PersnickityChick

Sounds like you are doing really well! Happy New Year. I doubt I'll be wakefull enough to drink anything, alcoholic or not, at midnight.

I hope things start to smooth out for you soon, and that you will get some relief from the headaches, and the pain. I asked my derm about pain relievers while on Accutane, because I was aware of the h...

This is the third time I've attempted to write this post. Both of the previous times I got part way done, and my window got closed. Oh well. Nothing really major to report... Except for one thing:...

Day 9 (though it feels like it ought to be day 39)! This morning I woke up to a very dry face, so I put lotion on right away, and went about my morning stuff before I hit the shower. After the shower...

I have a new something showing up just under my lip on the left side. Sounds like I'm getting what you're getting rid of. Hopefully mine will go as easily. I am glad the things on your chin are g...

Hi MegTree! It sounds like you are really well prepared, and that is a great thing. You asked a couple of good questions, and ones that I have been wondering about myself. My body seems to be proce...

Kim, you've done 51 days so far, and you are so encouraging to the rest of us that are on this journey. You've shared your ups, and downs, and right now, you are at a down, but, like all of the other...

Yesterday was a very big (and slightly weird) day. My Love commented that the cyst on my cheek was starting to look like it was healing!! It had started out as a purple blob about the size of my fing...

It sounds like you have already had a huge struggle. Good for you, taking control of your health care. I do think people let doctors push them around far too often. I tried spiro, and it was a huge ...

xlaurra, I would definitely talk to your dermatologist, and see if there is anything that you can use to deal with the infection issue, even maybe a non-tetracycline antibiotic that would help calm th...

Woke up this morning, went into the bathroom, and discovered that sometime during the night I'd had a very small bloody nose. My skin doesn't feel as dry, or itchy right now, but I only took 40mg yes...

Kim: I had a tiny (at the time) black head that was right at the corner of my nose. It was so tiny that I couldn't see it, but boy could I feel it. Then it kind of.... exploded, and became a pretty ...

I am getting more and more dry now. The flakes are still very tiny, and there are more of them over areas where I had previously broken out. My lips are quite dry, though Aquaphore, and Blistex (some...

Hope you are feeling better, and that the cyst, and pimple are both healing now.

I was really hoping that more people would reply, for this very reason. It would be nice to see real experiences, instead of reading all of the FDA required side effects, and freaking out. I've had ...

LOVE your log. I sat here and giggled my way through this last entry. You have quite the way with words.

Tomorrow makes 1 week since I started Absorica. Last night I went into the bathroom, and noticed more dry skin on the top of my nose, and on my other cheek. This morning I had a whole bunch of littl...

Merry Christmas! Day 5.5 I woke up this morning with a dry patch on my cheek, just below my left eye. Moisturizer should take care of it, I would think. I also have a spot somewhere in or near the ...

5 months is just the length of time that my derm mentioned. She did mention the possibility of a long-term low dose treatment for maintenance, once the original course is finished. My lips have bee...

AKA (Love your screen name, BTW), thank you for replying. This is the kind of information that I was wanting. It is nice to see at least potential for a time line. Did you ever find a moisturizer ...

Thank you for replying CWR24. Were these your worst side effects? Did you have dry lips through the whole process? How long did it take for you to notice any side effects?

I have just begun Absorica, taking 80mg/day, with advisement by my doctor to use my judgement as to whether to use 80mg every day, or to sometimes only take 40mg. I am somewhat concerned about side ef...

Day 3... well, so far nothing terrible as far as side effects go, but nothing else happening much either. I did have a lump at my hair line, which has shrunk down to a tiny spot that is a bit painful...

Good luck. I hope it helps, and that you will be cyst free soon!

Hooray for you!!! So glad that your event with your friends and family went well, and that the pain is gone from your cheek cyst. I hope it continues to heal, and maybe will be gone soon.