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Was It a Mistake to Take Accutane for Mild Acne?

mmf12May 9, 2012
i took accutane but i had only mild acne , and what i can see is that my face has gone worse, and is getting worse each day .. and i am in my 5th month , can i stop taking the medicine or it will affect my face even negatively ?

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Dr. F. Victor Rueckl, MD (in memoriam)
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F. Victor Rueckl, MD (in memoriam)

With your Accutane course, you frankly may not have been on it long enough especially if you described your acne as "severe for years". The purpose of a course of Accutane is to get the proper mg of the medication into your system to combat the type and severity of your acne, taking...

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