i'm going to start taking Accutane, what should i expect?

Question

My doctor prescribed me with Accutane. What will the effects be while taking it. Aside from having chapped lips and dry skin, would it affect my hair too? Wnd what's a good moisturizer and lip balm to use while on the drug

Answer 1

all i can tell u is i had a friend who was on it for cystic acne...it worked great, but his skin dried up, his hair dried up and seemed to get a little thin (he was a little thin up top anyway) but didnt all fall out, and it made him really irritable ( i dont understand that side effect)
it dries up your body's oils, so any sort of emulsion type moisturizer like nivea would help, vaseline or chapstick
here is a link from roche:

Answer 2

DRYNESS!! dry eyes, dry lips and dry epidermis are possibly the most favourite unintentional outcomes of accutane. My epidermis didnt turn pink in any respect, yet when your epidermis is lighter than assume some inflamation for the first 2 weeks. Accutane is known to make your pimples worse in the previous it receives more beneficial advantageous. So certain dryness and quite of redness and tenderness to the face is known, besides the undeniable fact that the outcomes are properly worth it it kept my existence.