HOW I CLEARED MY CYSTIC ACNE | MY ACCUTANE JOURNEY *depression + side effects* 

Omg girl I know exactly how you feel😭 but you got this!!! Not saying drinking more water is going to cure it but maybe try to and see if it helps!

Hey how are you making out after 4 months ?

Thank you and I’m glad it was helpful!! She’s got this, just have to stay positive! :)

how is she now?

Also remember everyone’s experience is different so yours could be super easy and breezy! But either way you got this!!

Yayy u got this!

How are you making out now?? What dosage are you on? How are the side effects

Update?

I have finished my Accutane treatment. My skin has improved, but I still have acne scars, so I am using acretin cream on them, and it's working. By the way, it has been a long time since I finished my Accutane pills.@@sief9765

Aw thank you I’m glad it was!🥹 LMAO I literally felt the exact same way with my back pain so I totally feel you. Best of luck with it all!!

I started 40 mg about 10 days ago I already am seeing a huge difference!! I might ask my doctor to stay on 40mg to avoid these awful side effects.

Yay good luck!!

@@JimmyR83 hey are you taking it once a day? or 20mg twice?

@@JimmyR83 hey are you taking it once a day? or 20mg twice?

@@shreeyamchaturvedi3626 hey I’ve been taking one 40mg pill for a month and my doctor just bumped me to 80mg per day. I haven’t taken 80 yet I don’t want the side effects

People see progress at different stages but crossing my fingers for u 🤞🏼

how is ur skin noww?

Did u see any difference pls reply

Happy belated bday!! Yess the updates would be awesome! Best of luck you got this

@@NasreenK ahh tysm and i’m actually starting to get dry lips just from the erythromycin

@@-indy oo dry lips is the worst sometimes. I would slather vaseline alllll over lips at night and blistex also saved me!

@@NasreenK TYSM i’m gonna go get some after school!!

@@-indy yayy!

@@christinag.511 I kept skincare very very simple while on accutane as that’s what’s also recommended! For face wash I used the neutrogena ultra gentle daily cleanser. For moisturizer i used the CeraVe moisturizing cream (the thick one that comes in a tub) and then I also used Vaseline for my lips and put it on the skin around my lips as well whenever I could to prevent cracking After accutane I kept my routine the same for a long while probably around 2 years and the only thing I added was tretinoin cream 0.25% which my dermatologist gave me once I finished accutane and she advised me to put it on if I ever got a spot so I used it sporadically only when that happened

@@NasreenK Thank you!!!!!!!

Some people don’t experience depression at all on it so wishing u the best of luck!!

@@NasreenK fingers crossed 🤞🏼 thanks again☺️

@@ricardo7447 out of curiosity, have u experienced depression?

@@christiangc4344 honestly no. I’m not happy with the progress yet but I’m not depressed, more just upset that it’s not clearing yet. I’ll be starting month 4 in three days and not much progress so that’s why I’m upset so as far as the treatment I don’t think it’s effecting my mental state as of now

how are you now?

Thank you and good luck, you got this!! Also remember, side effects vary from person to person so chances are, you can have an easy smooth sailing journey on accutane! I know lots of people who have and even though it was rough for me I would do it again haha so I guess that makes it not unbearably awful😅

@@NasreenK I’m already drying out bigtime at 40mg. Do you have to go up in dosage after the first month? I go back Jan 13th I was gonna ask him if I can just ride out the 40mg dosage for awhile. Didn’t you say the bump from 40 to 60 was the worst part?

@@JimmyR83 yes and yes! my derm made me go up in dose every month until I hit 80mg but definitely ask to stay on just 40mg if that's what you want! They should let you do that, you might just have a longer length of treatment like a couple extra months but imo I think that's worth it

@@NasreenK my doctor doubled me to 80mg on first visit lol.

@@JimmyR83 oh gosh lol it’s okay you got this!! If anything you could probably always ask your doctor to lower it the next month if it feels Iike its too much

When I was accutane and I’m getting ready to start my second round … it helped my hyperpigmentation

No, my hair growth stayed the same!

not really, it was pretty dry but I made sure to stay on top of moisturizing so it wasn't that bad

Accutane cleared majority of my scars, I was left with a few indent scars that I still have so I haven’t tried anything for that yet

I’m assuming you are a blessed human with no acne issues. You will never understand even if someone where to sit here and explain the reason why.

@@ricardo7447 you are assuming wrong! Acne is just not worth destroying your health forever for.

Accutane did not have any long term damaging effects on my health... Everyone who is on it needs to get blood work done every month and health is closely monitored so that nothing seriously damaging happens. It’s pretty rare for that to happen and if I were to go back in time I would still choose to go on it again because it actually changed my life and anyone with severe acne understands the struggle of it. Not to mention, I’m perfectly healthy now :)

@@NasreenK you’re really ignorant if you truly think that taking a couple blood tests is going to prevent longterm harm to your health in the future. Actually, most people who have been harmed by accutane took blood tests monthly and had normal results. That’s because the blood tests only look at a tiny fraction of all the problems that can happen in your body - it doesn’t detect potential mitochondria/dna damage! Most people end up getting health problems within a few years of taking accutane, so you have that to look forward to. It’s too soon for you to tell how it will harm your health.