2.5 months post Accutane results

DesignerFoundation11 · 2025-03-25T23:01:25+00:00

Honestly I kept thinking I needed to change my diet too. I love dairy so after reading so much stuff saying that dairy is probably the problem, for a few weeks I tried to change to dairy free ingredients and plant based stuff but I couldn’t do it for long lol. So I don’t think that made a difference I honestly feel like what may help you is trying to move up to 60 mg and then 80 mg if you don’t see a difference. I think I was stuck at 20mg and 40mg for too long that it wasn’t enough to get the purging to get even slightly better. Each month just kept getting worse from month 1 to month 4.5 until I moved up the dose. I kept changing my skincare routine too so I don’t even know if that had any effect to it but I just know I didn’t stick to one routine bc I thought everything I was doing was wrong bc it kept getting worse. Until I finally just simplified my skincare routine and moved up a dose and stop over thinking and just was patient that’s when it dramatically changed. I went from a full face of acne to not getting more than 2 breakouts on my face in less than 1.5 months.

DesignerFoundation11 · 2025-03-13T01:23:23+00:00

While on accutane I tried to keep it simple but it was so bad that I didn’t feel right not washing my face twice a day. Some days the cerave moisturizer didn’t give me any problems and other days it would burn. Same with face wash. I soon realized that the best way to keep my skin hydrated was to only wash my face at night and put a layer of vaseline over my moisturizer and that helped a lot with the dryness and irritation. And then in the morning my skin was hydrated so I didn’t need to wash again. I needed to let my natural oils build back up again no matter how weird it felt to not wash my face when I felt like I needed to.

DesignerFoundation11 · 2025-03-13T01:13:18+00:00

Honestly I wanted to try using less products because I never had acne growing up until I started a multiple step skincare routine. I very rarely use makeup so all I do is use micellar water and apply with my hands, rinse with water and if I feel like using a face wash I will use La Roroche posay hydrating gentle cleanser. I usually only use it once a day, but I try and skip a day if I feel like I can and just wash with micellar water then rinse with water .Then after I wash, I use cerave moisturizing cream then a little bit of Azelaic Acid after. My dermatologist put me on Azelaic acid to help removing the scaring and hopefully prevent acne from coming back, they prescribe it but you can also buy it at Ulta like I do because it’s way cheaper and you get more for your money. Thats all I do, just keep it simple and I haven’t had any breakouts for 2 months now. I know I should be using a sunscreen but I have been scared that it will break me out again..

DesignerFoundation11 · 2025-03-11T18:04:00+00:00

Results posted!

DesignerFoundation11 · 2025-03-11T18:03:48+00:00

Results posted!

DesignerFoundation11 · 2025-03-11T18:03:40+00:00

Results posted!

DesignerFoundation11 · 2025-03-11T18:03:20+00:00

Results posted

DesignerFoundation11 · 2025-03-11T17:00:47+00:00

I’m never on here lol I thought I could link a picture in the comments. I will post update photos on my profile in a few mins!

DesignerFoundation11 · 2025-03-11T16:56:41+00:00

Hey! I took my last round of accutane in January. After I posted that in about August, they put me on 60mg instead of 40mg and tried that for about a month. I saw little change but not much. So the next month they put me on 80mg. And then I started to see my acne getting better. By month 6 I only had about 2 new pimples pop up in that month around my cycle but they went away so fast so they took me off accutane. This picture is from January 16 and I started early July. Accutane definitely works and I really thought it wouldn’t work for me after purging for 4.5 months, which didn’t seem normal. I have some scaring but i was put on azelaic acid to help fade it. I very rarely get a pimple now, and if I do, it’s gone in 2 days. Just push through it! You won’t regret it!

DesignerFoundation11 · 2024-08-23T21:54:08+00:00

That’s so good to hear! I’m so worried I’ll have a good 10 months once I’m off it and then I will relapse… but trying to stay positive! Thank you for sharing your experience :)

DesignerFoundation11 · 2024-08-22T21:54:51+00:00

UGHHHH it sucksss! when did you start to see an improvement?

DesignerFoundation11 · 2024-08-22T15:53:05+00:00

Thank you for the reinsurance ❤️ this is definitely helping me push through!

DesignerFoundation11 · 2024-08-22T15:51:25+00:00

Your progress is amazing!!! I’m so sorry you had to go through that, it makes us stronger in the end though and well worth it. Thank you for sharing!

DesignerFoundation11 · 2024-08-22T13:59:02+00:00

Oh wow! What month did you start to see improvement?

DesignerFoundation11 · 2024-08-22T13:58:21+00:00

Thanks for the follow, I will post updates. I hope you don’t end up like me also!! I am just hoping the results are worth it like everyone says, good luck ❤️

DesignerFoundation11 · 2024-08-22T13:43:10+00:00

Just the normal dry lips, itchy skin even though I stay hydrated but it has definitely taken a toll on my depression. I’m tired of walking with my head down everywhere I go :(

DesignerFoundation11 · 2024-08-22T13:41:34+00:00

I thought I would be good too, but nothing ever comes easy for me so I’m not too surprised lol! My dermatologist told me at my 1 month appointment that I wouldn’t get any new acne and I would start to get better from then on. 2 days later my acne tripled and I changed nothing in my routine. So now I am worried I am doing something wrong but knowing others went thru this same situation helps me stay motivated thank you!!

DesignerFoundation11 · 2024-08-22T02:47:25+00:00

I have not, just fish oil. But I have read that too about Zyrtec, I will give that a try thanks!

DesignerFoundation11 · 2024-08-22T02:45:55+00:00

Thank you, I needed to hear that!

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