ScarletBegonias

WEEK 14: Continuing with Myorisan 60mg/daily: My only current side effects are dry skin, dry lips, increased thirst and extremely dry eyes. My eyes are so dry that if I don't use night time drop...

WEEK 9: I have been on 60mg of Myorisan for 9 weeks now: After a full 2 months my skin is FINALLY starting to clear up. The last of my initial break out has started to heal and all I am dealing ...

WEEK 3: I have been on 30mg of Myorisan for 3 weeks now. My current side effects are: 1. The dreaded initial break out- although not even half as bad as the first time I used isotretinoin, most...

Hey Community, I noticed there are lots of unanswered posts by older acne sufferers debating going back on Accutane for a second time. I'm starting this post in hopes of trying to streamline the conve...

Hey there, I am in the same boat as you. I'm a female and almost 29 years old. I am about to start my second round of Accutane tomorrow. I had great results with minimum side effects the first time, b...

I also took Zenatane, my initial breakout was horrible. Be mentally prepared to deal with it more than a week, I had acne up to 3 months into treatment, then it slowly did start to go away! I've been ...

On 11/6/2016 at 6:14 PM, Derek C said: Awesome, thanks for the update!  Your skin looks great, so glad it all worked out well for you.  We need to hear more stories like...

I agree with the others who commented here. I started on 40mg for the first 3 months of treatment which seems pretty standard from what I've read then it was increased to 60mg the last 2 months. I wei...

Hang in there!! I experienced the initial breakout from Accutane a week in and my skin did not full clear until the last month on treatment (I was on it for 5 months total). Whatever you do, do NOT pi...

Hey everyone! It has been nearly a year since I have logged into acne.org because as of today...I am 100% CLEAR!! Hooray! I wanted to share a quick update to inspire any apprehensive acne sufferers to...

Hey everyone!! I finished a 5 month long therapy on Accutane this past November. Now I am looking to get a laser tattoo removal and wondering if anyone has advice on the matter? Im terrified of scarri...

Hi MTS, I'm sorry to hear you got misdiagnosed on this! I actually got scabies while I was on accutane for actual acne! It was a disaster at the time but I didn't get them on my face, that sid...

Hey there! I just finished up my course of Accutane almost a month ago and couldn't be happier with the results. I also experienced a pretty bad initial breakout, here are he tips I can suggest to you...

Hey guys!   So I am about to start my final month on accutane and I'm starting to worry about what my skin will be like once treatment ends. I couldn't find a lot of topics already archived that...

  Hi everyone! I'm nearing the end of my 2nd month on Zenatane this week. About two days ago I noticed I started getting a rash up my forearms and the sides of my arms. It's small, red, roughis...

Hi everyone! I'm nearing the end of my 2nd month on Zenatane this week. About two days ago I noticed I started getting a rash up my forearms and the sides of my arms. It's small, red, roughish bumps t...

I too am about to start my 7th week on 60mg of Zenatane and I'm still getting breakouts, and even got a few cystic pimples recently. Hang in there! Just keep telling yourself to stay patient because i...

I would avoid alchohol just in case. A couple drinks now and then probably isn't a big deal but why risk it. The biggest concern it seems is how taxing alchohol is on the liver. I dont know how other ...

Hey there! I'm nearing my first month on Zenatane and I noticed some mild pain in my hands. Did you ever get this?

Hey guys!   I used to go on this site quite frequently but over the years lost touch with the community. After battling cystic acne for the past 10 years I have finally taken the plunge and star...