Week 14: Good News!
May 2nd, 2008
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So, it is totally Week 14 and, on the 40 mg dosage of Claravis, I am so excited that things are looking better…
Breakouts: My face has gotten soooooooo much better! It is outrageous! I wash my face every night and every morning, I wake up with clearer and clearer skin! Ow Ow! This is the most exciting thing in the ENTIRE world!!!!! I didn’t have to wear make-up at allll this week, only moisturizing lotion…can you believe it?? I still have black heads but no more pimps! I could make out with my face it is so beautiful!
Lips: My lips are really really dry and still peel off in sheets. Never, ever, ever, ever let your lips be unmoisturized…everrrrrrrr. Legit. Get it right.
Dry Skin: I wake up in the morning with dry skin. Not that big of a deal because then I just moisturize and it is ovverr! Everyone freaks out about how bad it is to go outside without sunscreen on…I don’t really see it being an issue. Some say you can’t even walk from your car to the door cuz you get so burnt. Not the truth. I sat outside for a while on a nice day and saw no issues. So that is a mythbuster right there.
Body: I think I may be losing weight since going off birth control? FUCK YES! My body is still a lot dryer than usual. I gotsta shizower and moisturize every time I get out unless I want the scaly dragon to come back again! Since I went up to the 40 mg dosage, I have been a little dryer than usual but maybe it is too early to tell how dry it will actually get?
I’ll let you know baby boys and baby girls….love.
I’m gonna write back to some comments…
Thanks Kristina! Tell me how things go…
Hey J…I know you are freaking out about Accutane, but it seems worth it for me right now. Since they have upped my dosage, I am really really happy with the results. I have a looot of scars which I am going to think about at a later time but I know what you are feeling about the needles. Not to freak you out, but one guy took my blood and was a COMPLETE MORON! He had to take multiple tubes, which he switched as he was taking my blood. Everytime that he changed the tube, he went deeper and deeper into my arm and I really never thought that I would be able to give blood again. This happened last month and then I was able to give blood again this month, but in a different arm lol…It really isn’t TERRIBLE but I would just suggest looking away when they do it lol. Hope that helps.
Dave, I feel you on the clear skin vs partying debate however…I vote party. You only live once.
May 3rd, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Isn’t it crazy when it starts clearing up? I swear, for the first two months of clear skin I woke up every day expecting my face to be broken out really bad again. The scars are taking a LONG time to go away on me, though, which is sad. But, the lack of acne (the lackne?) is very worth it.
May 4th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Hi! So I go see the derm Monday for my second month’s worth of pills.(By the way I’m on the generic brand called Sotret.) I’ve noticed an increase in those “oil” pots as the derms called them, the ones by your lip/chin area that arent necessarily poppable unless done by the derm. My skin has been dry but I moisturize religiously inthe am & pm. Yea, I’ve had some breakouts but nothing I’m not usesd to. It sounds like all the “damage” comes out during the second to third months, which I’m really not looking forward to. I’m hoping it’s just going to be like a regular breakout session for me, something that I can handle and cover up with makeup. My lips have been super dry, and I ofund Aquaphor works really well. It’s like a less thicker version of vaseline and comes in a andy little tube you can buy at CVS or any drugstore for $1.99. adn it works as a lotion in case you don’t have any on hand =) On a positive note, despite the breakouts and my skin peeling if I towel dry my face too hard is the fact that my skin seems to be heeling a whole lot faster! I did pick, I don’t know whu I felt compelled to but I did, made matters worse, but my skin has bounced back quickly! yea for the shedding skin! I’m just can’t but be nervous/anxious about the next 2 months. I hvae a few big imp. events coming up and I just wanted to feel pretty. I can’t wait to feel like you and wake up and not have to worry about putting on makeup…ohhhh how i wait for those days….
May 4th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
I also wanted to apologize for all the typos!!! I should have read over it before I submitted…I type really fast but don’t realize I skip letters until I go back to proofread..sorry for the confusion!
May 4th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
my son started accutane a month ago. He is going to be traveling this summer and will be off his pills for about 2 weeks before I can get him back in for his followup to get his refills. Have you missed any doses and if so, did you experience any setbacks?
May 7th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Hey Lisa,
I had a break in between two of my months (only a few days) and I FREAKED OUT thinking that I wasn’t going to be able to start my new pack or that it was going to cause a problem. My dermatologist assured me that it was just the amount of the drug in your system and not necessarily the immediate sequential taking of the pills that did the job. Hopefully he wasn’t wrong. But, from my experience, it didn’t cause any problems…
Hope that helps.
May 9th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
yea i know what u mean but check this out. ok so last week i partyd again of course lol( im kindof a party boy) and like after the night was done my front bottom stomach area was kinda hurting. then i rememberd that accutain can kinda fuck up ur liver. i remember the other 2 times i drank it hurt in the same place. anyways i think im gona stop drinkin 4 a while. ( i say that now….hahah) maybe smoke instead….even though i, not too into that. gotta get my buzz on somehow without killin myself/liver haha
May 9th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
PS. ill be done my 1st month next week. face is clearin up big time. ive been eating right aka salads and no junk grease stuff and im likin what i see!