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Hey blabla! I'm about at the same stage and experiencing the same thing! Can't complain about the progress but ready for it to all flatten out and for the redness to go away so I can be clear again li...

Hey, yeah mine is definitely severe cystic acne. Its not small bumps, it is large painful cysts. I avoided accutane like the plague for years out of fear. Been on it 4 months now and about to start th...

Day 91, starting to get really dry. Lips looks really weird all the time with little dry things hanging off everywhere. Can't keep nostrils clear of crusty soreness. Pimples still there, albeit smalle...

You poor thing. I'm 29, mine was the same when it came up and so out of the blue... Glad you are getting started on the accutane. I thought mine was related to a contact derm issue too, but nope, jus...

I'm tired of waiting to be clear too... I'm a bit ahead (day 77) and last week I had another horrible breakout... had been clearing up in month 2 but I'm getting cysts again a half a month later (I ha...

I feel for you, mine is nodulo-cystic too and its horrible. Mostly around the chin and mouth also. The looks of it is just the icing on the cake, the pain is terrible. I wish you luck! I've been on ac...

Thanks Sasch! I needed some encouragement. I am just getting really frustrated with looking so bad and hiding out in the house. Ready to get my life back... 5 months of looking like this sucks!

Wow, breaking out again. 2 new cysts by left ear, 4 itchy and sore pustules, and 2 more little flesh colored spots (pin sized). I don't get it... It's day 73 by the way... The old spots are still ther...

Day 70 Old spots continue to get better. As for side effects: Lips peeling worse and dry in corners. Lower back hurts right after I run, but tolerable. Very light dry skin on arms and back of hands. D...

Sorry to hear that you are getting new ones. Maybe the upped dosage is giving you another little IB before it starts clearing? The dryness has to be good though. My derm told me the drier the lips th...

**Day 61** Well I've just started my first day of my 3rd month and I have to say things are calming down. The old spots are still there and still get stuff in them sometimes but they are much smaller ...

So I wanted to scratch what I said about the vaseliine. I talked to my derm and she told me to stop using it because a patient of hers who did had lung problems later since it is inhaled without you k...

I agree with ughhh that the department store makeups are better quality overall but If you aren't really ever going to use it again I see why you would want a cheaper product. It is however REALLY har...

Soo... things look a little better today on day 52. I'm feeling a bit better about my acne, save the new twin cysts that popped up about 2-3 weeks ago on my right jawline that I made worse when I trie...

Hang on as best you can! It might sound cheesy but you WILL beat this! I don't think your derm is very sensitive to what you are going through. Not sure why he would decide on a career in managing ski...

Glad to hear you're improving! I know I've posted this elsewhere, but don't know if I've mentioned it to you before, but I get the same problem with my nose and applying a little vaseline inside it w...

Funny you say that cause I've never had a pimple on my arm before and about 1 month in got about 5-10 little tiny whiteheads on both. Must be related! They weren't bad but I though it was weird at the...

I think it works for hormonal cause it seems to be starting to help me (1 1/2 months) and mine IS hormonal. I am on the pill now and have been for like 10 years, so I don't think its had any effect on...

Hey secretsky, Hope you are starting to get better! I have been squeezing a little since my last post... I created 2 huge cysts on my jawline from 1 tiny one by doing this.... That was the point I d...

I do agree with this quote by SanLosAng: you will get to the point where you think "this ain't gonna work for me"... you will think you have scars and that you are ugly. It's a battle, you need to...

Glad to hear you are starting to do better! I'm still breaking out at day 48, though less severely. Have you tried vaseline on your lips at night? It helps mine a little more and I use it for dry nos...

I've been eating a lot of fat like they recommend, but trying to eat healthy fat like natural peanut butter, salmon, nuts, olive oil, and eggs. I'm thinking about trying to get away from dairy and swi...

Started for me around day 7 or 8. Stayed bad until the end of the first month. Still breaking out but much less severe than before (day 48 now)...

Hey! You will be fine at 60mg. I weigh 110 and have been on 60mg since the get go! Good luck!

If you have to go on accutane and have any questions, this forum is a great place. I was scared to but have been doing well on it for a month and a half. Good luck with whatever treatment you decide o...