Hello, I’m a 40 y/o Latina with normally extremely oily, break-out prone skin for 20+years. I’ve been on Accutane for 5 months now it’s dramatically improved my skin. My pores are diminished and my oiliness is extremely well-controlled. If my skin stayed just like this overall, I’d be very happy. However, I’ve heard people say, the pores and oiliness will absolutely return once I go complete off the med. Is this true? The thought of that is so depressing.
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Thank you for reaching out with your question about managing after-wax bumps and keratosis pilaris, especially in the context of your ongoing acne treatment. Here's some information that might help:
Accutane and Acne: Accutane (isotretinoin) is a potent medication primarily used for treating...
We generally recommend against taking alcohol with accutane. It will not show on the blood test and don’t bing drink (that’s having more than 4 drinks for women and 5 drinks for men) as it’s generally bad for your health and liver. Elevated liver enzymes do show up if you drink excessive alcoh...