And I've finished the treatment back in 2017 and the acne hasn't returned. I heard that for some people it can return, glad it didn't happen in my case. Hope this goes well for everybody that battles with acne.
Yeah, when I was a teenager my dermatologist didn't want to put me on accutane nor check my hormones and I am 27 and I am still fighting deep acne scars :(
I’m on my second round of Accutane and even my mom noticed that my nose looks smaller and more defined. I had SUPER oily skin and my nose looked a little inflamed, Accutane really helped with that.
I agree. I am on month 5 with 20mg daily, and the width of my nose is smaller than whenI started. In my teen ages I used to have pimples just in the T zone, but my nose had the worst part, probably severe acne. I had large pores and now they are normal haha. I will take isotretinoin low dosage for life.
I was on Accutane for a year and half and I can attest to this. I noticed my nose got smaller after Accutane but like Dr. Dray said in her video it’s due to smaller pore size
@@Jblasian8 I took it for that long because I was on a very low dose to minimize side effects. you have to meet a certain dosage to really get all the benefits. Usual treatment duration is between 5-7 months depending on the dosage you take.
I am on Accutane. It’s one of the best decisions I have made. My acne started getting worse and my mom suggested to look for dermatologists. I found one. She’s so nice and explains everything just like the way you do. Even though that Accutane does dry you out like crazy but it is well worth it in the end. 🥰
Not only is this a potentially dangerous idea to circulate, but I find it really sad/concerning that Tik Tok's main age demographic is full of young people and _this_ is the type of content that can trend. It's like wow, social media has really done a number on people's self-confidence
Gen Z is so easily influenced and manipulated. They also have a huge bandwagon mentality. If something trends on tiktok, even if its false, they’ll all run with it.
People are less likely to think critically when they’re young because they’re still really young. I think that’s a huge part of it honestly. Critical thinking skills seem far and few between these days as it is, yet these particular skills are more important than people often realise or remember. It just doesn’t seem to come as naturally for some folks; many people actually intuitively lack them. A of people are very easily influenced and do not learn to think for themselves, because they fail to consciously recognise that they’re prone to such behaviours and thus may cause issues in the long term. I very much agree that it’s also a lot to do with social media as a whole, for sure.
Accutane's effect on oil glands has the potential to result in dry eye from the shrinkage of the eye's oil lubricating meibomian glands. It's great that they have drugs to help a variety of conditions,but no drug is totally free of unwanted side effects. 🌱
I love how your videos lately are coming full circle with the notion of bias in the internet! We all have to be aware of that because we're being exposed to it all the time! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I heard about this rumor on tiktok about a year ago and I absolutely thought it was a total lie. But now that I have been on Accutane for around 2 months I genuinely think it changes the “mass” of your nose. It’s less bulbous and more defined and I know this because I take a picture of myself every day for almost a year now for a time-lapse project I’m doing. I really think there should be more research studies around this.
This is not boring ! I took accutane as a 13 year old for my severe acne. It changed my life. My mother was terrified to let me take it. It’s nice to hear about it bc yes it was very much demonized in so many ways! Thank you Dr. Dray !
@@stanmarsh7038 a little yes I took it for 2 years, first year no effect on height, second year I wasn’t growing as fast, 15 now with no acne and continuing to grow. Would definitely do it again.
i find this really interesting, i was looking through my moms old pictures earlier today, and i noticed that between two pictures her nose got significantly smaller. i’m currently sixteen and on accutane (i’m no doctor) and my mom went on accutane when she was sixteen. i asked her about her nose shrinkage and she said “it’s from the accutane” and thirty years later her nose is still small. i hope i get the effect even if it’s not scientifically proven, there’s a lot of people who experience it probably due to inflammation going away edit: i never really get pimples on my nose, it’s one of the only places on my face that doesn’t get pimples. HOWEVER the PORES are ginormous
My friend was prescribed low dose accutane after a nose job by the same surgeon because apparently her skin was thicker than normal skin and oily. It was to help heal the nose job quicker which I thought was interesting.
@@karlag478 only for the healing and short term course only 3 months. she didn’t really have much acne just occasional small breakouts here and there. It was 10mg from what I can remember. She had little sensitivity on lips but she noticed after 3 months her skin was looking less oily, less porous.
I had a rhinoplasty and I have thick skin my swelling wasn’t going down on the tip even after 10 month. However I started accutane (20 mg) and I didn’t wake up with swelling anymore and the tip swelling is gone.
