accutane - not going too well

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hey people

i am now on month four of accutane, to be honest it hasn't been going the best, i am on doctor prescribed sixty mg but sometimes i take 80mg, anyway, at first it seemed to be going really well but then after about a couple of weeks i broke out really bad. then it started to get better again.... but then i it just got really really bad again, i got loadza cysts on about my 2 1/2 to about 3 1/2 month, since then i havent really got anymore cysts but i still have a huge one that is taking ages to go down!

my doctor has left me on it for another 2 months and he says i will probably have to go on it twice, has anyone else had problems like this? i mean i read all these reviews and most people are completely free by the fourth month! how about you guys, is there anyone out there who was still not that great by the fourth month?

cheers guys, any responses would be helpful
 
I would get off of accutane. I was on for 4 months and now my hair is thin after 6 months. I used to be a happy person, but because of the hair, I'm depressed. It does help skin though.
 
the thing is apart from dry lips i havent really had any other side effects. and even my dry lips are not really bad. i have tried everything, every type of antibiotic, herbal remedies, lazer treatment, you name it i have tried it and i think my body has built up an immune system to pretty much everything. i just dont know where i really stand with the roaccutane, i mean my acne is a bit better but not great,

please is there anyone else that has had the same problems as me?
 
since ur taking a fairly high mg daily, your probably getting hardcore breakouts to push all the acne to the surface

i recommend hanging in there! im on accutane now (just over a week left!!) and im perfectly clear except for some open pores and a reddish complexion, but its a HUGE improvement over what i used to be like
 
where are you getting your facts from? Who or what gave you the impression that fish oil was for ppl with dry skin. Everyone neeRAB EFA's even people with oily skin, it is just a matter of how you get them, i.e via fish oil or flax etc. It totally aiRAB healing.
 
Well, for me I didn't start dramatically changing until the last month, and then after that is when it got much better. I would say just to stay on it for a while longer, and maybe talk to your doctor about he, he/she will tell you if you should get off of it.
 
Curiousp

yea my cysts are much bigger since i have been on accutance, thankfully i have not had any new cysts come up now for about 2 1/2 weeks but i still have a pretty big one that has not gone down. i know i shouldn't but if my cysts were painful i used to ***** them to get all of the stuff out. i know that when i went to see my derm he bloody stabbed two of mine with a needle to see if anything was in there. but to be honest i think you are better off trying to get some gel which drys them up. i have this clinique night time gel which is pretty good and does help but there isn't much you can do about them apart from take antibiotics or roaccutane

are you on any medication?
 
ok cheers sax

that helps i will bare that in mind, how long was you on the accutane though?
 
hi guys!

my cysts are waaaaaaay bigger on accutane than anything i've had before ever! but they're only on my jaw for some reason. i have wicked bad red marks still, even though the cysts now, are gone.

to anyone with those cysts i would say getcher butt to the derm so he can inject them with the cortisone. they're gone in 2-3 days. GONE. those shots hurt like the dickens, but they really work. some derms don't like to do that, they say it can cause scarring, but the real scarring comes from having your skin wrecked by a massive cyst full of frothing bacteria take up residence under your skin for weeks and weeks. i let one go for three weeks before getting it injected, it still looks like a hickey six weeks later, i got one injected right away, four days later you almost can't tell it was ever there. plus i'm very happy to not have a gigantic, incredibly painful bump on my face.

i'd be very careful about putting a drying topical on yer face while on the tane, btw. you might get more than you bargained for. you having any probs big? no excessive peeling or anything like that?
 
