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Acne scars/marks from accutane

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(@crisp)

Posted : 05/20/2017 2:29 pm

Hi I'm a 19 year old male prescribed accutane. About a year and a half ago I had perfect skin, nearly zero pimples. Over the next year I started getting more and more cystic acne until it became moderate, my doctor prescribed me 40 milligrams accutane and I started breaking out really badly from it then upped my dosage to 90 milligrams and it got even worse. As I would get cysts they would go away but it would always leave these stubborn indented hyperpigmented marks that never seem to go away now, 6 months in, I barely break out but I have a lot of indented marks and I'm wondering what I can do to get rid of discoloration while on accutane and if there's any chance my skin will be even again. Also, what procedures are good for indented rolling scars?
Thanks, Chris

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(@beautifulambition)

Posted : 05/21/2017 4:01 pm

@CrispThis isn't acne scars, it's hyperpigmentation. I see no indents.

I will move this to hyperpigmentation.

We made this faq to this frequently asked question. Please check it out. What you have is the after effects of acne, wounds.

https://www.acne.org/hyperpigmentation.html

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(@crisp)

Posted : 05/21/2017 6:19 pm

On 5/22/2017 at 3:01 AM, beautifulambition said:

@CrispThis isn't acne scars, it's hyperpigmentation. I see no indents.

I will move this to hyperpigmentation.

 

 

 

We made this faq to this frequently asked question. Please check it out. What you have is the after effects of acne, wounds.

https://www.acne.org/hyperpigmentation.html

 

 

 

Haha well I'm glad you don't see it. That's good news to me

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(@ahaguru)

Posted : 05/23/2017 6:19 pm

On 5/20/2017 at 0:29 PM, Crisp said:

Hi I'm a 19 year old male prescribed accutane. About a year and a half ago I had perfect skin, nearly zero pimples. Over the next year I started getting more and more cystic acne until it became moderate, my doctor prescribed me 40 milligrams accutane and I started breaking out really badly from it then upped my dosage to 90 milligrams and it got even worse. As I would get cysts they would go away but it would always leave these stubborn indented hyperpigmented marks that never seem to go away now, 6 months in, I barely break out but I have a lot of indented marks and I'm wondering what I can do to get rid of discoloration while on accutane and if there's any chance my skin will be even again. Also, what procedures are good for indented rolling scars?
Thanks, Chris

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Drink buttermilk or kefir one cup at evenings
take vitamin E and flaxseed oil 
also vitamin D3
as for scars try microneedling 

Organic dairy makes a difference
avoid non organic if possible
 

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