I just wanna say thanks to all the commenters sharing their experiences with accutane, I just started absorica and have had a lot of anxiety about it due to “possible” side effects listed, but reading these is helping me feel a little better! Also thanks for making this video, even though I know it wasn’t your intention, but you def also helped me feel better as well!
Accutane saved my skin. I didn't have severe acne, but my skin would scar very easily and my acne was resistant to other treatments. A low dose fixed my skin and allowed me to start working on correcting the scarring I was developing that had the potential to be disfiguring. I remember being so nervous when I was taking it for the first few weeks, so I wish people would realize that fear mongering does have actual real life consequences. So many people write it off immediately because of the stories out there.
I pushed accutane aside for years. I’ve had acne since I was 14.. fast forward to today I’m now 24 and it was the best decision I ever made. I let the internet scare me away from it.. I wish I did it sooner!
I’m LOVING these deep[er] dives that you’ve been doing recently into certain topics about body image, psychology, social media etc. I love a product review as much as the next person, but it’s so interesting to have the variety that you’ve been giving us. It’s also refreshing to be delivered content that addresses us as intelligent adults! I think a number of RU-vidrs are reluctant to speak seriously for fear of alienating a (really) young audience. Perhaps with TikTok taking the lion’s share of that audience we’ll see more “grownup” content from other creators...🤔. Anyway, love from Brisbane, Australia. Chaq x
I suffered from severe cystic acne for many years and tried everything I could to sort it out. I eventually went on accutane for 4 months and it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. Whilst I did experience side effects- the skin on my lips would peel constantly, I was stable and much much happier because finally something was working. I am really grateful to Dr Dray for addressing some of the deeply unhelpful stigma surrounding accutane- even my own Dr was guilty of this. My dermatologist was really great and I was monitored very closely throughout. I am 5 years post treatment and whilst I still do get a flare of pimples around the time of period, my skin is so, so much better.
I’m so thankful that I got a check up with my dermatologist-it’s been more than a year and a half since my last visit. She was pleasantly surprised with the difference adapolene has made with my skin. Over the counter anti-aging for the win!
@@Growstuff70 I was wondering about that. I thought that adapalene was for acne. Not so much for wrinkles. So you have success for photoaging and wrinkles?
@@ye23. that may be true but I’m 25 now and my nose is a lot cuter than it was when I was younger, but I also lost a lot of baby fat as I’ve gotten older just from actually working out and having a better diet etc.
I would argue that the "filler" part of the video is an even more important discussion to be had. I am a pharmacist and I must say that I learn a lot from your videos. Like you said multiple times, not everything we are taught, even in university, is 100% correct and factual, so it's always important to check the sources and have the best possible references.
Just ended my Accutane course... Don't know about the nose thingy... It cleared my skin with double-fucking my life with it's over-the-top side effects. Happy Monday ya'all.
@@b8665 Honestly? It depends from person to person. If you do go on Accutane you need to keep updating the progress and any change you see to your doc. My skin cleared up in a month. But I continued the meds. After two months, I told my docs about severe mood changes. The thing is I already have a case of depression. The meds were the icing of the cake😂. And with mood changes you might see hairfall, joint pains and many more. Google it. But they were bearable for me. You might actually not suffer any severe side effects or more. It differs.
One might get headaches and scull pressure, joints aches, hairloss and dry lips even from topical retin-a, because some people are extra sensitive to retinoids. If I would go on acutane I would probably need liver transplantation later on and arthritis meds. I killed my joints and hair with retinoids. So, one has to be very very careful with those.
So I’m currently on accutane and overall I think my face looks a lot more attractive to myself because my face is clear. My nose does look a little smaller but it’s because there aren’t as many bumps and blackheads on it which can look inflamed. My lips look nicer because I drench them in aquaphor and chapstick.
I'm currently on Isotretinoin. I'm 42. I'm on month 7 out of 9. It seems to have worked for me, but I have struggled with pain because it has exacerbated my chronic pain (I also have spinal fusion). I'm nearly finished though and worth pushing through to the end so that hopefully my severe acne won't return. The end is in sight!!... ✌🏽😎💜💜💜
I was hoping to see this was written 2 months ago so you'd already be finished, but I guess this is a current video. I know what it's like to have a lot of pain also
Did your pain go away? I never had back pain, I am 38, started Accutane one month ago and have been feeling my upper back joint to a point that I am probably have to pause the medication.
