marissa101 0 Share Posted October 8, 2005 hey guysive been on accutane 1 1/2 months , i am 95% clear but i have gotten no side effects. my face was dry and flakey for like the second and third week , but then i started drinking tons of water and no i dont even get chapped lips !im so confused , im on 60 mg a day has this ever happened to someone?any insight would be greatly appreciated !-marissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterXaero 1 Share Posted October 8, 2005 hey guysive been on accutane 1 1/2 months , i am 95% clear but i have gotten no side effects. my face was dry and flakey for like the second and third week , but then i started drinking tons of water and no i dont even get chapped lips !im so confused , im on 60 mg a day has this ever happened to someone?any insight would be greatly appreciated !-marissa← Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silapp 0 Share Posted October 8, 2005 I've only been on accutane a little over a week and i'm having very little side effects. My doctor assured me that it affected everyone differently - so if your skin is at least clear, I wouldn't worry about it!!Laurel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marissa101 0 Author Share Posted October 8, 2005 you wanted to know how i stay non dryi think its just the way im reacting to the drug but i drink tons of water , moisturize , take vit e , cod liver , vit c , flax seed , multi vit , glucosamione msnand i steam my face with green tea every night ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpj 0 Share Posted October 8, 2005 I suffered very little side effects and was eventually on about 90mg in the last month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidz12345 0 Share Posted October 8, 2005 You're one of the lucky ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey. 1 Share Posted October 8, 2005 lucky, im in my 2nd week and got hit by THEM ALL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bstej 0 Share Posted October 9, 2005 mystero, youre probably in the worst stage of your course right now so hang in there and they will go away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arya 0 Share Posted October 9, 2005 heyy, i was on accutane for four months and i also didn't get any side effects. only dry skin, which was gloooorious, becuase i have really nasty oily skin. so really, it wasn't dry skin, it was just normal!!but i do wanna say something...lots of ppl have said that side effects can happen anytime...even after 3 months of treatment. i'm sure you won't! but just letting you know! Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reachy 0 Share Posted October 9, 2005 You guys that don't get side effects are really lucky. Be thankful. Very thankful.I have an extremely hard time staying on accutane because I get ...90% of the side effects, even on low dosage. Low dosage just lets me tolerate it. On high dosage I couldn't stand being on it because of the severity of the side effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazor 0 Share Posted October 10, 2005 you wanted to know how i stay non dryi think its just the way im reacting to the drug but i drink tons of water , moisturize , take vit e , cod liver , vit c , flax seed , multi vit , glucosamione msnand i steam my face with green tea every night !← Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazor 0 Share Posted October 10, 2005 I dont think I get the dry skin side effect......... don't spew but I havent moisterized or had a shower or even had my face a little wet for about 5 days now Seems to be working... But I smell like shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marissa101 0 Author Share Posted October 10, 2005 totally didnt know that thanks ! that means ive been taking 60 mg plus more vitamin a in that and turns out i had more in my multi vit and still more side effects . i will still stop taking more vitamin a though and stick to what the doc gives methx ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collegecandy 0 Share Posted October 11, 2005 You guys that don't get side effects are really lucky. Be thankful. Very thankful.I have an extremely hard time staying on accutane because I get ...90% of the side effects, even on low dosage. Low dosage just lets me tolerate it. On high dosage I couldn't stand being on it because of the severity of the side effects.← Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legislatorgov 0 Share Posted October 11, 2005 you're lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakiramir 13 Share Posted October 11, 2005 hey guys, just wondering how hard accutane is 2 get from the nhs, i have mild acne, will the doc give it 2 me??? i was using zineryt the zinc based antibiotic, that stuff was amazing while it worked, just had six months completely spot free, now the resistance has kicked in im trying bp but its knackering my face, is it likely 2 work, obviously it doesnt work for every 1 but if itll give me similar results 2 zineryt i definately want 2 try it, can any 1 just give me a bit of information about it or tell me where 2 find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpj 0 Share Posted October 11, 2005 hey guys, just wondering how hard accutane is 2 get from the nhs, i have mild acne, will the doc give it 2 me???← Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robyn78 0 Share Posted October 13, 2005 my aunt was on it back in the 80's -she didn't have a SINGLE side effect. AND it helped w/ her depression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylepts 0 Share Posted October 13, 2005 hey guys ive been on accutane 1 1/2 months , i am 95% clear but i have gotten no side effects. my face was dry and flakey for like the second and third week , but then i started drinking tons of water and no i dont even get chapped lips ! im so confused , im on 60 mg a day has this ever happened to someone? any insight would be greatly appreciated ! -marissa You are lucky like me. I've been using accutane for 5 years and I only get chapped lips which is easily managed with lip balm. Some people are fortunate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
