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Is it constantly on your mind when you do get a breakout? My fear is that Im going to be completely clear but still have that constant fear it could all change again. Thanks for posting!! My skin ha...

I'm a 33 year old man; avg weight/height with no other significant medical problems. I'm on no special diet. After finishing my 7 month Accutane treatment my skin has done this: 0-3 months after endi...

Its been two years since I started and ended my treatment of accutane. My version of accutane was called Claravis. Yep, I have a log about it too. This was my second treatment in about 15 years. The f...

Its been two years since I started and ended my treatment of accutane. My version of accutane was called Claravis. Yep, I have a log about it too. This was my second treatment in about 15 years. The f...

UPDATE: 1 year after finishing Accutane I started Claravis (accutane) in December 2011. I finished my treatment in August 2012. This past August 2013, was my first year since I finished Accutane. Fur...

Its been about a year since I started Accutane. I finished my second 8 month treatment (in 15 years) in August 2012. So far, I haven't had many pimples. I've had a few pimples since the end of my tr...

Tomorrow I start my second year of graduate school. I have a few more pills left of my last package of Claravis.   I have all kinds of sores and pains on my lower back and in my feet. If this is ...

I got a tube of Vaniply and a few Chap Sticks.

Day 38 Week 6 I can't believe I've really had no additional side effects after a week on 60mg...I find that a little strange and I hope it doesn't mean that the meds aren't working, though I'm sure th...

Congratulations on starting! I am in month two. I will follow this log, and I wish you all the best!   Thank you! I am very excited!! I am also on 20 mg once a day right now. Day 3 I am not sur...

Anxiety? I have that too. I take an anti-anxiety pill. Very low dose, but it works wonders. Keeps me from thinking other people are judging me.   Also, I was getting cysts well into my 2nd mo of ...

I think for some people, they are just going to react differently. I've read about people having all sorts of reactions and some people have none.   I was lucky. The only really bad thing was my ...

Month 7   This month, I've been on Claravis 40mg x 1 day because of some severe dryness I had in my nose. It was causing bleeding. This should be my last month on Claravis. My acne is gone, at le...

Still on Claravis.   Between Februry and May, I was on Claravis 1 x day for 40mg.   In April I had a very mild breakout.   Otherwise, February - May I was clear. The side effects I had ...

Day 70 Had to stop Claravis because I may need surgery for an unrelated, pre-existing condition. Otherwise, I was doing okay. I had 2 pimples in the last 3 weeks. I may resume Claravis as early a...

Day 52 My back feels better today. My skin is looking better. In about 1 week I return to the derm. He may up my dose, so I may have a new outbreak. I haven't done anything about getting a new i...

Day 48 My back continues to hurt. It feels stiff. Some days are better than others. I had a major pimple on my temple for about 9 days. Today, it has shrunk down significantly. Other than that, I ...

Day 41 Haven't posted in a few days because I've been very busy with school starting up again, I still have a very inflamed pimple on my temple. My back feels tight at times. My skin is still fl...

Day 38 I woke up noticing that a small pimple on my left temple area and grown twice as big since yesterday. It should decrease down in about a week. My back still feels a bit tight from time to t...

Day 37 I think the pimple inside my ear got bigger because it got more painful. It hurts to put earphones in it. Today was my first day of my internship. My acne was fairly mellow. My skin was cle...

Day 36 Today was my first day of my second semester of grad school! Things went well. I felt very comfortable speaking with the many female students in my class without wondering what they thought...

Day 35 I have one new pimple forming on my forehead. It feels a bit painful, but I don't think it will be anything major. Tomorrow, I start my first day of my second semester of graduate school. I...

Day 34 No changes today with the acne. However, the back pain keeps reminding me that I am on Claravis. Yesterday, I was doing some pull ups in my backyard. This morning I woke up with a stiff bac...

Day 33 No new acne today. However, I have about 7 pimples on my face divided between my temples. They are all relatively small. Though, they feel like small pebbles under my skin. They are all left ...

Day 32 My lower back is a little stiff today, but not much pain. I am taking about 400mg of ibruprofen. No new acne today. I woke with a healthy chunk of dried blood over two pimples on my left ...