I took Accutane 20mg/6months at 17 for cystic acne my skin was good for a year and then it came back 100 times worse. At 24 I took another 20mg 6 months again. My skin cleared up. Now I'm 29 and the cystic acne is coming back all over my neck. Why is this happening? Am I out of options now?
I have been on accutane for roughly 7 months. I was pretty much clear after month 3 minus some PIH, but I am onto my last week of pills and for the last two weeks I have started breaking out again. It started with a papule and now several whiteheads surrounded by red inflamed skin. I'm just so confused why acne is coming back while I'm still on the drug.
My dermatologist put me in a therapy of accutane about 5 months back , Most of the acne in my body cleared. But after those 5 months my acne is starting to reappear in my face . Its not that severe but still its there . So he put in in 20 mg accutane therapy for about 3 months . So I would like to know if the dose is right or should i increase or decrease the dose and the duration of therapy .
Hi, I've been on accutane 40mg for 5 months and i stopped it one year ago. I didnt have cystic acne but i've had acne for years. Now its been a year and it is clearly coming back. Ive had a breakout and since then red pimples on cheeks and forehead, blackheads and whiteheads. Knowing that for years i tried almost all the creams and the only thing that worked for me was accutane, should I ask my doctor to give me accutane again for a 2nd round? Thanks. (Sorry for my english, I'm french)
I have always had acne since 4th grade. In HS i used BC and it cleared. in college i stopped BC. My acne came back. I did 1 round at 6months of accutane, i was clear but it came back. I did a 2nd round for only 3 months.I was acne free for 5 years. Now i have acne yet again.I am considering a 3rd which my Derm said would be the last round ever. My husband and I have yet to have kids but want to once i get my acne under control. i am concerned i do it, get clear, have a baby and i get acne again.
hi I took a full course of Accutane 4 years ago for severe seborrhoea and bad acne seborrhoea returned although no way near as bad, i am looking into trying Accutane ultra low dose is this safe besides the pregnancy issues, im more concerned with liver damage etc, can this dose be taken continuously , thanku Leanne :)
I've been on Roaccutane for 4 and a half months now. My dosages is 2 20 mg per day. My face and back cleared up within 2 months almost perfectly. Now as my treatment is about to end, I break out daily. I keep getting about 1-2 pimples per day but only on my face. Worst breakout was about 2 weeks ago during my menstruation. My chin area had so many pimples on it that it looked like it was burnt. I'm really worried that the medication is, for some reason, stop working for me. I'm very scared.
I tried accutane 1 year ago 40mg daily for 8m and all the oil of my face has gone but now after 1 year all that oil and blackheads are comming back. Im on retin A 3months but I dont see any change. I was thinking in asking to my dr for a logn term regimen of accutane in low dosage. Its possible to take it for long periods in low ammounts like 4 years , someone had try that? Can i use Clean Ac to moistiruzer my face,im affraid to put oily stuff on it. i dont use any moist and its very dry