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Definitely be gentle. More damage will only make things worse. Are there improvements so far?

Less is more

Stay strong. I am hoping others can offer help as to what can improve the skin or get it back to normal maybe?

Your description of the your problem is very much how it seems for me! Only compare to people over 60, sensations in the face, dermatologists so far unhelpful etc. Something is clearly up. Its in...

Thanks. I hope it is better long term. Though i think pictures make it hard to tell as angles and lighting are misleading. I am trying to stop the Differin, I now get more acne than i did in the past...

Its difficult to find perfect pictures but here are some of how my skin is now. I never had any of this minus the chicken pox mark near my nose and horizontal lines on the forehead. Whate...

My skin was not like this my whole life and early in the accutane / isotretinoin treatment period. It changed dramatically. Luckily i took pictures showing transition. The skin is badly scarred lookin...

I can second the burning feeling in sections of the face! My cheeks burn and the forehead feels numb. I would say rosacea is a possibility or symptoms like that. It is annoying that dermatologists go ...

Have you healed some more since then? I imagine the colour and pigmentation should be improved at the very least? Do tell us how you are getting on!

Ok A quick update. Minimal change here. Approaching 1 and a half years. None of the pore sizes or shapes have changed much if at all. I feel less discomfort in the skin but it is still there at all t...

I was wondering how everyone washes Vaseline or other stuff with a high amount of petroleum? Face washes seem to do nothing. Vaseline itself is very soothing but the after affect always leaves my ski...

My whole upper face is destroyed. It happened so fast under accutane I will never accept it. I lived most of my life with smooth skin now the only non pore bits are smooth (eye area, ridge of nose). I...

Go low dose. Do not go high.

Really hard staying positive here. My whole face got damaged. There is no pore left untouched. I look awful and strange. There is no hope. I guess I may get some satisfaction from living for others ...

Yes that is exactly what I have read. Does your skin feel ok? As in comfortable?

Any update. Hope you are well! Did Realself help?

Hello, I need another opinion on my scars or skin damage. My skin changed with accutane but I am not sure what type of scars/skin do i have? Here is an after and before for my forehead: My cheeks a...

On 11/06/2016 at 6:23 AM, mimitran said: My current regimen is this, but it was free of the vitamin C and AHA up until approximately 1-2 months ago which was when I first started to add in more...

Let it heal and see how it ends up. Dont touch it.

Do supply pictures and find heart in the fact that there are others who seemed to have suffered. Be gentle and dont over react harshly!

Are there other people or experiences that can be linked to. I would love to read about others with the same issue.

Hello I am glad someone posted this because I had a similar problem with accutane. My pores are bigger than before treatment by a very large amount.  It does seem related to ov...

I agree with the last resort. Also low dose only. Do not risk a high dose due to many possible side effects.

I have a similar problem. I got mine through accutane. Though I also have scars and damage in addition to larger than ever pores all over my face including the sides. I understand your problem that ...

Whatever you do. Do not take a high dosage. Stop the moment things start going south. I wish I had stopped.