swc.1998

Month 1 vs Month 5. One more month to go

Month 1 (initial breakout) VS. Month 5. I have no words. I'm not gonna lie and say my entire life revolved around Acne and I had ZERO confidence, but acne was definitely something that was on my mind ...

Great progress man, almost done my fourth month, can't wait to be finished

Day 114: Went to the beach for 4 days, pretty much in the sun the entire time. Just lathered myself in sunscreen and I was fine. The spot on the left next to my nose was previously a big pimple and po...

Day 108: Looking back on this thread even a month and a half ago is crazy. So much improvement.  I woke up with two new spots on the left side of my forehead. They're pretty small, but I'm...

Day 88:  Feeling pretty good. One noticable pimple on the right side of my forehead but that just came to a head and oozed away in the shower. The majority of my face has no active pimples...

Mid week update, (day76) This is a 34 day difference. Pretty crazy how much my forehead has improved. Just comparing pictures to see the difference and it's definitely some motivation to keep sticking...

Day 73: Feeling good about my skin for the first time in a while. I have a pretty big pimple on the left side of my face as you can definitely see in the picture. I have a few small ones that are fad...

Day 69 Update:  Sorry for not updating more often. I often forget about this. It was an up and down past few weeks, had some small cysts pop up near my cheekbones that finally went away, b...

Two month update - (this pic is fresh out of the shower so my skin is redder than usual in some spots).  My forehead has drastically cleared up from the initial breakout. The sides of my f...

Day 43 Update: Had another pretty bad breakout. Forehead and around the temple / cheekbone on the right side of my face, can't really see it too well in the picture. It's actually clearing up surprisi...

Swore I updated this   1 1/2 months in.  20mg, twice a day. So 40mg a day.  Im noticing the sides of my face and around my mouth are starting to look a little less ...

1 Month Done! My forehead is going crazy...I've never had so much acne on my forehead before. It's awful right above the eyebrows. The pic is from two days ago and I had some more spots appear but the...

Day 23 (3WK 2Day) Update: Had my IB last week. Got clusters of smaller cystic acne groups around my temples. A few others here and there, had a cluster of small blackheads kinda cluster up around the ...

2 WEEK UPDATE: Noticing some slight improvement on my cheeks but my forehead is having quite the episode. Been getting small cystic clumps around my temples / above eyebrows and a few right below my h...

DAY 6: Going to be doing a weekly picture instead of daily. Daily results can vary too much. Feeling the side effects kick in. Had to start using chapstick (Aquaphor) and moisturizer (cetaphil). I ...

DAY 5: Noticable dryness in my nose. Had a nosebleed in the shower. Lips are starting to dry a bit, skin is drying up a bit as well.  Red marks from the mini cysts on forehead are fading d...

I'm on a 40mg a day dose.  DAY 4: Noticably drier skin coming out of the shower. Started to flake off. Going to have to start using moisturizer.  Little less redness from the m...

DAY 3: Woke up to a few whiteheads this morning that kinda oozed out in the shower. Had the two mini-cysts above my eyebrow and on my temple start oozing and now they're red and irritated. Two new sma...

Day 2 of accutane. Nothing really new to report, small pimple on right side above my lip that came to a head and I popped. Cystic bump above eye is getting a bit smaller but appears more inflamed. Get...

I'm starting accurate (hopefully tomorrow, pharmacist told me my pills would be in then) and am going to do a daily log to track progress. I'm pretty sure it's a 6 month course, so there should be +- ...