Shannon Louise

4 and a half months into my cycle now, however i am quite worried, for the past month ive been feeling very up and down very angry and upset at times and happy at others, to the point where i harmed m...

Not for another 4 weeks but this is my 2nd month on 40mg and I've been fine up to now hmm maybe I should phone my derm to see what she thinks? And yay love finding others from the uk

For the past week I have been very emotional, irritated and angry I have also been aching my knees back etc, not sure if this is due to the tablets or not but I have been really down and distracted no...

one thing that annoys me so much is when someone is sat there complaining and saying their life is over because they have ONE spot... one... really? try being in our shoes!

the scaring gets me down, i dot have the ice pick scars or the holes i jut have red angry patches where spots have been in the past my derm said theres nothing that can be done for scaring though that...

Before Accutane 4 months into my course the last picture is the most recent, lucky i still have the 1st ones as i delete all the ones where my skin looks bad ha!

how do i upload photos on here haha?

The confidence situation is the exact same for mine, people think having acne is just life for teenagers not realising how it has effected you inside, has being on roacutane helped with the confidence...

Put some pictures up. And yes they can extend it ive asked my dermatologist to expand my course and she agreed too which was great! So just ask your dermatologist as long as your bloods are good i can...

so im on my fourth month now, still on 40mg, however my cysts that have been there for a good 6 months havent budged one bit... and still having bad skin days where it looks just as bad as it did befo...

so i havent wrote on here for a few months as i felt like i didnt have anything to update, however thinking back i have alot im now 3 months into my treatment, i still have spots and im still gettin...

Day 15 so after a few days of hating accutane and thinking it was completely pointless as my skin was really bad. my IB has finally gone! i now have one cyst on my chin and a few lumps and bumps th...

day 10 now! broke out so bad this morning and in so much pain, can anyone recommend anything i can put on my face to stop the pain? im too scared to use any BP products or anything

I'm loving what Accutane is doing for me! LOVIN IT! I know that during the first month my skin was so weird! Breaking out in places I never did before and healing strangely. My acne was not worse...ju...

Day 8! hmm a run up of my 1st week... i pretty much broke out straight away and a cyst that i had only just managed to get rid of came back up and within half the day it had tripled in size was no...

Hi ive also just started accutane recently. I started around a week ago im experiencing no side effects as of yet my lips are a little dry thats all. I hope all goes well for you. I also wanted a tatt...

Hey, Don't get a tattoo while on accutane. I had one done about 2 weeks before I started and I didn't have problems but come to find out, I could have. I understand that healing takes much longer and ...

does anyone now roughly how long it takes for the side effects to kick in, (dryness etc) just so i can be prepared?

The day has arrived! bloods come back all okay except my liver function was a little high probably due to the fact i have a cold and i had glandular fever last year. gotta have another test in 3 weeks...

hi! oo is it going well for you so far? the side effects do sound off putting but im hoping its worth it in the long run! its the worst then other treatments worked for a period of time then just sto...

Post Accutane: mm where do i start? i am a 17 year old female from the uk who has battled with acne from the age of 11. it didnt bother me so much until about 3 years ago when i started getting cyst...