Jessa48

Ahhhhh!! I've been lazy with this log, but I'm on DAY 91!!!! Just into my fourth month.   My skin is definitely better. Haven't had any major breakouts within the last several weeks. My pores ar...

Thanks to all of you for your support!! I saw my derm and she said she usually sees the turnaround in the third month...and that she will keep me on for five months minimum, so there is some time. Aft...

And here I am at Day 50, STILL actively breaking out. Ugh. New giant thing on my forehead, again. It's red, it hurts, and I want it to disappear.   Still about the same side effect wise, no majo...

Day 96 : disappointed ! Looks like accutane isn't really working for me it seems. I'm still breaking out, for every pimple that goes away, two shows up and they leave red marks, I look terrible ! Lo...

Well, I mean, it's best to take Accutane with a high-fat meal, so.....

Day 43   Soooooo.....yeah. Another day, another deep cyst/nodule/whatever term for it.

I had a nice post type out and it was eaten. Ugh.   To paraphrase:   I'm so itchy. Everywhere. Face, scalp, arms, legs, back. I had some nice red marks from how bad it was.   I'm wo...

Jesse, we are basically on the exact same time frame, and both upped our dose to 60 mg! It's nice to have someone to follow that is going through the same thing. Do you have to buy Dr. Dan's online? M...

omg you look AMAZING. Can't wait until I get to 2 months!!

Day 35!!! I'm five days in to 60mg and haven't noticed anything drastically different so far.   Skin report: One new cyst forming on my chin, one under my eye brow --- they aren't noticeable. I'...

Such a great idea!!! I would love a way to track progress, get pop up reminders when I have to do something in iPledge, etc!!

Day 30! Just took my last pill of the first prescription...   Tomorrow I start 60mg!   I never figured out what happened with the pharmacy, but I was finally able to pick up the new prescr...

Day 27!!!!!!   Slight pharmacy snafu. They're claiming that they didn't get my prescription. Derm's office hasn't called me back. My window closes on Sunday. I'm kind of freaking out.   Ot...

Well now I'm having a similar struggle -- apparently my pharmacy didn't get the script???? It was sent on Monday. My window closes Sunday! I feel you on this babysitting thing....

Officially confirmed to go up to 30mg twice a day starting next week! Yikes!! At least my lab work was good. In preparation, I am going on a no squeezing/picking challenge for the next 48hours. I hav...

Aaaand Day 22. The Blackheads have overtaken the majority of my face. Even in places that didn't previously have blackheads, like the skin near the corners of my eyes (nose side). I don't think they'r...

Today was DAY 21....where on earth has this time gone? I remember being SO ANXIOUS to take my first pill. Now it's like...whatever, Isotretinoin, BRING. IT. ON.

Day 27 Went and saw the dermatologist today for my 1 month check-up. Everything went great and the best part is she's upping my dose to 60 mg. I was on 60 mg the entire course last time so I think it...

It felt weird shopping for moisturizer -- I'm so not used to looking for stuff for dry skin! WHat are you using now? Your skin looks GREAT in those pictures!!!

Soooooo if my labs are good, I'm going from 30mg once/day to 30mg twice/day. Which is more than 1mg/kg.... I'm only on Day 27. The dry skin is not fun right now. I went from 40 mg to 80 mg in the 2n...

hoping that my day 24 will be as good as yours!!

Ah yes! Glad we are having similar experiences!! Day 16 -- just seeing more blackheads/filaments getting pushed nearer to the surface of my skin, which makes me very excited. Wow....I'm such a nerd...

Get it checked by a doctor, preferably a derm!

Day 15..... Ahhhhh I am so bad at this. Ever since those raised bumps/blackheads started appearing i've been compulsively trying to pop them. This is a TERRIBLE habit to get into. I'm sure this is on...

Kristi, do you have any other options for a dermatologist? Or is it possible for your derm to dilute cortisone? The formulation of what's used in injections is much much weaker than the formulation us...