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5 1/2 month Accutane treatment - Complete! - New York, NY

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After Accutane

Bee1989August 21, 2013
WORTH IT$10
After 5.5 months of Accutane, I am done! My friends and family have all commented about how clear my skin looks. I completely agree, but as I've already touched upon, my scars still bother me. My skin is soft and clear and has never looked better, but next steps include scar reduction.

My derm prescribed Tazorac (.05%) to start to alleviate scarring - the laser treatment she suggested is way too out of my price range right now but maybe for the future it could be considered.

Haven't had but one pimple in the past 3 months. I completely recommend the product.

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Aunarue
September 16, 2013
Hi there! Thank you for sharing your experience! As for acne scaring, have you tried derma rolling? It is just as effective as laser, but you have to roll until you bleed!! Otherwise, you're not going deep enough to activate collagen growth. Another amazing treatment is TCA crossing. It's difficult to find a dermatologist familiar with the method. I do it myself!! I had a Huge box type scare that is no longer visible. It's amazing. The idea is to damage the damaged area to trick your skin into healing itself. That's how all the treatments work, including Retin A. Stay on your Tretinoin & it will eventually help. For drastic measures use derma rolling & TCA cross. As for lasers, I'm scared of ablative lasers, and non-ablative lasers I haven't noticed a difference in pore size just skin tightening. Good luck!!! -I'm starting Accutane in 2 weeks!! -Nervous & excited...
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Month 5

Bee1989June 29, 2013
I'm at about 5 full months on Accutane now. I've been at 2 30 mg pills/day for the past 3 months. The only side effect I continue to have is the typical need to always have aquaphor on my lips (fyi I found some w/ SPF in it too). Strangely I've had more breakouts this month than I did the past 2 months (maybe it's working everything out hopefully?) I go for my final month's checkup (hopefully) next week. I still have scarring which is really frustrating, but after treatment we will discuss our options. If anyone has suggestions on treating acnes scars (aside from annoying creams and serums), let me know!

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Megan P
July 18, 2013

Bee1989, I'm not sure if you have happened across it already or not, but we have an entire community dedicated to Acne Scar Treatment. It might be worth exploring to see what has worked for others, and what has not as well.

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I've been through 3 full months now. At the...

Bee1989May 11, 2013
I've been through 3 full months now. At the beginning of month 3 my doctor increased my prescription to 2 30mg/day (60mg now total). Definitely much more drying out - not on my face - just lips and randomly on my arms. I still feel uncomfortable at the gym w/o makeup so hopefully this next month will see further clearing. My 4th month check up is next week and my doctor said she is hoping for only 5 months of treatment.

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