Fadedjay

Hey Sandeep. Just stopping by to support my brother. Accutane is a pain but it can be worth it. Take it one step at a time. I started a course this past September , low dose, but had to stop due to ve...

Day 68 - i think or somewhere around there! Well i had a derm check up and my bloods taken and i have moved up to 60mg which is probably the highest i will go even though i weigh 80kg my body didn't ...

Day 58 Not the best of days feel pretty shitty i need to stop picking. The right side of my face has some scars not sure its just the tane making them more prominent or if there just like that Skin...

Day 57 wowww its been a long freaking time since i posted an update. blackhead purge pretty much happened between weeks 3 - 4 and weeks 5-6 was sides of my nose under eyes had little white filaments...

Week 3 done day 22 Well things are going okay to say its been 3 weeks. inside of nose is getting really dry and sore so need to use vasline so nothing new there. Face has a slight pinkness to it like...

Glad things are going well fadedjay! Your comment about eating cookies made me laugh a little because I have lately been on this massive Oreo obsession and can't go a day without eating an entire slee...

Day 14 hello!! well its been 2 weeks and so far things are okay. Lips are dry but that's expected. Got some dandruff just need to stop washing my hair everyday as its long it doesn't help either. Bla...

cetaphil used to be sold in ASDA a few years ago and in Boots but it seems like they don't stock it anymore i buy big bottles from ebay and i have done for the last 4 years or so. aquaphor you can bu...

day 8 so far things are okay. I need to stop trying to pick all the blackheads from my nose as i actually cut my self lol knee's ache and so do ankles a little as expected. Lips have been dry so a...

We're both on our 2nd round and both on Day 4! Good to have found someone on the same day as me woohoo always good to find some one starting at the same time, hopefully we can pull each other throu...

I'm on 40mg just in my first week of a 2nd round. Did a full first course got at least 150mg/kg but it slowly crept back. I am on 40mg for the first two months will see then what to do next. Hope you...

  I have a similar history with acne. I took Accutane for the first time ten years ago and it worked well, however it has gradually worsened again over the years. Doxycycline helped while I was...

Hi fadedjay Wanted to wish you good luck:) I'm also on my second round of isotretinoin, but this time I'm doing a low dose of 20 mg/day. Hope second time is lucky for all of us! Hopefully this is t...

hello hello it seems common in the UK to only have a couple of blood tests my derm said that if it hasn't done anything after 8 weeks you will be fine which was really odd to me. On my first course i...

hey emmygirl its a bit of pain to get access to the drug for women they have to jump through hoops it seems but ah well least your starting soon. its a pain having multiple rounds but when you've max...

i've just started today on 40mg as well and its my second time round hopefully we can kick acne's ass this time

Hello All, Its been a while since i visited this forum!!! Well i'm back on isotretinoin otherwise commonly known as accutane. First course went okay cleared me up for a year not perfect but definit...

trying to stay positive but i can't feel anything so empty and numb. Trying to strive to be with this girl but so confused. Just another one of those days.

Well well well i should have done this a long time ago reallly!!! Brief history, i was prescribed epiduo last August and used it till around dec where i started experimenting with other products and ...

regardless of the severity of acne it sucks the life out of you. man i hate the way i look!

I have got to agree with Claire, Binga most of your posts that i have read suggest going to a derm. I think a lot of people have tried and some can't afford to. Maybe be a bit more helpful next time...

I just want to say that right now, I'm without makeup in front of my boyfriend. The first thing he said when I came out of the bathroom was "You're beautiful." I guess it's not as bad as I thought it...

this about sums up how i feel

i am from the UK and have experienced this a few times i.e on a morning like at 8am it sometimes just doesn't load the website. It times out.

Sounds like you have a plan! The bits of advice i can give are: - take things slowly at the start BP may irritate your skin i.e. it may become red, itchy etc - use as much moisturiser as you need in...