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omgmike4, Rorius is right, can't do anything about the cholesterol, but more importantly, you need to focus on what the blood test results show and what it means to have high cholesterol. this is on...

Hi Mosey Mom, We saw the post by Lastlazarus about your son's initial break out and the issue concerning the dosage. We posted a response to your question about your son's 80mg initial dosage and co...

Hi, we are parents with a 14 yr old daughter who is currently on her 4th month of accutane. We have an older child, age 20, who took accutane in high school (amazing results) so we have been thru this...

Hi, we are parents and have a 14 yr old daughter currently on her 4th month of accutane (40,mg/53kg/6months); which is why we joined, to get as much info as possible for her. As to taking accutane, ha...

We are parents with a 14 yr old daughter who is currently on accutane. We also have a 20 yr old daughter who took accutane 7 yrs ago with amazing results, but with some issues post treatment which is ...

Went to the derm this week to discuss progress after 3 months. Stats: Dec 12 started 40mg accutane, 5 month projected course, 50kg 14 yr old daughter First, blood work was good. Parents, the initial ...

if you did the waxing, hope it went ok. you should read this web page for the do's and dont's while on accutane

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Hi, we see you haven't posted on this site lately but we still wanted to respond hoping you will see this. We have a 20 yr old daughter who took accutane while a freshman in hs. It worked its wonders ...

We agree, Relax! my 14 yr old is on a 40mg course for 5 months; her side effects have been sore joints, dry lips, some exzima on hands and elbows which is on and off; dry eyes and skin and a lack of f...

hey erb27, we have been looking for a post related to accutane and sports. My 14 yr old is on a 5 month course taking 40mg. she plays club volleyball and the joint pain at first was really bothering h...

OMG! we are parents of two girls, age 20 and 14. Our 14 yr old is on accutane now. our 20 year old took it while a freshman in high school so we have prior experience about the effects of accutane, po...

When our first daughter (she is now 20) waxed while on a low dosage of accutane it literally peeled the skin off her eyebrows. As her parents we read all the info given to us about the do's and don'...

Hi, we are parents of 2 girls (our first is age 20) and our youngest is 14 so we know exactly where you are at. We have been on this site all day since joining this am after reading some really touch...

Just joined today after viewing for last several weeks to try and get as much info as possible for our 14 yr old daughter who is on a 5 month course of accutane. Wish we would have discovered this web...

Hi Mom, saw your post as a parent and it encouraged us to join for our daughter, who is 14 and started her acutane treatment in Nov. We agree with leere (sp?) 80 mg seems really high. Our 14 yr old d...

No getting around the BP getting in your eyes; but i would deal with that pain rather than go off the Regimen. This what i did the other day after a haircut or sometimes when i just have to wash at wo...

We are 50 something'ish parents and after seeing your post and this post thought we'd respond to let you know your post is invaluable for people taking the acutane journey. We have a 14 yr old on i...

Don't give up! geez we have been at the cp all morning having "lurked" on this site for the past couple months and not wanting to get involved as most parents are, we couldn't just sit here and contin...

Hi, we are parents (u may not want to listen to us-we are mid 50's ) of 2 girls (our first is age 20) and our youngest is 14. Some background first, my husband's side of the family has a history of a...

"My derm prescribed accutane to me yesterday and she gave me the iPledge booklet and everything and I had a urine/pregnancy test. She gave me two forms for blood work in the booklet and I forgot what ...

Hi, we are parents (u may not want to listen to us-we are mid 50's ) of 2 girls (our first is age 20) and our youngest is 14. Some background first, my husband's side of the family has a history of a...

Hi, we are parents (u may not want to listen to us-we are mid 50's ) of 2 girls (our first is age 20) and our youngest is 14. Some background first, my husband's side of the family has a history of a...

Well, if you got thru that, here is what you can expect: remember, your derm will really focus on the pregnancy issue, liver issues, cholesterol etc. Yes these are all extremely important but they won...

Hi, we are parents (u may not want to listen to us-we are mid 50's ) of 2 girls (our first is age 20) and our youngest is 14. Some background first, my husband's side of the family has a history of a...