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I meant acne lesions :P
Accutane..The third time's the charm...and topic tretinoin 0.5% wonders
It seems that this time I can forget acne . Maybe it's my age and that is why the last cycle of accutane (very long and very low doses ) seems to have worked. I just turned 27 and still have oily face , so , as I said after the end of the last cycle I began to have tiny pimples ( virtually invisible to others ) so I decided to use tretinoin 0.025% gel and my skin responded excellently.
My skin got used to this dose , so I went up to the 0.05 % concentration and saw a wonderful change , my skin is completely clean and also has very good texture. Yesterday I used tretinoin 0.1 % cream on my skin( the highest dose ) , I will try to get used to my skin at this dose gradually .
Sometimes I think about how, when I was a teenager my skin was inflamed , scaly, and full of big comedones and pustules. I never had a large number of injuries, but the problem is they were huge! huge!, and sometimes they hurt . I remember having HUGE pimples inside my nose and occasionally the ears :S. Back then it seemed that my skin and my acne did not respond much to retin A . That's crazy. Having been through this , I took accutane at 17, and it was wonderful to feel what it was like to have a healthy and glowing skin . The acne came back, though never as bad as before and at 21I took a low dose long cycle , at 26, again I had some buds , smaller than years before, so I took an even longer cycle and much more lower dose. Today, thanks to accutane and topical tretinoin (to which now my skin responds easily) people tell me I have a very nice skin. It's weird to think how I went from having a greasy and papery skin (is it correct to say papery?), red swollen volcanoes to a skin that people recognize as " perfect " . They do not even believe I ever suffered from acne.
The funny thing is that now I barely think about my skin or products, I'm not interested at all in expensive cosmetics surrounded by marketing that work no better than any cheap cream. All I have to do is use a common moisturizer ( Cetaphil ) , sunscreen and tretinoin every night, It does not take me more than 3 minutes a day. So I do not regret at all after taking accutane . My personal experience is that acne can be controlled to the point of being almost non-existent , so if any of you are taking roaccutane, keep it on, and even if you have a relapse..or two.. don't lose hope Greetings and hugs to everyone who reads this! : )
My skin got used to this dose , so I went up to the 0.05 % concentration and saw a wonderful change , my skin is completely clean and also has very good texture. Yesterday I used tretinoin 0.1 % cream on my skin( the highest dose ) , I will try to get used to my skin at this dose gradually .
Sometimes I think about how, when I was a teenager my skin was inflamed , scaly, and full of big comedones and pustules. I never had a large number of injuries, but the problem is they were huge! huge!, and sometimes they hurt . I remember having HUGE pimples inside my nose and occasionally the ears :S. Back then it seemed that my skin and my acne did not respond much to retin A . That's crazy. Having been through this , I took accutane at 17, and it was wonderful to feel what it was like to have a healthy and glowing skin . The acne came back, though never as bad as before and at 21I took a low dose long cycle , at 26, again I had some buds , smaller than years before, so I took an even longer cycle and much more lower dose. Today, thanks to accutane and topical tretinoin (to which now my skin responds easily) people tell me I have a very nice skin. It's weird to think how I went from having a greasy and papery skin (is it correct to say papery?), red swollen volcanoes to a skin that people recognize as " perfect " . They do not even believe I ever suffered from acne.
The funny thing is that now I barely think about my skin or products, I'm not interested at all in expensive cosmetics surrounded by marketing that work no better than any cheap cream. All I have to do is use a common moisturizer ( Cetaphil ) , sunscreen and tretinoin every night, It does not take me more than 3 minutes a day. So I do not regret at all after taking accutane . My personal experience is that acne can be controlled to the point of being almost non-existent , so if any of you are taking roaccutane, keep it on, and even if you have a relapse..or two.. don't lose hope Greetings and hugs to everyone who reads this! : )
A clarification about the time I started using tretinoin gel
I've realized that i started using tretinoin 4 months after my last pill. That was not as soon as I thought I did. That's why I realized this gel made wonders. Because i saw a change.
In a review i did after taking accutane I wrote 2 months after the last pill
" I notice that my skin has changed its tone a bit, losing some brightness. I get the impression that oliness of the face gives a yellowish appearance."
Now i don't have that yellowish tone and my skin is not opaque.
In a review i did after taking accutane I wrote 2 months after the last pill
" I notice that my skin has changed its tone a bit, losing some brightness. I get the impression that oliness of the face gives a yellowish appearance."
Now i don't have that yellowish tone and my skin is not opaque.