Sherwin Parikh, MD

So I did one month only on accutane lmao, I could not handle the dryness and after the first month just gave up. I saw a major difference tho so I figured I share my review. I will add more pics as soon as I get them off my old computer but it cleared up my back acne and my face acne ALOT. I had a really bad purge the first two weeks(I broke out before I started to clear) and then I could just see it working. I dunno if I would’ve kept going I might not get the mild acne I still suffer from but I was bleeding all over my body/lips/hands from the dry skin and just couldn’t continue. I was using aqauphor and coconut oil and it was just barely letting me go outside/to work/look halfway normal. Updated on 2 Dec 2017: Some various photos of the healing stages with and without makeup.

I'm 41 years old and have been going for regular laser treatments for the last few years. Over the winter I felt it was time to kick the treatments up a notch. I had a partially ablative laser done. The depth was 250-500 microns depending on the area and a 15% ablation (meaning 15% of my skin was removed). This was the second time that I had this procedure done. My skin is tighter, brighter and much healthier. The first time I saw some improvement, the second time I saw very significant improvement. All the discoloration and sunspots are gone from my face. The little wrinkles around my lip lines are gone. The crepiness that was sneaking in on the front of my face is completely eliminated. The skin tyte was done around my jaw. As far as I can tell, it did nothing. I stopped wearing any tinted foundation and now just wear sunscreen.