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Feb 25 2015 03:25pm
After giving much thought, outweighing the pro's and the con's, I've started Accutane today, taking 3x 10mg pills in the morning and 3x pills at night.
I'll be on the medication for the next 15 weeks (hopefully it's just a one time course), if not I'll need to do another course.
I'll also be doing mandatory blood tests every 3-4 weeks to make sure the medication isn't messing with my liver enzymes and such.

I just took the 3 pills about an hour ago, bought some chap stick and I'm looking for a good non-oil moisturizer to use for my face, since I'll likely be peeling and be very dry.

Going to try to update this every single day and let you know how my progress is going. I'm a little afraid of the first 2 weeks as the acne will get worse, but everything must get worse before it gets better.
It might be embarrassing but I'm going to power through it.

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Feb 25 2015 11:02pm
Got these two today, did some research and a lot of people on Accutane had success with using these two products to combat the dry skin and the peeling/flakiness.

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Feb 25 2015 11:06pm
You're gonna feel like a new man!
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Feb 25 2015 11:08pm
Quote (CehNehDeh @ Feb 26 2015 12:06am)
You're gonna feel like a new man!


Thanks buddy <3 I appreciate the positive support I get from this board.
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Feb 26 2015 03:01pm
Day 2: obviously no difference yet, that wont come for a few weeks, have a little bit of chapped lips but that's it right now.

Will take my next 3 pills at midnight tonight.
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Feb 27 2015 01:39pm
Day 3: No major change yet, still a little bit of chapped lips. I had a headache yesterday, not sure if that was caused by the drug or not.
The "worse before it gets better" is starting to happen a little bit, not really bad, but i can definitely feel it.
3 pills again at midnight. I've been taking the medication with food at 12 pm every day, and I'm stretching them to 12 hours apart. I'm going to stick with this cycle.

This post was edited by Bassist on Feb 27 2015 01:40pm
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Feb 28 2015 02:23pm
Day 4: Still not much going on as expected, though I've noticed a little bit of itchiness on my face, that's a side effect I'm pretty sure.
My skin is currently not that dry, and my lips are okay. However I have a feeling after the first maybe week and half I might experience more side effects.
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Mar 1 2015 03:10pm
Day 5: My face is getting pretty dry, the acne is getting a little bit worse, I need to moisturize or it starts getting a little flaky. My lips were really chapped last night.
So far, so good though.
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Mar 1 2015 10:20pm
Wow it wasn't a joke when they said chapped lips. My lips are sooo dry. I literally have to put on chap stick every half hour.
About to to take my next 3.
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Mar 2 2015 03:31pm
Day 6. I've noticed somewhat of an "initial breakout" is what they call it. I've been moisturizing a lot, still really dry. The chapped lips is real as fuck.
I've been drinking a lot of water since this drug dehydrates the crap outta you.
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