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Clear After 3 Days... Stop Accutane Now?

Very mild acne to start, persuaded a derm to give me Accutane. Was trying Finacea (azelaic acid) for 2.5 weeks prior to starting Accutane, it was slowly improving my skin. I wonder if it was simply t...

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10 years ago
Has Anyone Done Short-Term (6Months) Low-Dose Accutane?

I can totally relate and am about to start low dose too. I have "mild" acne but my regimen including topical retinoid takes lots of time, effort, and actually doesn't help that much. I just want to li...

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10 years ago
Differin .1% Cream...help

hey baby11 i had a veyr similar experience. currently on month 6 of adapalene (differin) 0.1% cream, I'm still getting new zits but overall it has smoothened my skin texture out. it leaves me tons of...

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10 years ago
Thinking Of Starting Accutane For Mild Acne

Almost no dermatologist in their right mind would give you Accutane for that.

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10 years ago
Differin 1 Week, Almost Clear - Celebrating Too Early?

Review of Epiduo I quit Epiduo after <2wks trial. 1 week of any BP product seems to give me improvement, but by the 2nd week mark, the irritation catches up and causes red, flaky, oily skin, and ma...

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10 years ago
Ib From Switch From Differin To Epiduo?

Hey CS99 I just did the switch a week and a half ago. So far I've gotten a lot of redness/pain/flaking/dryness and small pink zits that don't come to a head. They pop up in areas that were previously ...

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10 years ago
Differin 1 Week, Almost Clear - Celebrating Too Early?

3.5 months on Adapalene 0.1% Cream didn't clear me so I added a Clean-and-Clear Benzoyl Peroxide wash. That made me break out. At 4 months, I didn't see any improvement overall (possibly still due to ...

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10 years ago
Differin 1 Week, Almost Clear - Celebrating Too Early?

Checking in again to confirm it wasn't the Differin (Adapelene 0.1% cream). 2.5 months in, just had the worst breakout I've had in a while, kind of frustrating that I'm still not totally cleared by t...

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10 years ago
Differin 1 Week, Almost Clear - Celebrating Too Early?

Skin: "very very mild" comedonal acne, oily skin Drugs: Plexion (sodium sulfacetamide + sulfur facewash), and Differin (adapelene 0.1% cream) First several days: a few pustules, then nothing new. Old...

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11 years ago