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Why Are the Backs of my Hands Scaly After Taking Accutane for One Month?

Emma C.
I started taking accutane for about 1 week before I started to see this dry patch on my knuckle. Then it stared to appear all over both of my hands, these scaly, dry like patches. Now I'm begining to see smaller patches of this scattered over my arm and elbows. I tryed using lotions, but all it did was made my hands burn. I know that I'm supposed to get dry skin, but this is really more than I was expecting.

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