Week 5

lips feel more dry, got a bit of dermatitis on one of my arms, small bit of flaking on my chin and forehead, cheeks look flushed. Still feel like I'm not seeing any improvement!

I'm going through the IB now also. My Derm told she expects it to start getting better when she ups my dosage from 40mg to 60mg. We shall see....I wish you the best with your treatment.

Week 6
Really not much change at all. Still barely any dryness other than lips. Every time I thought it was getting a little better, a few more actives came up. I really thought there would be at least a little improvement by now. But it still looks worse than before accutane.

Week 7
Really no change at all. Lips are the only things that is dry. No other dryness. Going to see derm today and really hoping he will up my dosage.

Week 8
last Friday he increased my dosage to 50mg which is the maximum for my body weight. He also decreased my Antibiotics from 4 to 2 a day. My body seems a lot dryer, not so much my face. Lips still very dry. Only one active right now.
Really hoping these fade soon 

Cheeks seem pretty flat at the moment, no cystic acne. The red marks are just still so visible it makes it look awful. Anyone know is there a way to fade these? I'm only 2 months into my course, will accutane help fade them?

I think time is the only thing that helps, my red marks have been more visible while on accutane. I think it is just part of how the drug works, it irritates the skin. It will go away in time, trust me. COngratz on being clear!!

Week 9
Really no change at all. No extra dryness. No cystic acne at the moment, all pretty flat but still so red which makes it look worse
Haven't moisturised face at all since I've been on Accutane- haven't needed to.

Week 10
Not feeling anything different than week 9. No cystic acne at the moment, all pretty flat. Just those red marks   

you look great! why the frown face??!!??

Week 11
Finally think I'm starting to see some change.
Have been applying calamine religiously to the red marks and it seems to be helping the fade a little. Anyone have any other suggestions? Also keeping very hydrated.

Wow your face is looking great!! Which brand of accutane are you on?

Your skin looks amazing!

On 12 February 2016 at 2:47 PM, ColorCereal said:

Wow your face is looking great!! Which brand of accutane are you on?

the brand i'm on is Isotretinoin i think 🙂

Will post all the weeks photos that i've missed on friday which will be week 16. Unfortunately lately i've been having really bad side effects and everything looks so much worse. Still no actives, but the red marks have quadrupled in size at the moment and i've had incredibly bad flushing, burning, itching, etc. So last week dropped from 50mg to 40mg for a week. And saw my dermatologist this morning and i've now dropped down to 10mg per day which should keep everything in check and also help with the red marks hopefully

I still have a box of 20mg left- do you guys think that taking 20 mg every second day is the same as taking 10mg every day??

Also discovered yesterday that i was taking a multi-vitamin the whole time i've been on Accutane that has Vitamin A in it. My derm says that could be a contributing factor to everything that's been going on
All of my side effects have been a shock to him really haha

21 hours ago, greenbanana said:

the brand i'm on is Isotretinoin i think

Will post all the weeks photos that i've missed on friday which will be week 16. Unfortunately lately i've been having really bad side effects and everything looks so much worse. Still no actives, but the red marks have quadrupled in size at the moment and i've had incredibly bad flushing, burning, itching, etc. So last week dropped from 50mg to 40mg for a week. And saw my dermatologist this morning and i've now dropped down to 10mg per day which should keep everything in check and also help with the red marks hopefully

I still have a box of 20mg left- do you guys think that taking 20 mg every second day is the same as taking 10mg every day??

My dermo prescribed 20mg daily for my first month, but my insurance wouldn't allow the purchase of 20mg tablets. Instead, my derm told me to take one 40mg tablet every other day and it should be the same as taking 20mg daily. Couldn't find anything online about it, but I'll take his word for it on that one. By the way your face looks great, you have definitely made some serious progress!

17 minutes ago, Diamond98 said:

21 hours ago, greenbanana said:

the brand i'm on is Isotretinoin i think

Will post all the weeks photos that i've missed on friday which will be week 16. Unfortunately lately i've been having really bad side effects and everything looks so much worse. Still no actives, but the red marks have quadrupled in size at the moment and i've had incredibly bad flushing, burning, itching, etc. So last week dropped from 50mg to 40mg for a week. And saw my dermatologist this morning and i've now dropped down to 10mg per day which should keep everything in check and also help with the red marks hopefully

I still have a box of 20mg left- do you guys think that taking 20 mg every second day is the same as taking 10mg every day??

My dermo prescribed 20mg daily for my first month, but my insurance wouldn't allow the purchase of 20mg tablets. Instead, my derm told me to take one 40mg tablet every other day and it should be the same as taking 20mg daily. Couldn't find anything online about it, but I'll take his word for it on that one. By the way your face looks great, you have definitely made some serious progress!

Thank you!
Unfortunately it's not looking like that anymore- had a really severe episode of flushing etc last week and now everything is really inflamed all the time

7 minutes ago, greenbanana said:

Thank you!
Unfortunately it's not looking like that anymore- had a really severe episode of flushing etc last week and now everything is really inflamed all the time

I'm sure you look fantastic, you have very pretty eyes! I too feel flushed now, especially when I go from one temperature controlled room to another room with a different temperature. Makes school pretty harsh, as each of my classrooms have different temperatures and switching rooms suddenly makes my face trip over itself and get all red. Stay positive!

It looks like you'll heal beautifully. Good luck!

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Week 15

AND THEN this episode happened....
 

hey the red marks are definitely red, but it's awesome that you don't seem to have had any actives for a few weeks now. at least your skin can start to heal now

Week 16
Still no actives. Reduced from 50mg to 10mg for a few days. Hopefully that'll make a difference to the red marks too

Wow! Your face really looks so much better from the last picture! I'm having some issues with redness too, what did you do/use to calm it?

22 minutes ago, Diamond98 said:

Wow! Your face really looks so much better from the last picture! I'm having some issues with redness too, what did you do/use to calm it?

Thank you! was really freaking out after that last picture. Came out of nowhere

The only thing i did differently was stop taking my multi-vitamin and reduce the dosage of accutane from 50mg to 10mg