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Does accutane change skin color?

johnaccutaneDec 27, 2013
I have been off accutane for 6 months and i use to have olive colored skin now i look like a corpse. Its like it decreased my melanin and took out all my color and left me lily white with a little red/pink around cheeks. The sun doesnt hit me like it use too. I just want my regular skin tone before i took accutane!

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