14/05/2010 by Einstein719.

7th May 2010: Roaccutane is working very well. All the huge cysts have gone from my face now and I have only small pimples, which come and go within a few days.

My lips are extremely dry and even excessive use of lipsyls wasn`t working - also I don`t like using vasaline. However I have found that one works very well now - called aloe lips, making the whole experience a lot more comfortable. My skin was becoming very dry as Istopped using the “simple” mositurizer, because it had stearic acid (comedogenic) within it. However one trip to Boots produced a non-comedogenic moisturizer, which has fixed this.

I have only a couple of tiny marks left on my chest now, which I’m pleased about and all the acne on my arms and back is drying! Hah! However it seems to mark the skin on my arms really badly - much worse than it marks my face. However other marks that I have had here have faded over time - so I remain confident.

The nosebleeds have stopped completely - with the use of vaseline on the inside of my nose.

A couple of weeks ago I got a strange rash on my arm- it was a patch of extremely dry skin and it looked very like eczema, which I have never had in my life. Thankfully it has gone , with the use of moisturizer on the spot.

 My GCSEs are approaching and the “stress” doesnt seem to be causing any breakouts. YEY!

 I return to see the dermatoligist, probably to get my dose upped - in exactly one month - 7th June.

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01/03/2010 by Einstein719.

March 1st 2010:

Returned to the dermatoligist today, with healthy blood tests, and was finally put on a generic form of Hoffman Laroche`s (Ro)accutane. I weigh 63kg and was therefore started on 30mg daily ( 0.5mg/kg/day).

Picked up the tablets from hospital pharamacy the same day and then returned to school. I was in an ecstatic state all day. Have disposed (finally) with my tetracycline tablets and benzoyl peroxide creams - it was a very good feeling.

I plan to continue using the blue light therapy (less frequently) throughout the first months of accutane use, to help it along a bit. I am a little nervous about the drying affect of Isotretinoin, but am confident that it cannot be much worse than what benzoyl peroxide did to me when I first used it.

Am about to take the first capsules with dinner now - I am sure that in 4/5 months time I will be extremely glad of my decision to take this drug.

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26/02/2010 by Einstein719.

Although the skin on my face is 100 times better, my back, chest and now arms also, are terrible. I cannot treat it with BP, for I would use a whole tube each time I applied it and the blue lamp is so time consuming already just using it on my face, so I cant use that either.

Feb 2010: I went to see an NHS dermatoligist (we decided against private as my skin was improving with topical treatments), with the intention of asking to be put on Ro-accutane (isotretinoin) or one of its generics. When I asked, and with only my newly improved face to go on, he looked very sceptical as to whether I needed Ro-accutane. But after I showed him my back and arms (my chest is not really that bad) he agreed instantly.

Now, in the UK, the prescription procedure for R`tane is much quicker (no i-ipledge), all I had to do was have my blood test fine. I had my blood taken, at the GPs a few days after and expect them to be fine. I return to see the dermatoligist on the 1st march 2010 and presuming my blood tests have been fine, i will be prescribed it and begin the course the same day. I dont yet know how long im going to be put on it for and at what dose - that will be determined 1st march. At present I am a little concerned as to what will happen to my face when I drop all other treatments ( as you have to when taking R`tane). Isotretinoin is suppose to cause an initial breakout anyway - so I am certainly not looking forward to the first month on it. My derm did say that if it gets really I can come back and be prescribed “emergency” steroids to prevent the inflamatory response.

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