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It looks like I'm 5 days behind you! I hope everything works out well on your second course! How do you like living in Southern California? I was contemplating going to college at USC but decided ag...

Yeah that makes sense. I just didn't want to initially break out just because I was switching meds. Day 3 and 4: No new side effects besides my skin flaking on the right side of my chin when I wok...

So you don't wash/moisturize your face in the morning? Is that what your derm suggested? Just curious!

Question: My dermatologist told me that it'd be alright to continue using the topical I used with bactrim, called Acanya, until I started seeing the drying effects of the accutane. Is that a good idea...

Yeah I'm sure drinking everyonce in a while is fine, but it's probably a habit I should get out of anyway I only drink hard alch too... so those wines and beer without alch don't help me much! Haha....

Alright sweet. I feel like 40 mg is a good place to start. Shooooot. Three and a half months is just too much for me. I feel like pushing week five I'll need more structure in my life again haha. I'...

Yeah, my family likes to go to a warm foreign place every winter for some heat! So yeah, it's kinda like Spring Break (except my university has 5 weeks off ) I guess I'm not sure if it was a pledge,...

I was prescribed accutane and I will be taking my first pill at lunch at 1:30 today I went in, he asked me if I wanted to try it. I said yes. He told me everything about it. I then signed the pledg...

Thanks mate. I'm actually going to the Southern Carribean over winter break for 10 days. So that's definitely a worry for me since I'll be on accutane during that time, and there will be a lot of ex...

The reason I haven't updated this is because I had my dermatologist appointment wrong! It's actually tomorrow. So hopefully I'll be prescribed some then!

That's really awesome that you've experienced so much success! I'll definitely check your log out, and I'll look into what you recommended. Also, on another note, my older brother experienced cystic...

Hey guys! My acne history: I remember in 8th grade my forehead being SO OILY to the point where it was wet. If you tried to touch my forehead, your finger would just slide off my face. In 9th grad...