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At my wits end...

@J.A.R I'm mostly just red in the areas of scarring and leftover/active inflammation. The normal parts of my skin aren't very red so that's good. Had my almost-6 month appt today, doctor wants to kee...

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7 years ago
At my wits end...

I'm just past the 5 month point, and I'm sort of somewhere in the middle...at this moment things are looking decent (aside from being super red and having scars). No huge breakouts but there are still...

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7 years ago
At my wits end...

I just finished month 3, now I'm continuing on the 60mg most likely for the rest of my course. Overall things are getting better breakout-wise however there's still a couple spots that persist and com...

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8 years ago
At my wits end...

Can't wait to be in your guys' shoes...I'm about to finish month 2 but still haven't had any results. Still breaking out consistently like I was before starting accutane. Going to 60mg next week so ho...

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8 years ago
Accutane (2nd time around) 27/F

Almost completed the month of 40mg (so I'm almost 2 months in). Overall, really no changes. Lips are drier and skin is slightly drier, but basically things are the same. Last week I had a few days whe...

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8 years ago
Accutane 2017

@TiaMarie I was on 20mg for the first month and I didn't really notice dryness until the last week of that month. And even then it wasn't too bad, just slightly more dry than usual. Now I'm one week i...

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8 years ago
Accutane (2nd time around) 27/F

Finished the first month at 20mg. Now starting the 40mg for the second month. The past few days have been looking worse in some areas, just angry big bumps that are STARING back at me in the mirror. D...

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8 years ago
At my wits end...

@J.A.R Yeah I think my friends are probably sick of my ranting and bringing it up, but it's so hard to relate if they haven't experienced it. Same goes for my family, none of them have had any issues ...

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8 years ago
Accutane 2017

I'm about 3 weeks into my second course of Accutane (first course was 6 years ago, no big skin issues until this year). Starting at 20mg because my derm didn't want me to have a bad IB, however my acn...

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8 years ago
At my wits end...

I totally commiserate with the mental/emotional side effects of acne...it's honestly the worst part IMO, especially being an adult and feeling like nobody else is still dealing with this. I don't thin...

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8 years ago
Accutane (2nd time around) 27/F

Sooo lucky me, I've started Accutane for the 2nd time. I am 27 years old, female, and ready to be DONE with this whole thing. I first took Accutane 6 years ago in college when I started having more se...

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8 years ago