I have been on Accutane for 2 months now. My latest dose was bumped to 20 mg. Overall physically I felt no change. I am not depressed, or suicidal. At the beginning/middle stages of this dose I became very disappointed. I felt like I was showing no progress I had several pimples come up it was like my face was giving accutane and me the middle finger and saying "You'll never win." This last week of the dose though I can see big changes and I am liking what I see.
This month was kind of messed up due to the lab goofing up and not doing the correct pregnancy test so it took nearly a week to get my results back so I had my medication later. With this dose I have noticed more dryness and I have been getting dry skin "rashes" on my arms. I am also loving the fact that I normally have really oily hair that has to be washed nearly everyday and I don't seem to have to wash it as often as I used to. This saves me tons of time!
I received this month at 20 mg. blood work yesterday and my triglycerides were bumped up so I am taking 2 2000 mg. of fish oil now. I think this elevation could even be due to the fact I had Golden Chick for lunch...probably not my smartest move.
I am using Cerave hydrating wash 2 times a day
I am taking 200 mg of B6
1200 I.U. of Vitamin E which will probably increase pretty quickly
1000 mg of fish oil soon to switch to 2000
For body wash I am using Cetaphil Antibacterial Bar (which I am not that thrilled about I love my BBW)
My doctor also told me that Dove is the worst body wash you can use because it is made with Lye. He says that it is bad for non-accutane users but horrible for accutatne users.
Here are my pictures from a month at 20 mg. I can tell a big difference can you?
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
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