Another acne question

[S0LID]

I have mild acne (not too bad), and today i saw a dermotologist. I tried all the rubbish sold in shops, antibiotics, and this stick thing u rub. The dermotologist reccomended roaccutane.

In a few weeks i'm going to start my cycle. My question is, as my acne isnt bad, will it come back after using roaccutane?

 

[sfalexi]

I took accutane. It did nothing for me. Not even after the fifth "cycle".

They say the majority of people who try it never have major breakouts again after only one cycle. I'm an extreme case however.

Just don't get your hopes up cause there IS a chance that it may not work as well as you want it to.

 

[S0LID]

I've never had realy bad skin neways so it wont be too bad if it doesnt work.

 

[Jimbo2k]

S0lid, have you tried Benzagel (a topical cream/gel)?

Ive had moderatel acne, and with Benzagel its 90% effective, I get one little breakout every 2 weeks or so.

Accutane is normally used for more severe acne, from what I know. You could ask your dermo about benzagel - or try accutane, since the dermo probly knows what hes talking about.

Goodluck

 

[Double]

basically, the more roaccutan you take the better will be the long term improvements. if you only take some to clean up your minor acne, chances are it CAN come back.

and some people dont respond to roaccutan, but most do.

 

[gav]

i'm taking antibiotics plus benzoyl peroxide (panoxyl 2.5% -uk gel) just now - 2weeks have past with benzoyl peroxide - and my skin's almost totally cleared up. you tried that yet; like in 'the regime' over at www.acne.org?

 

[S0LID]

will i still be able to eat a lot on roaccutane?

 

[jiza101]

yes, but just cut out the alcohol... GO to www.acne.org and then forums and read prescription drugs topic, sticky on ro-accutane.

 

[PurpleHaze]

Solid, my advice is if you dont have major acne, try to avoid acutane.

This drug should be a last resort.

If has some bad side effects like dry skin and lips (so dry that u have to take chapstick with you everywhere you go), not good for the liver, weakened eye vision, and more. It can also cause depression.

This isn't something to be casual about, it should only be used if you tried everything else and it should be used as a LAST RESORT.

I'm surprised your doctor offered you accutane so fast. I suggest for you to ask him for some Retina or Tazorac. These creams should work for you and then you will have to avoid going on accutane.

goodluck.

 

[Double]

roa is the only anti-acne stuff with long term effect.

yup, you can still eat a lot, but in the first weeks you may not be able to workout (i wasn't)

 

[affliction]

Retin-A Micro is a good thing to ask your doctor about. It has the same active ingredient as accutante (Tretinoin) but it is used topically. Not as effective as accutane but much safer.

 

[S0LID]

Ive had my blood test today, i might as well go on it.

 

[diablo]

Using the "search" button, I typed in "accutane" and had it look through all topics in H&F.

http://www.sosuave.net/forum/search...id=46531&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending

 

[S0LID]

Originally posted by diablo
Using the "search" button, I typed in "accutane" and had it look through all topics in H&F.

http://www.sosuave.net/forum/search...id=46531&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending

I did a search 1st....

 

[diablo]

Originally posted by S0LID
I did a search 1st....

My mistake, I meant google.

Here's one of the first results I found after googling it:

• For severe acne, it cures approximately 35-38 percent of patients after one course of treatment.
• 70 percent of the people who take Accutane® experience long-term remission.

http://www.acne.ca/acne_treatment_oral.html

 

[sfalexi]

Yeah. Try other stuff first. I went through 5 different cycles of accutane. It sucks. Bloody noses almost every day (dries out the inside of your nose), cracked lips, dry white flaky skin all around the mouth and on the hands (VERY noticeable), had to put on moisterizer/chapstick around 3 - 5 times a day depending on the weather.

The blood being drawn is to make sure that your liver is still processing the blood well enough (since it DOES effect that). I sufferred from severe depression from it (was one of the few) so I didn't do a sixth. Yeah, it worked (while I was on it), but the side effects were just annoying as hell.

And Solid, if you DO take it, whatever you do, DON"T GET PREGNANT!!!!!!

haha

Alexi