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Oh cysts, those terrible little things. I never got true cysts until a year ago while my husband and I were living in Colorado during the worst breakout of my life...brought on by extreme stress/crazy...

I upped to 20mg ever day now- the past few days face started flaking and lips are always chapped. This stuff is powerful I don't know how you guys do high doses! Those marks from squeezing last Monday...

Day 19- I upped to 20mg every day a couple days ago...and overnight I woke up with my skin flaking. Took a shower and a thin layer of skin came off all over. I am putting on Chapstick a million times ...

We all seem to have the similar experience of our skin never being the same after OCM. I have actually had to go on accutane recently because over a year since the OCM mess and my face never was the w...

Got a crazy huge monster pimple yesterday on my chin...the likes of which I have not seen in like 10 years...I'm thinking this might be some IB. I popped it last night but it came back for round 2 tod...

Something weird happened yesterday. Monday night I noticed a really swollen spot on my chin...yesterday that spot had swelled to an area the size of a nickel by evening...like the most swollen pimple ...

More power to you! I always wondered how guys made it through puberty without concealer.   The marks from yesterday are on their way to fading...thankfully my skin has always healed very fast. ...

Start of Week 2 - I am really looking forward to upping to 20mg per day at the end of this week instead of every other. I am ready for some more results and for my skin to get drier. I messed up and...

Arggh you're right!! Last night I got to noticing 3-4 clogged pores on my right cheek and got too comfortable with how easily the clogged pores had been coming out...so I went after them and it did no...

Week 1   I just finished week 1 (I started out taking 20 mg every other day, which I will do for 2-3 weeks to wean myself in then bump up to 20 every day as my dose for the rest of the course......

That's great it's going so well for you! I just finished week 1 (I started out taking 20 mg every other day, which I will do for 2-3 weeks to wean myself in then bump up to 20 every day as my dose for...

Hi Kim,   Were you able to get back on it? I just started Absorbica at 20 mg and am hoping for less side effects because of the low dose.

Breakitoutnow - The major thing to make sure of when you are deciding on stopping it is that you have gotten your cumulative dose. You need 120-150 mg per kg you weigh....for instance I weigh 45 kg ...

Took my first 20mg pill of Absorbica today!!! Drinking lots of water!

Took my first 20mg pill of Absorbica today!! Here we go.

Of course as soon as I said that my forehead starts looking better over the past few days and I get several large swollen pimples on my cheek/jaw area. Haven't gotten ones quite that inflamed in a fe...

Have you guys noticed accutane starting to clear a certain part of your face first more than others? My forehead is really out of control right now compared to the rest so I am hoping it effects that...

Well...I take my lab again Wed and then start on Thursday!!!   As of right now most of the bottom part of my face has really calmed down the past few weeks...but my forehead has an endless parad...

Does anyone know if accutane helps heal very shallow acne scars ? I read conflicting ideas online, but it made sense that it would since it's a retinoid and greatly increases cell turnover.   I ...

Did your dermatologist advise you of whether accutane could help with shallow scarring? It seems like some say so but some disagree.

Is this still alive? Any improvement ?

Hi! Are you still active? Did the thinning from the hydrocortisone heal? I have done the same thing to myself.

Hopefully your IB is over! Wish I could tell you how my experience was going... But I have 18 days left.   My dad gave me this supplement the other day and swears by it - pantethine. He took ac...

I asked my dermatologist today about the IB and she told me it usually occurs in people with severe acne who were already breaking out terribly. Se told me she doubted I would have one, just maybe a f...

So.....went to the doc today to get my accutane prescription and apparently the medical assistant forgot to register me in ipledge when I came in and did my initial test a month ago....so I have to wa...