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3rd month of accutane: still breaking out (cystic acne)?

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I had been on 30mg a day for 2 months and recently got upped to 40mg a day this month . Yet I have had consistently been having 2-3 breakouts at a time . Is this normal or does this mean that accutane isn't working for me?

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