I am on 20mg/day of accutane and am on the new absorica that can be taken with or without food. I sometimes take it without food and now for the las week have had a lot of stomach acid, gurgling, burning and diarrhea. What's going on?
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No matter what you think, the sun and tanning do not help acne. It merely changes the color of your skin (damage) which masks the acne, but it is absolutely not helping you, and is in fact, prematurely aging your skin, and potentially causing cancer. This is dangerous, and not a good idea....
Isotretinoin, the medicine in Accutane, is our most potent and effective treatment for severe, resistant or persistent acne. While a wonderful medicine, it does has a host of side-effects and risks that you must be screened and monitored for.
Additionally, you must be wary of...
Safety-wise, you can use an exfoliator at this point, yes, but I will tell you that I never encourage people to use exfoliators for a variety of reasons: 1. your skin exfoliates itself naturally, you don't need to do it for it, and you can strip your skin of essential oils; 2. you can damage...