My first comment. Don’t attack me. I was really iffy about Dr. Dray. Not about her credentials. They’re stellar. I felt she had a cult like following and that bothered me. I saw the human flaws and was like “stop pretending she’s perfect!” Hear me out- the more I watch, the more I love her. She knows she’s being scrutinized, but still offers her professional advice on a daily basis. I view other doctors and like them too. They seem to share the same opinion as Dr Dray. Anyway, she’s made me not only more knowledgeable about skincare but also about my quick judgments I have based on invalid information. Thank you, good doctor for staying true to yourself and the many people who clearly love you.
@@t.m.button7229 I’m sorry to hear that…💔In my case I was treated with birth control pills and a medicated shampoo. But if it’s stress I don’t know how to help you. It’s easy to say to “Calm down”. But I don’t know what are you going through. 😓
I was having some hair thinning and it was because of some vitamin deficiencies and stress. So, if anyone is experiencing that, a blood panel is a good idea.
It definitely shrunk my nose. I started googling this solely because I noticed a difference in my nose and was stunned to see this is really a “thing”! My nose was one of my trouble spots. I feel like the excessive oil was “puffing” my nose up. Anyway no one will convince be that my nose is now smaller. Thank you, Accutane.
I'm not even gonna watch this, but I can confirm as someone who was on accutane for 6 months this in fact, FALSE. It did give me PORCELAIN skin though!
Did you have huge pores or just pimples and blackheads? I haven’t gotten pimples in my face in over a decade. I get some blackheads very rarely but a lot of plugged pores in my cheeks, nose and forehead. Way too much oily production.
@@dvcsub honestly my skin was not even bad enough to go on accutane but I had a good Derm let me do it anyway. I had very mild but persistent breakouts. Normal pores. Blackheads weren’t an issue either. But now my skin is perfect normal and pretty much always completely clear
@@thelittleglazeddonut any side effects? I’m so insecure of my skin. I’m a 32 yr male so it “shouldn’t” matter so much but it does. Huge pores. I just started adapalene 2 weeks ago. It takes 3 months to see results. But I wish I could attack from the inside instead of just topically.
@@dvcsub side effects were dry lips (but never cracked) just perpetually dry. Normal dry skin issues. And sore ankles especially in the morning. Otherwise that’s it
Accutane saved my face, I had cystic acne that was painful and I was scared my face would scar. After accutane, it went away however, the side affects really make me want to label accutane as a last resort. I got on accutane as a last resort after trying everything I could and the side affects I got were heightened agitation(anger), bone pain, and then very dry lips. It does go away after treatment but for some it’s intense. I fully support the medication to help others like me who are desperate for a change in their skin. Don’t do it for reasons any other then that
It never ceases to amaze me what people will believe! Thanks for setting the record straight. Happy Monday, Dr Dray! Hope you have a wonderful evening. 💜
That's very interesting. I would also like to know about possible conflicts of ethics in child actors and dermatology. That would be such an interesting video.
I would never take this again. I took it when I was 15 and ever since I am having depression and hair breakage. My hair has since never been past a little over my shoulders although I take very good care of it. I am 28 now
I've been really loving your videos more and more recently! Not sure why but I swear they're getting better with time. Thank you for the free entertainment/education throughout my PhD ❤️
I haven't watched the whole video but my nose did shrink... you can see it on my pictures... Im not kidding. Isotretinoin saved me from destroying my skin...
It makes sense to me that accutane could make someone's nose appear smaller under certain circumstances, but it terrifies me that influences are telling people to go on accutane for that reason (aka "instead of" getting a nose job). That is horrifying. And biologically implausible lol.
In my case, it gave me rosacea. I was on accutane for my severe acne and while I was on the end rosacea came into my life. And it's there for more than 10 years now.
Another reason people demonize Accutane is because of the very visible and uncomfortable side effects. People know that when you start Accutane, your face will be raw, red, and flakey. At first, it feels like your face is falling off. And it’s true. But uncomfortable doesn’t mean unsafe. That’s how the drug is expected to work. It subsides after a a month or two, and constant application of a good moisturizer goes a long way.
I just finished my second round of Accutane and the only difference in my nose is a lack of blackheads and sebaceous filaments. Thankfully, this isn't the case because my nose would be tiny.
Thalidomide was never approved for use in the US for what it was first marketed for, that is, for pregnant women to take for nausea while pregnant. Even though Canada, and many other countries approved Thalidomide, specifically for pregnant women to use, America had a very sharp FDA (Food and Drug Administration) official (a woman as it so happens), who would not approve this drug. She had knowledge of teratogen drugs, and insisted that Thalidomide needed more testing before being approved for use by pregnant women.
Week 2 Purge, week 4 pimple free. Dry skin was bad but I just lotion in the morning and before bed and it went back to normal. Oh and be careful in the sun, west hat and sunscreen. Good luck everyone it rules!
