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My eyes have been itchy as well, but I still wear contacts. I've just been using OTC eye drops for contacts and it's keeping them alright.   It just speaks to the larger issue for me that I'm j...

I notice random everything on accutane. As for oil, I'll be honest I'm not really sure. I find that if I touch something to my nose or upper lip, it usually leaves behind some kind of print, but I hon...

Day 100:   Hey everyone! So it seems fitting that on day 100 I should update. This should be shorter than my typical novellas because I don't have a TON to say. Skin wise, things have been going...

Day 94:   Since the last update, I've moved halfway across the country! Managed to find a new derm and got a Saturday morning appointment for earlyish September, so I'm excited about that. Othe...

Day 90:   Meh. Today was the first time I left the dermatologist's office feeling sort of down. Not because of my skin (I got an annoying papule that popped yesterday and now it's all red and an...

Hey frenchie86 (and emmyloublood for that matter), good luck on the course! I'm on 60 mg/day and wrapping up Month 3/entering Month 4 and I can tell you I really don't think you are going to regret th...

Thanks DawgDaze. I may be the Boy Who Cried Eczema though since that small bump actually was a clogged pore, came to a head mid-day yesterday, and it pretty much healed over this morning. Go figure......

Glad it's all going (relatively) well! Sorry about the clogged pores. I almost hate those more than zits. This will-they-won't-they game is such a pain. I'm so obsessive too that I see one small possi...

I have the same thing. Sometimes I look in the mirror and think, "Yikes! That scarring is BAD." But the fact that it seems to come and go (some days look better, some days look worse) makes me think i...

Hey everyone (or lifeinfaith and DawgDaze since I think you two are the only ones reading)! Today marks day 86 and I'm now into Week 13. Can't say for sure if time has gone fast or slow. Some days I t...

Yay! I know I've said it a million times but I'm so glad the course is going well for you! Continue to keep us posted but enjoy your life with clear skin!!!

Hey Mandy! Glad to hear things are still going well for you! I'm about a week behind you and I'm experiencing similar side effects. The nose issue really set in in the last two weeks though seems to b...

Also keep in mind that scarring is MUCH more noticeable on Accutane because your skin dries out and has nothing to plump it out. I sometimes look in the mirror and even if I'm clear I feel like my sca...

Hey DawgDaze: I've been moisturizing nonstop and adding this Protopic at night and, knock on wood (seriously if I had a penny for every time I said that) it's keeping the eczema at bay. My neck has be...

lifeinfaith: Thanks for the input. I don't think I'm supposed to put hydrocortisone cream on my face but I'll ask the derm (who should be calling me back. I left a voicemail yesterday…). In the mean t...

Thought I would update this as it's now Day 80 on Accutane. So far I have taken a total of 4440 mg of Accutane. I weigh around 71 kilograms (I think. I fluctuate weight so I'm anywhere from 155-160 lb...

I'm going to echo Moonlight here and offer encouragement. I broke out pretty badly around Day 12-16, cleared REALLY nicely around Day 40, hell again Days 45-60, and since then I've only had 3-4 small ...

OOOH I'm so glad it's going well for you! I have also experienced the Accutane "glow" but I attribute that to just being consistently tan/burnt (not SUPER burnt, just constant redness. Very grateful f...

Lifeinfaith: I think I'm noticing something similar. I have one or two areas that I initially thought were clogged pores on my left cheek. I think it might actually be eczema or something though. It s...

Hey there! As for scarring, I haven't been very good at preventing it (it hasn't gotten too bad, but I rarely scarred until about a month into my Accutane course). I've found that Aquaphor helps heal ...

Yeah my perfectly clear skin days are over too. Woke up this morning with a whitehead on my forehead. It popped very easily (I know you shouldn't pop but it was small and ready to go). Now it's just r...

The toughest part in the beginning for me has been the apprehension. I constantly wondered "is this the IB? Is it going to hit now?!" I am 72 (73?) days in now and I can say my face never exploded int...

Sankofa1: I'm sorry to hear about the sudden and traumatic onset of cystic acne for you. I never had a problem with it in middle or high school and didn't struggle with it until suddenly as I turned 2...

Hey Lifeinfaith, thanks for checking in! Good luck with the bump in dosage. I feel like I need to change the name of this log, since I'm not on claravis (I'm on amnesteem) and I've been at 60 mg for t...

Glad to hear the check up went relatively well. After my first one, my pharmacist kept telling me I had to answer questions in order to get the prescription filled. I kept repeating that, as a male/fe...