Accutane

[bbigman2000]

Guys, Can you give me your experiences on accutane please, I have severe acne and I am being put on 120mg of accutane daily from tmrw, I am also being monitored every fortnight with blood and liver tests, can you tell me how quick it started clearing the acne for you and what the sides were like etc. Thanks guys.

 

[Bigtyme07]

I will say its powerful shit! and that it does work but it kicks in at different times for each individual. One of the biggest sides is that it dries the hell outta everything inwhich it is suppose to do but dry lips is the biggest side to me... gotta keep those lips ointmented...

 

[bbigman2000]

They did tell me that at the hospital bro, what do you use just some sort of chap stick to keep the moist ??

 

[thermo]

thats a big dosage he has you on there, are you sure your under a physicians care and not just gobbling up pills yourself? cause 120 a day is fucked up.

 

[bbigman2000]

Yes mate its ok, the normal dose is 0.5mg per kg of body weight, but as I have very severe acne they are putting me on at 1mg per kg of body weight, and I am 120kg's.

 

[thermo]

chap stick wont work, you will get severly dried up lips. your gonna need some old fashioned vazel-lean, maybe some carmex. i used the vaseline, carmex, and this ointment called aquaphor.

 

[b007]

I started seeing solid results in about 4-5 weeks, before which I did get a little worse.

As for the dry lips check out www.bagbalm.com. I know how this sounds, but this shit rocks! Bag Balm is used for cow's utters, horses and such, but works wonders on dry skin. Seriously this bag balm works...

 

[harddtime]

you'll see results prob in like a month, the first thing to clear up was chest and back on me. Face last.......use lots of oilfree lotion, my lips got chapped as hell, i just rubbed all the dead skin off with my fingers in a hot shower. Then put blistex on right away, the blue medicated container. You'll be very happy after you done, u might get very depressed on it though, one of the side effects which i got, but i rode it through and glad i did. It was very well worth it.

 

[The Iron Game]

I am on my 6th day now at 40mgs. There has been a slight increase in spots but this is normal for many. For some it gets worse and others it improves almost immediately. It is said that some can experience a worseness in up to a month. My lips are so dry to the extent that if Im using chap stick every 30 minutes and its still very dry. The skin on my face has started to get dry. I woke up this morning and had a nose bleed and I came home and had another one.

All in hope mate

 

[Xtreme2001]

I noticed it after 2 weeks or so.. (this was like 3-4 years ago when i was 15) At that young of age I didnt care what I did to get rid of my acne.. if I had the choice today I wouldn't take it. I HATE the side effects, after I thought it was getting better my face just turned sick.

I hated the dry lips.. GOD it was the worst, and the dry skin was shitty to.

I still get the odd zit.. sometime a little more then usual but hey that's cuz of umm... the gear