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I'm over 4 months now... still getting the odd cystic spot and im really sad. red marks everywhere from scarring. so self conscious about my flaking skin throughout the day, its so hard to hide and i ...

On 1/27/2018 at 3:02 AM, kvn88 said: Give it time. Keep doing what you are doing and then if scars stay there, you can always talk with your derm about getting them removed once you finish accu...

Day 97 boyz!!! Breakouts have gone down significantly from the atrocious IB, I still get 1 or 2 a day though. Not big, but annoying enough. My biggest concern is scarring now... I moisturize religious...

so.. it's day 88 now. for a while now I've been pretty good.. my IB really started to clear up over the past 2 weeks or so. my skin has been feeling really smooth lately and not really any crazy break...

Day 68: Christmas eve and Christmas Day were awesome! My face was healing, I had no new active zits and the redness had gone down significantly. The next day (Dec. 26) was pretty good too, it was the ...

Day 64: I'm experiencing a few more side effects now ... the backs of my hands are becoming increasingly dry. I'm hoping this means it will start to show improvements on my face soon! Are there any in...

On 12/21/2017 at 2:17 PM, kvn88 said: I was in your position for real! No confidence at all, still very low, as I have some red marks and maybe 2-3 spots. I was also looking for ANY ways to reduc...

ah you look amazing! I really hope this starts to happen with my skin soon too! I'm on day 61 and my cheeks and jawline are still breaking out, but my skin is definitely dry. hope it starts going in t...

On 12/15/2017 at 3:23 PM, kvn88 said: M20, 40mg, started with mild persistent acne. And my IB is(WAS) hell. Worst skin ever, tho I didn't started with "bad" face... 2 weeks in and it all sta...

On 12/9/2017 at 1:19 AM, Accutane123456 said: Being on a low dosage too, I only moisturize the dry spots on my face. Honestly, people are always preaching about moisturizing on accutane but I m...

Okay yeah so that didn't last long.. I keep waking up with huge painful ones still... on my cheeks and jawline. The whole lower half of my face is just in so much pain. I really think my dosage must b...

I can't believe it's almost been 2 months on accutane already! I'm pledging to myself to not pick at my face for a few days (at least, hopefully I'll just stop completely) but I work on Saturday and ...

2 hours ago, Accutane123456 said: Its hard not to pick!! Especially when the pimple is SO READY TO BE POPPED!! D; When I do it, I extract it after I shower and then dab a little bit of neosporin ...

2 hours ago, Accutane123456 said: Yeah my skin is definitely red and blotchy >< Day 43 I haven't had any whiteheads in a week then they all decided to come at once. My left cheek ha...

16 hours ago, pimple pimp said: youre still pretty early on in treatment. i would reduce to 10-20 mg theres a helpful thread on here about low dose accutane 10 mg also studies on low dose...

On 11/28/2017 at 0:20 AM, Duperele said: It's called purgning  Your skin will get better in about 6 weeks. your skin purges after going off accutane? I ...

I'm on day 45 of accutane, still breaking out too  I started with the same kinda thing with all the whiteheads, and now my skin is just dotted with bumps and redness everywhere - it's wors...

1 hour ago, hatetane said: You may not accept this but you sound like you are suffering from depression. The regulators state that at the first sign of depression you should talk to you derm an...

So it's day 45 on accutane and I'm still waking up with cystic below-the-skin acne, as well as smaller, sometimes painful whiteheads. I'm so bad with picking at them too, I just think they look so gro...

I keep getting similar looking whiteheads. I'm on day 45 and still experiencing this... hoping the breakouts won't last too much longer!

I'm the same! I'm on day 45 and my skin is awful - like worse than what I started with and I wake up every morning with more painful zits and visibly noticeable whiteheads  and it's all in...

Hi there, So, I'm new to this whole accutane business and I have asked all my questions to my google search bar, and to no avail, have received 0 reassurance or certainty in the answers I have found....