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Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

i dont know if this would help anybody but my doctor did mention to me that doctors and and developers of accutane do not actually know the future implications and long term effects of accutane. They ...

In forum Prescription acne medications

13 years ago
Moderately Severe Acne On Combination Skin (Pics)

hey there! Please don't get down about skin, its really not bad at all, i'm being honest. you are not a moon face or whatever it is you said you are - Your scars can easily be treated with lasers. You...

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13 years ago
Hormonal Issues?

i had all of these symptoms, every single one that you explained. I have/had pcos and i saw an endo who was able to help. you are fine with your nutrition and exercise, but please get tested for pcos....

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13 years ago
Does Bp Just Produce A Whitehead?

i would like to know the same, just has the same effect on me, and it ruined a few shirts and towels i really dont like that stuff

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13 years ago
Peeled From Co2 Laser And You Still See All The Spots - Photos Included

how is the redness now? Has it faded? With resurfacing, its more like your whole face generally looks very red. Are the red dots where she passed over with the laser? Perhaps she did a deeper pass in...

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13 years ago
Laser Treatments Vs Chemical Peels

I have had both done. Chemical Peels, IPLs and resurfacing with the E-Matrix. After laser resurfacing, you will look very red, some of the marks will even look more red but this fades. Lasers penetrat...

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13 years ago
Pleaseee Help Me

i have the same, my doctor told me IPL helps, with some peels and stuff. In my experience the red marks generally fade by themselves, its the only type of marks/scars i get. zinc 30mg really helps tr...

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13 years ago
skin quality after accutane

Please see before & after album I just uploaded you are still beautiful to me. I can understand what you are saying about your hair. You seem to have quite a lot of thick red hair in the before ...

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13 years ago
skin quality after accutane

hi, sometimes accutane can cause permanent changes within the structure of the skin. So some of these side effects don't go away, some do but obviously the skin is thinned during accutane use. even th...

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13 years ago
Thin Skin Side Effect

accutane does thin out your skin. it affects the whole structure of the skin... i mean, sometimes it stays thin permanently, sometime you resume normal thickness.

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13 years ago
Skin Sensitivity From Hormonal Changes?

it can make you more sensitive in general, the skin. I was bruising easily and stuff and wounds weren't healing fast, i read in Alejandro' Jungers book "Clean" that the OCP can cause deficiency in ZIN...

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13 years ago
Hair Loss

one dermatologist actually laughed at me, and put me down when i said i didn't want to take it and it damaged you long term. She said they are all reversable side effects (REALLY ?!) and its only harm...

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13 years ago
Hair Loss

i honestly dont give this med much longer on the market. But they make a lot of money out of it, the pharma indsustry.

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13 years ago
Hair Loss

hey! omg lol sorry i made you think that. Thats not what I meant. It is while you take the medication, but of course, some of the damage that occurs during treatment can come to your awareness even m...

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13 years ago
Hair Loss

If you look on the internet, you see the accutane is described as a drug which 'rapidly kills dividing cells' and is 'non selective'. Everything in our body is made of cells, accutane doesn't choose w...

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13 years ago
Severe Side Effects Have Left Me Suicidal

i would suggest some vitamin D3 as well. Honestly it sounds you have tried many measures. I wouldn't be scared of facial fillers but i do understand your hesitation. BTW they have come out with stem c...

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13 years ago
No Clinical Support For Myth That Accutane Delays Wound Healing And Increases Risk Of Scarring

dont go by all these studies on accutane, its an expensive medication as well and doctors get PAID for every prescription they fill. Its the same with the flu jab. I dont believe all doctors, some of ...

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13 years ago
Initial Breakout On Bcp? Help!

hello all Ive been having an initial breakout and i dont know if this is normal! They are not cystic pimples. More like, redness all over the face. My face just looks red which is contradictory to wh...

In forum Hormonal acne

13 years ago
Severe Side Effects Have Left Me Suicidal

your doctor sounds like he is not helpful at all. I do believe you on these side effects because it DOES and CAN happen. I am so sorry you are going through this. Is there anyway you can see another d...

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13 years ago
No Clinical Support For Myth That Accutane Delays Wound Healing And Increases Risk Of Scarring

All the studies and all, don't paint the whole picture. There are many people here who report slower wound healing. If you read about how accutane rapidly kills quickly dividing cells, and that it cha...

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13 years ago
Done Witth Spiro. Ready To Try Birth Control. Advice?

i dont know what the placebo is but i think its yaz because on the belara website there is a downloadable monograph that compares the progesterone/estrogen formula to the progesterone in YAZ. I'm on i...

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13 years ago
Initial Breakout On Bcp? Help!

i was tested for vitamin d deficiency when they put me on metformin for pcos in 2011. I was SO below the line (i think i came up as 7 when the normal or minimum was 40) and was put on a once a week do...

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13 years ago
Done Witth Spiro. Ready To Try Birth Control. Advice?

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13 years ago
Harassing My Endo

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13 years ago
Initial Breakout On Bcp? Help!

i think they have entirely different progesterones, YAZ has a derivative of spiro in it. Belara has something else entirely they don't seem similar except they are both anti androgenic. I heard most p...

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13 years ago