About 80% of people are 'cured' after one six-month course of treatment and no longer have severe acne.
You can't get pregnant, or your baby will die.
You can't donate blood, or someone else's baby could die.
Your acne may get worse for a little while.
It can cause depression and psychosis.
You get crazy sensitive to the sun [yeah, I already was].
Your night vision may be impaired.
Dry eyes, severely dry skin, and chapped lips occur frequently.
Waxing and dermabrasion are no-no's. Your chances of scarring are increased.
No severe physical activity. It may cause your bones to weaken or thicken abnormally and may increase the risk of certain bone injuries.
YOUR ACNE MAY GET WORSE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
Yeah, I understand the psychosis is pretty bad and all, but seriously? I thought I was going off this stuff to STOP my acne. Here's what my face looked like the day I started taking Accutane:
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Not so bad. Still have some acne, but it's not severe. However, here's what my acne looked like after taking Accutane for a week:
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Those are nodules. NODULES! Are you freakin' kidding me?! I was actually to a point where- for the first time in a good five years or so- I was actually comfortable out in public without heavy foundation on. Then, one week on the miracle meds and BAM! Acne! I'm crossing my fingers that this is the slight getting worse part before it gets infinitely better.
However, all I have so far about Accutane is complaints. The packaging- impossible. Especially when it's midnight, I'm tired, and all I want to do is pop my pills and go to sleep. But no, it has to be severely complicated.
The chapped lips- I loved my lips. Until last week. Now I have to apply Burt's Bees every five minutes and they STILL feel gross.
Dry face- hell, I was used to that, but my skin is sloughing off. Not kidding. It's gross.
Dry skin- this hit me TODAY. I'd been doing great with the dry skin on the rest of my body, but when I get to work, I have these little scaly bumps on my arm. Really? Then throughout the day my skin just got drier and drier. My bold black tattoo looked gray at noon. That's how dry my skin was.
You've gotta vent somehow, right?
Well, I'm holding it up to a higher power that this works. I've got two months until I go to college. I'd rather not look like an awkward middle schooler.
However, all I have so far about Accutane is complaints. The packaging- impossible. Especially when it's midnight, I'm tired, and all I want to do is pop my pills and go to sleep. But no, it has to be severely complicated.
The chapped lips- I loved my lips. Until last week. Now I have to apply Burt's Bees every five minutes and they STILL feel gross.
Dry face- hell, I was used to that, but my skin is sloughing off. Not kidding. It's gross.
Dry skin- this hit me TODAY. I'd been doing great with the dry skin on the rest of my body, but when I get to work, I have these little scaly bumps on my arm. Really? Then throughout the day my skin just got drier and drier. My bold black tattoo looked gray at noon. That's how dry my skin was.
You've gotta vent somehow, right?
Well, I'm holding it up to a higher power that this works. I've got two months until I go to college. I'd rather not look like an awkward middle schooler.