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Back on track!!!
inactiveJuly 24, 2013
I finished my Claravis! Partyyy! I'm 2 months off it & My skin is amazing now! I'm so happy I did it and waited it out. ( I don't have anything but mascara and lipstick on in these new pics!! How cool )
Now I have my new pre-op appointment set for Nov 7th so we can go over everything again and set a surgery date :) Again, I can't wait! My new skin has made me feel like a million bucks and the new nose will have me feeling like a bazillion!!! I am adding current pics of me and of the angles I hate :(
Here we go!!! Soon soon soon!
Oh and I just got my hair cut yesterday! Today's a good one!
Now I have my new pre-op appointment set for Nov 7th so we can go over everything again and set a surgery date :) Again, I can't wait! My new skin has made me feel like a million bucks and the new nose will have me feeling like a bazillion!!! I am adding current pics of me and of the angles I hate :(
Here we go!!! Soon soon soon!
Oh and I just got my hair cut yesterday! Today's a good one!
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Hey guys! So here we are, almost a full year has...
inactiveMay 15, 2013
Hey guys!
So here we are, almost a full year has passed since I started my story... and I'M STILL ON ACCUTANE (Claravis) !
I was supposed to have only been on it for 8 months which would have been June 2012 to around January of this year, 2013.
My extremely old, conservative (annoying) derm has extended it every month since then citing that I wasn't as far along in results as I should have been and upped my dosage. *Sigh*
I started out taking 40mg a day for the first 8 months and I've been taking 60mg a day now for the last 3 months, so by the time I'm through I will have been on Claravis a year. *Exasperated sigh*
HOPEFULLY, this time I will FOR REAL only have 20 days left including today and be able to be finished by early June.
With all that said, the Claravis has worked wonders and has dramatically changed my skin for the better. I posted a before and after even though I know this is a Rhino review and I'm not off the drug yet. :)
I don't get acne anymore, my scars have almost completely faded and my skin is finally looking clean and clear! I prefer not to wear makeup to work, which would have never been the case before, I just wake up, put on lotion and go! The side effects have been irritating (mild depressive moods, nose bleeds, dryness, cracked lips *i have carmex on me at all times and apply all day* , being limited from sunlight/alcohol, mild bloating) but the results have been so worth it and I hope to be in the 80% of people who only get better and better after they are done taking the meds.
Now, if I am finally done in June that means I still have to wait AT LEAST 6mo until I can FINALLY go ahead with my septo-rhinoplasty... so that puts me into the beginning of 2014. All I can say is, I CAN'T WAIT.
Well, acutally I can wait because I have no other choice but to and I will ~haha~
but it's so hard to be patient for something you have already waited years for!
Anyways, I added the Claravis pic and 2 more pics of my soon but not soon enough to be 'old nose' ;)
Hope everyone is well and best believe I have been creeping on all of your before and after pics!!!
So here we are, almost a full year has passed since I started my story... and I'M STILL ON ACCUTANE (Claravis) !
I was supposed to have only been on it for 8 months which would have been June 2012 to around January of this year, 2013.
My extremely old, conservative (annoying) derm has extended it every month since then citing that I wasn't as far along in results as I should have been and upped my dosage. *Sigh*
I started out taking 40mg a day for the first 8 months and I've been taking 60mg a day now for the last 3 months, so by the time I'm through I will have been on Claravis a year. *Exasperated sigh*
HOPEFULLY, this time I will FOR REAL only have 20 days left including today and be able to be finished by early June.
With all that said, the Claravis has worked wonders and has dramatically changed my skin for the better. I posted a before and after even though I know this is a Rhino review and I'm not off the drug yet. :)
I don't get acne anymore, my scars have almost completely faded and my skin is finally looking clean and clear! I prefer not to wear makeup to work, which would have never been the case before, I just wake up, put on lotion and go! The side effects have been irritating (mild depressive moods, nose bleeds, dryness, cracked lips *i have carmex on me at all times and apply all day* , being limited from sunlight/alcohol, mild bloating) but the results have been so worth it and I hope to be in the 80% of people who only get better and better after they are done taking the meds.
Now, if I am finally done in June that means I still have to wait AT LEAST 6mo until I can FINALLY go ahead with my septo-rhinoplasty... so that puts me into the beginning of 2014. All I can say is, I CAN'T WAIT.
Well, acutally I can wait because I have no other choice but to and I will ~haha~
but it's so hard to be patient for something you have already waited years for!
Anyways, I added the Claravis pic and 2 more pics of my soon but not soon enough to be 'old nose' ;)
Hope everyone is well and best believe I have been creeping on all of your before and after pics!!!
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May 15, 2013
I'm really happy you decided to wait and finish out the skin treatment. I think this is something u don't want to rush... Your results are going to be beautiful! I also think getting ur surgery in winter is a good idea, that way by summer u will be comfortable with ur new nose, it wont be as sensitive to the touch and sun block won't be too painful for u to apply!!! The months will fly by!!!! Good luck :)
May 15, 2013
Hey! I'm excited for you that you're doing so much to better yourself! I just wanted to comment and tell you how similar our noses are, I have a horrible bump as well. (And my glasses do the same red line/cut which is horrible!!!) My surgery is tomorrow so I thought you might be interested in keeping up with my results! Ill be posting lots of uodates.. If you're anything like me I'm obsessed with how people look minus the humps! Haha
May 16, 2013
thanks girl! i just looked over your profile and at your pictures - our noses definitely have (HAD) some things in common! ;)
by this time you already have your surgery underway or completed and that's so awesome!!! i'm jealous! good luck!
it will be beautiful and i will surely be creeping on your after photos :)
May 16, 2013
What a story..and patience has definitely been a virtue for you. Time flies..period. Look how fast almost a whole year went by already since you started your story. Good things come to those who wait...(but who wants to REALLY wait?....Personally i think waiting is for the birds!). Easier said than done when you're watching people come in and out of Realself with their new noses and your still waiting. I can absolutely relate. But i promise it will be here quicker than you think and it would have all been worth it in the end! Good luck to you & i too will have to wait for your results..lol.. You are truly a beautiful girl:)
May 17, 2013
Ahhhh yes, it's certainly for the birds!!! But you're right, maybe the postponement is meant to be a lesson in patience for me. Time does fly~ but I think the year since I started RealSelf has felt as if it passed so slow since I've been dealing with the Claravis side effects throughout and each month I've been ordered to stay on it longer is one month added to having to wait even longer for my rhino! It just felt like an endless chain of disappointment from having to cancel the original surgery date to getting the red light 3x on finishing my meds! I'm so happy with the results of the meds and my new skin but I also haven't seen the sun in over a year and I miss it, and I'm also ready for the dry skin and moodiness to go away.. But I'm just being a cry baby because I don't regret the Claravis at all, only wish I would have got my nose done first :)
Thanks for your comment and compliment! I looked through your profile and you are looking gorgeous! It's obvious that there's still swelling, but c'mon, you're not even a month post-op yet!!! It's bound to refine daily and you're already looking great to me so it can only get better from here! The one thing I am most concerned about for myself reflects what you were saying about not recognizing yourself or missing your old face/nose. I can't imagine missing mine for too long seeing as how I've been altering it with my hands in the mirror for years but it is an obsession of ours prior to the 'fixing' so I guess that contributes to the psycho effect we go thru in our heads after? I want nothing short of love for my new look and that high expectation makes me so anxious!!!
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