PersnickityChick

SO glad to hear that your side-effects aren't getting worse. It sounds like you are seeing some improvement, too! I love that you list everything you are using. I did end up getting the Mario Bades...

It's March 3. I should be planting broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, kale, and onions.... but there is 4 inches of snow on the ground, and we're expecting another 3-5 inches today. Thankfully the ice ...

The news about dryness and scars showing more is music to my ears (which don't happen to be too dry at the moment). I have a lot of itty-bitty scars that never used to show. Hopefully once we're all ...

It has been a few days since I have posted. The pain in my back is still hanging around. Meg, I have tried epsom salts, but I think this pain is actually more spinal (sacral) than muscular. I am wil...

Hope you start feeling better soon! You create such images with your words that I was sitting here giggling, even though I do feel bad for you. I have been battling a cold myself. Although, I have bee...

We've got some rotten weather moving in, with a chance that te power could go out, so I figure I had better update this journal before that happens. There really isn't really anything to report as f...

My skin did the same sunburnt thing. It was just super-sensitive. Even the pillow case hurt against my cheek. As far as the oily-flaky thing, I've been through that, too. My forehead in particular ...

My derm did give me a prescription cream for the dryness, but I never got it filled, because the flaking seems to have eased off. Since the pharmacy kept the scrip sheet, I can't tell you what it was...

I have noticed a lot more scars, too. I mean... I haven't had an IB, but I am suddenly noticing scars that seem to have been hidden before. And ones that were small seem bigger, for some reason. nd o...

Hooray for you! For your boost of confidence, for your healing skin, and for a positive commentary from the dermatologist!! Also, Hooray for learning new things (like transparent skin, which brought a...

SO many people moan about having bad hair days. For me... I think this might be the first GOOD hair day of my life! I mean, I've started out having a good hair day, and it would be awesome... until I ...

I am on birth control, and I have noticed a definite difference in my cycle since I started accutane. For the last 2 months I have spotted for about 2 days in the middle of my cycle, and then it just ...

I'm going to have to get some argan oil. I discovered the body wash i've been using has some in it. I also get burnt very easily, and very often. Although, I admit that I did that long before I st...

I believe I must be turning part reptile. An Accu-gator, or something. My skin the last couple of days has been sucking up lotion just as fast as I can put it on! And it isn't just my hands, either! ...

Meg, I think I know what you are talking about as far as "Sad" skin. My skin is red, with a weird texture. The dryness is there too, and so is the general icky-ness. Hopefully your derm will be a lit...

Yay! So glad that things are going so well for you! I have been assured that the redness WILL fade over time, after the course is finished, so hoepfully a couple months after you are done, you will ha...

Enjoy your BF's homecoming! Hope your nose is healing, and the spot on your jaw/neck, too. It is so nice to hear about other people's routines, and the products they use. I have discovered that Clin...

Hooray for you on being clear for 10 days! And here's hoping the "itch" just goes away. I find myself sliding my fingers over my skin searching for those little sneakers, and hoping that I don't find ...

LLV, your fire sounds like it was MUCH worse than mine!! I hope you were able to replace all that you lost. Surely the place you were living was insured! So glad that you got out safely. Also, how do...

It looks like we started on exactly the same day, and have been going through things at relatively the same pace. I don't think my dose will be changing at all, since I am already at the max dose for...

it seems I can't quote anymore. My eyes are doing okay. I got Clinique All About Eyes and I've been using that on my lids. It has worked beautifully. It is very light, and doesn't leave my eyelids...

Meg, I'm sorry that you are feeling so "un-beautiful". My derm refers to Iso as "the next best thing to the fountain of youth." She assures me that once the initial side effects and things have worn...

Thanks Meg, and Petrichor Murmers (going to have to come up with a short for that, though it is such a beautiful name I almost hate to do that) for your comments, and advice. My derm prescribed triamc...

Kim, thanks for cheering me on. It does a person good to know that there are people cheering, and people who understand. Update: Today I got out of the shower and discovered red blotchy, slightly it...

quiet celebration WOOOHOOOO!!! So glad that you are doing so well! and good on your kids for being so polite! Hope you can find something that works for your hands, soon!