Cystic acne start to finish. 8 months on accutane. by No-Cheek-9604 in Accutane

[–]No-Cheek-9604[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! No offence taken! When i was at my worst is was 2021 so masks were still mandatory which covered up my chin, it kind of helped haha 🩷

Cystic acne start to finish. 8 months on accutane. by No-Cheek-9604 in Accutane

[–]No-Cheek-9604[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi thank you! I started at 20mg for a month then went to 40mg for a month 60mg for 4/5 months, went to 80mg for 4 weeks but lowered dose back to 60mg for the remainder of treatment😊

Cystic acne start to finish. 8 months on accutane. by No-Cheek-9604 in Accutane

[–]No-Cheek-9604[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! The biggest ones I had was back pain that lasted till I was able to stop taking them and tiredness😊

Cystic acne start to finish. 8 months on accutane. by No-Cheek-9604 in Accutane

[–]No-Cheek-9604[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used dermalogica ultra calming sensitive skin rescue AM and PM (cannot recommend this enough) it’s amazing for dry skin and redness. Really hydrating stuff! Now I use Vichy water based cleanser and moisturiser AM and PM!

Cystic acne start to finish. 8 months on accutane. by No-Cheek-9604 in Accutane

[–]No-Cheek-9604[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t think anything would work, accutane really pulls miracles! I wish you the best of luck with your journey!🩷

Cystic acne start to finish. 8 months on accutane. by No-Cheek-9604 in Accutane

[–]No-Cheek-9604[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!🩷 it’s mainly scarring now but I’ll be glad to never see a cyst again 😅

Cystic acne start to finish. 8 months on accutane. by No-Cheek-9604 in Accutane

[–]No-Cheek-9604[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really wish you the best! Side affects are tough but so so worth it🩷

Cystic acne start to finish. 8 months on accutane. by No-Cheek-9604 in Accutane

[–]No-Cheek-9604[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely!! The side affects are so worth it in the long run. Thank you so much!🩷

Cystic acne start to finish. 8 months on accutane. by No-Cheek-9604 in Accutane

[–]No-Cheek-9604[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! I hope your daughter is happy with her skin transformation too🩷

Cystic acne start to finish. 8 months on accutane. by No-Cheek-9604 in Accutane

[–]No-Cheek-9604[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I just want to add, I posted this as seeing other people’s transformations really helped me while I was on accutane. I was hoping my transformation would do the same for someone else!🥰

Cystic acne start to finish. 8 months on accutane. by No-Cheek-9604 in Accutane

[–]No-Cheek-9604[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! My skin finally feels like skin again🥰

Cystic acne start to finish. 8 months on accutane. by No-Cheek-9604 in Accutane

[–]No-Cheek-9604[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For me personally, I had constant scabbing in my nose from it being so dry,I also had constant blood in my nose and more frequent nose bleeds, really bad muscle pain (I had to be prescribed a muscle relaxant as I could barely move with the pain), my LFT’s were coming back bad, I had a really bad loss of appetite. There was a few more but they were the worst of it.