JJ

What's your next step if you do quit? I've just quit tretinoin after 4 and a half months. It didn't keep me completely clear so I'm going back to the regimen. I know some people say 6 months but I cou...

Hi mrsrobinson My acne was not severe, it was my third course of Accutane. The previous 2 I took were both over 10 years ago. I would only get an occasional cyst, my acne was more mild and inflammato...

Plenty of people have been on low doses like this - do a board search and you'll find lots of threads. I did a low dose course of just over 12 months which ranged from 60mg/week to 30mg/day. It's mor...

I think if you are prone to scarring, the acne just tends to scar. Having used BP, differin, roaccutane, tretinoin etc. I don't think it matters what you are on. If you are prone to it, sadly you can ...

Same here at 33 and with 3 courses of accutane down. Checking into psychiatric hospital again tomorrow for second stay in 4 months. Was and am suicidal. For some people nothing works.

Officially stopped accutane today. Been on it about 13 and a half months total. Taken around 8400mg which for my weight is about 112mg/kg. I never was able to remain completely clear whilst on it, I a...

Been on tretinoin and clindamycin for 40 days. Acne is mild and controlled but I still breakout consistently, mostly with either non-inflamed or slightly inflamed stuff. Have tapered down to 5mg accut...

Yep accutane only comes in 10mg or 20mg capsules. If you want to take 5mg/day, just take 10mg every second day. I have no idea about getting it prescribed in the US. There are definitely some derms wh...

Hey, Target cumulative dosage is typically 120 - 150mg/kg. At 130 pounds you weigh approx 59kg. So your range would be between (120 x 59) and (150 x 59) = between 7080mg total (120mg/kg) and 8850 (15...

Hello all, I haven't been active in the forums lately, but I wanted to do a long term review of accutane. I am 2 years post accutane and I would like to go over my experience over the long run. I a...

Thanks for the support. It's so, so hard for me at the moment and I just don't see a positive future outcome

Feeling pretty much done with life. Never, ever in my 19 year struggle with acne have I felt so low. Finishing up third course of acctuane which has failed me. Using tretinoin for the past 3 weeks and...

Yep, you can definitely take doxy whilst using the differin. It is common to use an antibiotic in the first few months of starting a retinoin to hopefully mitigate any initial breakouts. After a few m...

Sorry to hear things aren't going so well. Good luck

Woke this morning to new zit on left jawline near mouth Starting clindamycin today.

Milia? Maybe post a picture if you can.

Applied tretinoin for the first time last night. Gunna start off slow once every 3 nights as i am still on 10mg tane per day.

Just an update, Tazorac maintenance therapy has been working really well for me. My face is completely clear other than scarring/pigmentation. I use Tazorac every day, and moisturize a lot... and ...

Well I'm here! Not very often, but I do check back to read your log now and then JJ, always hoping for some happy news. Good luck with the tretinion - is it Ziana? I had a terrible time with that stuf...

Same old same old. Got about 4 actives ATM, no big ones though. Have tapered down to 10mg/day for the last week and a half. Will start topical tretinoin and clindamycin next week as a hopefully succes...

Yep i'm still clear. No side effects or anything. Can't understand why more people don't give retin-a a proper try. It does take a long time to work but give it 6 months or more and the results are am...

  As I promised, here are pictures of my cheeks I took this morning (I am almost 4 months post accutane). You can see some milia and post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, but other than that ...

Well I had a lot of blackheads on my forehead to start off with but they certainly didn't get any worse. Right now I probably only have a few that are barely noticeable even when staring very closely ...

As I promised, here are pictures of my cheeks I took this morning (I am almost 4 months post accutane). You can see some milia and post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, but other than that I am clear....

  retin a doesn't play nice. When i was on it, at week 10 i had one pimple and thought, 'wow, i'm turning a corner finally'. Yeah right! Be prepared to have up and down skin until at least 3...