laser place. Alrighty then.
lasers should be your last option, there are many other treatments which is safer, cheaper, and probably more effective than lasers, but in the meanwhile you can use some cream for scars, like mederma or something. I hope that your indents just fill up on their own.
lasers should be your last option, there are many other treatments which is safer, cheaper, and probably more effective than lasers, but in the meanwhile you can use some cream for scars, like mederma or something. I hope that your indents just fill up on their own.
Yes I have no plans for lasers! My scars are too mild for the risk anyways. I'm most interested in microneedling so I've been doing so much research to try to find someone reputable and affordable in my area. I'll still probably get a consult from the laser doctor just to see what he says about the condition of my face 
1 hour ago, Feelishia said:Yes I have no plans for lasers! My scars are too mild for the risk anyways. I'm most interested in microneedling so I've been doing so much research to try to find someone reputable and affordable in my area. I'll still probably get a consult from the laser doctor just to see what he says about the condition of my face
Hope we all get rid of this
