im a 16 year old male, i had some medium-bad acne until i started on accutane, then it completely went away. accutane was great. i took one pill every night for about 6 months. now is my first week of being off the medicine. and so far, there has been no acne.
and i think this might be different from other accutane users, but i wonly experienced the dry skin and dry lips for about the first 2 months of the usage, and now it doesnt have any side effects....could this be a sign that the acne will not come back after discontinuation?
i just have the feeling that the acne will come back, which pisses me the **** off that i am going to have to lose this clear skin...(which has gotten me great results with the ladies :)
do u think it will come back? what were your experiences with it?
2007-01-09 18:11:11 · 6 answers · asked by teddy 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
I took accutane as a teenager, and I'm kind of pissed off that my dermatologist didn't tell me that if I stopped eating refined sugar I could have lessened the severity of the acne that way.
I finished taking accutane when I was 19, so I don't know if it will come back for you or not, but I don't think so. Whatever the case, I would suggest that you eat lots of vegetables and cut back drastically on the sweets (ie pop) and that should help.
A friend of mine took Accutane and she became very severely depressed. Given how Accutane has been shown to cause severe depression in a small percentage of teenage males, I'm disheartened that dermatologists still prescribe such a toxic remedy.
2007-01-09 18:23:28 · answer #1 · answered by Victoria 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a 16 year old girl and am going to start taking accutane tomarrow. Do you know if theres a good time of the day to take it? or if you should take it at the same time every day? I hope your acne does not come back. generally ive read that it doesnt if you could answer my questions or if you have anyhting that helped u while on accutane email me at dirtyminds7@yahoo.com
2007-01-10 10:35:54 · answer #2 · answered by lala girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are lucky you are a male.In females there are lot of precautions to be taken like not conceiving during the period of treatment.Depression is common any ways the results are very good.But still cut down your sugar consumption and drink lot of water.hopefully you shouldn't get acne again.
2007-01-09 18:31:16 · answer #3 · answered by Syed A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you mean Roaccutane.It is almost the last stop treatment for severe acne for both boys and girls who have greasy skin due to male hormone stimulation.
Roaccutane dries up the skin as adrug action.and thus helps acne.tremendously.
Be cautious,This drug has severe side effects.Intending mothers should not take this drug as it can cause deformed babies.
2007-01-09 18:21:30 · answer #4 · answered by Ink pad 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whilst i replaced into in severe college, my ultimate chum replaced into taking accutane. the only factor I bear in mind replaced into that it made her pores and skin peel plenty because of the fact it dried up each and all the oils in her face. i think of it cleared her pores and skin up yet she replaced into left with an excellent sort of zits scars.
2016-10-06 22:34:59 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing can prevent the return of acne except care.
http://www.doctorgoodskin.com/ds/acne/
2007-01-09 19:23:07 · answer #6 · answered by mona g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