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No hating self allowed! Do not fear! You are in the happy/sad phase. It's when you start to have some clear moments when things are getting better, and then BAM! Another stupid zit. I found it was thi...

Hello everyone.   I went for my monthly check up and... Looks like I'm back to square one.   Derm said I should restart my counter from when I started the 40mg. So my 55 days on accutane...

54 days on accutane 16th day on 40mg No new actives All pimples are healing. Scab on the left cheek has healed. BUT I HATE MYSELF BECAUSE I TRIED TO PICK ON MY RIGHT CHEEK AND NOW IT IS SCABBED ...

53 days on accutane 15th day on 40mg Took a cortisone shot on my cyst on the cheek. It grew so huge and painful. Now it is smaller, but still visible. No new actives. (Actually throughout this ...

52 days on accutane 14th day on 40mg Sadly, there was this deep (those watery kind) whitehead that obviously I didn't touch and let it grow for a month. Now it has finally become inflamed... the pus ...

Yay! Sounds like you're making good progress. You think so? I am not so sure.. BUT I HOPE SO!   51 days on accutane 13th day on accutane Sadly, yesterdy, I had an inflamed whitehead on my lef...

50th day on accutane (I HAVE REACHED THE 50 MARK!!) 12th day on 40mg No new actives Bump under my eye is still there, I am afraid it will be inflamed. Looks small, but lethal. Raw jaw updates: the ...

49th day on accutane 11th day on 40mg   1 mini bump under my eye. Which I hope will go away like the one on my left Temple.   Other than that, new no actives.   Right jaw updates: ...

Hey, I think you should. The higher dosage will clear your previous breakout. That happened to mine. And then I got cLear skin for a week before little whiteheads and old bumps that never went away st...

48th day on accutane 10th day 40mg   Bump on left temple went away. (Forever I hope)     Whiteheads on left lower cheek clearer slightly.   Right jaw bumps emerged again. 5 bum...

47th day on accutane 9th day on 40mg One active on my right jaw (the main problem) closer to my chin. This was an old pimple which never fully went away. The other one is on my eyebrow like I said ...

I've noticed a similar pattern.   Clear for a week, then the breakouts come in.   Been clear for a week, but I've had this bumps on my right jaw that has been around since the start of my...

Hello accutaners, does anyone has the same issue as me? My marks are not red, but dark pigmented marks from the old breakouts. How do you make them go away? Will accutane help to lighten the scars...

Hey, when I was at day 22, I broke out too. So don't worry, I was on 20mg on day 22. Then by 30plus my dosage was increased to 40mg, that helped to clear my breakouts. But.. there is still a risk of m...

46th day on accutane 8th day on 40mg Lips are red and swollen but dry. Anyone has the same problem? Still no new actives, but I am only 8th day on 40mg. I am not sure if the IB will come soon or no...

45th day on accutane 7th day on 40mg One active on my eyebrow. Since it is covered, I am not disturbed by it. Other than that, still clear. Whiteheads are slowly clearing too. Mostly my whiteh...

44 days on accutane 6th day on 40mg     Lips hurt from the dryness, lips look red and swollen. Once I apply Vaseline it is not as painful.   Woke up to a scare, saw a red bump at the...

43 days on accutane 5th day on 40mg no new actives, went out the whole day yesterday with make-up on. Always have a tissue with me to do the touch test, thinking that one pimple would pop out. But ...

42 days on accutane 4th day on 40mg   No new actives. Most of the spots on my face have dried up. Face feels rough because of Increase in the amount of whiteheads purging out of the skin. An...

Just an update: My body is getting drier, I can feel it. I am getting itchy bumps, looks like mosquito bites. But I am not too worried. Just realised by reading accutane users blogs, most will start...

41 days on accutane 3rd day on 40mg   No new actives but I'm not gg to be all excited about it. The last time it took two weeks of clear skin for all the gunk to appear.   Forehead and n...

hey you... I know that feeling, yes..sometimes I stop counting mine too. I try not to look into the mirror, and avoid people. When I was taking 20mg, I broke out for the first two weeks too. Relax,...

Hello! Day 128 over here, 40 mg throughout my course. Just wanted to drop by and say - don't give up! I broke out like crazy until about day 30-40. After that, things got slowly better, but it was slo...

I'm slightly behind you! Still on 20 mg. 38days on accutane 13 days on 20 mg! I am having 4 pimples on my face. Is that considered ok? My skin is smoother too... You think I should ask my derm to push...

39 days of accutane 1st day of 40mg (have been taking them w erythromycin)   I went to my derm today looking sad and stressed out.   He was nice about it, he was very patient and assured ...