Starting the Accutane Journey Soon. Haverford, PA

So my lips have gotten worse since last week, lol. Just extremely dry. No splits or cracked corners. I make sure they stay moisturized.

The dry skin on my face is also a problem. It is now my entire nose and mouth area which is the worse area. I just stick to my regular routine with washing my face twice a day and moisturizing. I recently purchased Nivea Soft Creme (recommendation from my mom) and its been good so far. Its nice and light. Not greasy. Other than that, no other symptoms that comes to mind.

As far as my back, I still have some new comers. A couple of them a little painful but nothing that I cant handle.

A DAY AT A TIME!

So tonight marks 7 full days completed on Accutane. So far, the only symptoms that I experienced was the dry lips (nothing major). I didn't start experiencing that until the 2nd day. Then it went away surprisingly and came back on day 4 and then went away again. I've been using Palmer Cocoa butter lip balm since that's what I already had. So, so far I haven't had the need to go and purchase a different brand looking to soothe my aching lips.

I did notice some flaking today around my T zone (eyebrow area) that I never had a problem with before. But I simply just moisturized it. Unsure if its related.

As far as the problem zone (my back), I cant say right away that I noticed any major changes. Its still early. I'm honestly preparing for a huge breakout before it turns around for the good. Right now, I have a few that's forming back there. The top right corner and a couple in the middle as far as the visible ones. But I do have some that have not come to the surface yet that I can feel when I reach back there. At this stage, its not painful to lay down (I'll give it a couple days).

Other than that, it's been going ok.

A DAY AT A TIME!

So literally, 5 mins ago, I took my first pill. But lets back up a little bit.

Yesterday, I went into the dermatologist and was cleared to start. They received my baseline lab results. They stated that this drug is a weigh based drug. Based on my weigh of 199 (I'm not ashamed, lol) they put me on 40mg to be taken twice a day. She told me to inform her of any headaches out the norm that I get and any other symptoms to her no matter how small they be be.

I asked her the time frame and she stated the typical 4-6 months. She said that if it takes me 3 months to start seeing effects, it could take me the whole 6 months. But if I start seeing results in 2 months, it may only take me 4 months for treatment. So that a upside to looking at this.

So fast forward to today. I was unable to pick up the prescription yesterday (had a busy day). And today was the last day to pick up the prescription with the 7 day time frame after the negative pregnancy test. So the pharmacy that the prescription was sent to did not have any in stock and was not expecting any. I explained to the pharmacist that I NEED to get them today because of the cut off. She made a couple of phone calls and finally found another Rite Aid that had some in stock. I drove an extra 15 mins to get there. The process at the pharmacy is just as crazy. They have to call iPledge and get an authorization code to release the drug. To do that, you have to give them your iPledge #. They also have to key in the #'s on the box of prescription. Basically, a drawn out process. I was there like 20 mins.

So as you can see from the pictures, these pills are not cheap. But if you have insurance, its a life saver! I got 2 boxes of 30, separated in groups of 10. She told me to take the pills with "good fats" like yogurt, so I'm eating one now while I write the post, lol.

So, based on other reviews, I should be updating in a couple days with side effects. Uh oh. But it should all be worth it.

A DAY AT A TIME.

Until next time!