I have serious acne problems since i was 15, still have the same problem im 25 now and just recently heard of accutane lol. First month the doctor prescribe me 10mg and 20 mg the second month. I'm on the 6th weeks it work so well no more zits. Minor side affect light headed and dry lips. Well i hope it will get better for you, i know how it feel :(
 
cheers juici,

yea i know how you feel, i have been on retin a along with every other mediciation that stops working. i also know how you feel, i had to wait a year and untill my acne was absolutely unbearable before i was give accutane. have you tried antibiotics like erythromycin or oxytetrycylin? they both worked for me for a while and cleared it up but unfortunately it came back and that is where i am now. take your own advice too and hang in there, eventually if the antibiotics and retin A dont work then i am sure your doctor will prescribe you the accutane,

good luck to you to ;)
 
Sure, everyone neeRAB EFA's, they do loaRAB of great things for the body, including give you softer skin. Just don't get them from fish oil if you have acne. It's a bad idea.

I found this all on the web just like anyone else could. Just trying to be helpful.
 
well thanks everyone for your responses in this thread they have been very helpful. but since i started this threat about 2 weeks ago my acne is improving dramatically. i have only had a few little bumps, about 3 which have pretty gone down. all of the rest of my zits and cysts seem to be drying up. so all is good there. the only problem is that the red marks are sill there and although my acne isn't actually that bad it still doesn't look great because of the marks

has anyone else had this problem? how long did it take for your marks to go away, ok cheers people. any responses would help
 
I had the same kind of experience.
And my familly agreed that my acne was MUCH worse than it's even been before while i was on accutane. And everytime i'd see my derm he'd just act like he was really happy and would say there's good progress. I really wish i could go back and never take accutane, it destroyed my face, hurt my health and got me so depressed i failed college and have an uncertain future now.
 
yeh big...I am on accutane too...60mg's, this is my second month...I was hoping to see it all gone by now, but that is not the case. I am so afraid of scarring
 
hey big,

i'm having the same problems w/the accutane that you are. big conglomerate cystic type things on my jawline. misery! i've been on it for almost three months now and am still breaking out, pretty hard core. i take 40-60 mg/ day, plus 20 mg/day of prednisone and topical clindamycin 1% lotion, 400iu of vitamin e, a multivitamin and fish oil, which gives yucky burps, but whatever. funny thing, where the cysts and acne aren't, my skin looks great. odd, but there it is.

i'm not having any side effects either, just the dry lips and worsened acne.

and i get the same reaction from my derm, everything's getting better, just taking a long time, now lie back while i inject you with the cortisone. ouch! but it makes those bigguns go away pronto.

keep the faith big, my derm says he's never seen this stuff not work, just that it takes longer for some than for others. looks like we're in the longer group! good luck to you.
 
are the cysts that you guys are getting on accutane bigger than the used to be...how do you deal with them even if they are mediocre? mine seemed to be filled with pus and last forever, what am i supposed to do?
 
I dont know if this has any premise, seeing as how I am not a Doctor- But maybe youre taking too much? Try cutting out the other things youre taking (the fish oil, etc) and see how Accutane works for you on its own. Just a thought- Sometimes less is more!
 
Hey Curious P

Just stick with it. when i first started this thread i felt in despair. my cysts were really bad, i though they would never stop and yes i was really worried about scarring. but ever since i started it i have had probably about 1 small zit come up and 2 very small zits. finally the accutane after i was really close to giving up on it has started to work. there are still quite a few red marks on my face but i have been reading arround on that. some people think that it can take up to 6 months for them to go but they will go, thats what i keep getting told. Don't give up on the accutane, i have tried everything but it hasn't worked, so if it is workin for me i am sure it will work for most other people

Good Luck!
 
thanks juici, i would rather not take a bunch of pills, i hate swallowing all that stuff, but it seems to be helping- my cholesterol is down, kidneys are back to good, and my skin is looking (slowly but surely!) better. i was taking the accutane alone at christmas time and my face exploded with cysts. it was awful, and i'm still recovering from it. so gross! six weeks later and it still looks like i have a great, big hickey on my jaw. although now i can kinda cover it with makeup.

it is getting better though. the bumps that come are much smaller, and are coming in singles and doubles instead of 8 or nine or more all joined together. and sometimes they even go away without coming all the way up, which is very exciting for me. :D i never had anything quite like this before accutane. i've become much more hurable. we'll see.
 
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