I took Accutane in 1995/1996. My hair fell out badly. My joints hurt bad! I was super dry , but man does it work. After my second batch my skin was soo good. People think I am 20 years younger than I am now. I think it’s because I was so oily then. I had a plantar wart on my toe that was there prior for years and it got rid of that too. I remember looking down and it was gone.
I love that show too! It’s the one program I watch during which I’m GUARANTEED to burst into tears 😂. The characters are so delightful (Trixie and Nurse Crane are my favourites ☺️. Oh, and Sister Monica Joan, of course!) And I love the fact thee are t the show is centred around the lives of women, particularly older women and poor/struggling women. Watching TV and Hollywood productions, you wouldn’t be blamed for thinking that women just disappear once they turn 50 😒.
Same way a felon can take a lethal dose of fentanyl and die from the drug while the police officer is performing a trained maneuver, and the media assumes not only that the cops actions were wrong, but also that the cops actions were due to race. George was a terrible person and IF he was treated badly, it’s because he is a terrible person, NOT because he is black.
I did one round of it. I wouldn’t say my nose is smaller but I guess I understand how it could appear that way. It removed any blackheads on my nose and definitely change the way my nose appeared: smoother, softer skin.
I realized my nose became smaller using raccutane and also my family told me my nose looked smaller and now I stopped taking became bigger again so I searched if can be possible and many ppl saying same so yeah. It’s true
This is because swelling from a nose job can take up to 2 years to go down. It has nothing to do with the accutane but just the natural swelling going down as u healed
why did you stop adding timestamps, i really liked those, i didn't watch the recent vlogs cause no more timestamps so i can skip stuff i don't care about because your videos are always very long
@@JSMinstantcoaching She can show me gratitude for watching her videos by including timestamps 😝 if we don't watch no views, no sponsorships, no ad revenue, no money, no PR, RU-vidrs should be thankful for us watching their vids and not the other way around darling
12:45 SOOO TRUE. To combat this, I see doctors that make a disclaimer or tag other specialties to chime in. For ex: a follower asked a OBGYN on Instagram how to mitigate scars post C section. The OBGYN didn't know, so she tagged her fellow derms on Instagram. One derm replied silicone sheets + sunscreen. I love when specialties mingles to create the best care.
On month 4 of 10mg every other day isotretinoin for typical sebaceous hyperplasia . I have mature skin. My skin looks amazing. My nose does look better with reduced pores and possibly thinner skin. I’m enjoying the SH prevention and the anti aging benefits. Even skin , bouncy skin smaller pores. It’s amazing. I only have dry eyes occasionally. No other side effects.
The shine from oily nose and tea zone area gives your nose an illusion that it is bigger, at least that’s what I think. And accutane is God sent when it comes to controlling oily skin and maintaining matte skin, maybe that’s why you see a smaller nose per se.
I've been taking accutane for about 8 months and both my boyfriend and I recently noticed that the ridge of my nose looks a LOT straighter. Not trying to promote the use of accutane for this, but my nose has definitely changed and used to have a bump right in the middle of my ridge that is no longer there.
Hey, was wondering if your nose went back to its original form a while after taking accutain? I just got off accustom and would love if my nose can stay like this forever😅
So little update, I saw my dad down in Florida and he mentioned my nose looked different too! Without me asking or explaining that accutane can do that. Thought that was wild
@@loah2317 I took 20 mg for 3 months and felt it to be more defined. Back to square one now :( I can’t say much as I didn’t do it for long, but was hoping someone would say it remains the same if done for a longer period of time. Let me know if u find an answer.
Thalidomide is called "Softenon" in Belgium. And it was a huge crisis over here. People who still remember it vividly, you're not gonna "sell" that medication to. That is the reason why my mom, in the early 70s, did not want to take *any* medication during pregnancy. She just would not risk it. Now, my mom had severe migraines, as did I (hormonal). Now that we are both in menopause (I just recently) the migraines have gone, but all this to say, she walked around with Vicks vaporub on her temples with a bandana multiple times, even at her job. It was very rough for her, but I am hugely thankful!
I dont use tiktok, but in a whatsapp group of acne someone said there was a video of tikotk saying this. I experienced 4 months before knowing the existence of a video (or videos?) that my nose is smaller taking 20mg daily. I used to have extremelt oily nose and forehead since I remember lol. So I strongly believe it dependes of the type of skin nose you had before taking isotretinoin. But people just cant say it does not shrink the nose, because some people like me have experienced it.
