Can You Stop Taking Accutane when the Side Effets Are Too Dangerous for the Mental Health?

A pinkish hue happens often during a course of Accutane, particularly on a higher dosage, which 80mg would be consistent with. It normally resolves a few weeks after stopping the medication and goes back to the coloration before your Accutane cycle. What you were describing pre-treatment though...

Depending on the months of your first round of Accutane, now that you're taking it in the summer months and it's hotter, you could experience more dryness, which can result in burning or stinging. Apply a bit of cool water and some hydrocortisone (available over the counter at any pharmacy for a...

There are no contraindications or things to worry about with Accutane and massage. You can proceed with your massage treatments as normal.

You can use Mederma, but please have realistic expectations. I've never seen anything great from Mederma, particularly with old acne scarring. So it's fine to use, but just don't expect much.

40mg is a pretty standard, lower dosage, so you shouldn't have any extreme side effects. Heart fluttering or palpitations should be checked by a cardiologist, but would be unrelated to the Accutane.

You don't want to take Vitamin A because Accutane is a derivative of Vitamin A. A regular multivitamin is fine. You also don't want to take anything else that will make you sun sensitive, like niacin. Regular multivitamins are fine and what I recommend. You can absolutely do Botox and fillers;...