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Mosey mom, I know you are glad to be at the end of treatment! My son has also finished his regular course of treatment. Since he was on a low dosage and has not reached the total cumulative dose, he...

My daughter has completed month 4 and we are seeing a huge difference in her skin on her back, chest and face!! What a difference!! She is still however getting a few pimples her and there. Her doct...

Had our 3 month check up with derm yesterday. Dosage going from 40mg per day to 60mg per day. He was pleased with progress although things do not look significantly better yet. He did point out tha...

Thanks fotoguy and Mosey mom for the information! We too have been on vacation, so haven't updated. fotoguy - I did buy Omega 3 fish oil thinking it would help with the joint pain. My son hasn't ta...

Had a check up with derm this past Thursday. Face is still extremely broken out, but dr seems to think that treatment is on track and as effective as it should be at this time. He did add a prescrip...

Thanks, fotoguy, for the encouragement! Very much needed and appreciated! I know my son is ready to see some positive changes! Will try to be patient!

We are not seeing any improvement and we are coming upon end of junior year of hs. Senior year means senior portraits and all that goes along with it. Really hoping for improvement. Feeling discour...

Mosey Mom I know you are anxious for things to improve, as am I. Most all of the end results I have heard of have been good as far as clearing up the acne. Is there a possibility that it does not...

Mosey Mom, Somehow, I am expecting our progress to be slow like your sons too due to the lower dosage. I just keep hoping that one day it will look better and then better each day after that! Writi...

Things still seem about the same. Looked better yesterday, doesn't seem to look better today. My son has been going about his sports activities and working a job that is also somewhat hard physicall...

Mosey Mom, glad to hear that thinks are looking better. Hopefully you will see more improvement very soon! Thanks for info on side effects and drinking more water. I will definitely have him add mo...

I know the slow progress must be frustrating for you and your son. Hopefully things will look better soon! Since starting the isotretenoin, my son has had several complaints that he normally does n...

Mosey mom, I ran across this forum while looking into isotretenoin because my 17 year old son has just started taking it. I have an older daughter who has taken it before, the first time at age 15 a...