5 days of usage

...what you are reading on internet is not always true...

I learned this one is definitive truth when speaking about roaccutane treatment.
I read that my roaccutane is not going to work for first days or weeks. I started to feel first changes after 2 or 3 days of using. Its started as pretty unnoticeable changes on my skin. Now its fifth day.
My skin is dry and my lips are in pain. I can tell you, it's not a good feeling at all. But it must have been a pure optimism to expect good feelings from dry skin in the first place. On the picture you can see what happened to my skin. It looks like dandruffs in my eyebrow. But according to what I read, this side effect is kind of good. It shows you that roaccutane is working.
Also other thing is showing me that roaccutane is working and that's my acne. Already after 5 days I see that I don't have that many whiteheads and cysts as I used to have. I used to wake up over and over every morning with new pimples and cysts. Gone. Today I woke up and I have no new cysts on my face. Also black points that I have on my nose are slowly going away...

I feel good about it, but I read it can be just the beginning and that the acne can come back even worse during first 2-3weeks. But that is the reason why I created this blog. I have had bad feelings about taking roaccutane after everything I read online, so I created this diary to keep you posted about what problems it really does to me and create a good source of information from the first-hand.

No noticeable changes to my Fordyce spots yet.

What is isotretinoin?

I think that this article is pretty important when you want to start taking this drug.

Roaccutane is a drug containing isotretinoin. Isotretinoin is a retinoid. The retinoids are a class of chemical compounds that are related chemically to vitamin A. It is a pretty strong drug. It is used to for treatment of severe acne and it is sometimes used also for chemotherapy!

Oral isotretinoin is available also under following names: Accutane , Amnesteem , Claravis , Decutan , Isotane , Sotret , Oratane and Izotek. Isotretinoin can also be used as a local treatment. Local treatment is marketed under names Isotrex or Isotrexin.

What is cool about this drug?
It is efficient also in treatment of very bad acne. Worst acne cases are mostly treated with isotretinoin. And isotretinoin helps. It also shows you the results pretty fast. It helps tremendously also for acne located on other parts of body, not just face. Monk BE published in Dermatology journal article:"Fordyce spots responding to isotretinoin therapy." That means isotretinoin can be used also for this condition.

What is bad about this drug?
If you are a woman you are going to hear this one a lot of times. It is a teratogen. This word is originally from Greek language and it means "maker of monsters". And its really serious. If you are taking this drug and you get pregnant you are going to have pretty big problems. You CAN NOT get pregnant during taking it or there will be high possibility of malformation of an embryo or fetus.
It is also going to make you pretty dry. Your skin, your lips...everything is going to be dry. You can also have psychical disorders, problems with night vision and many many side effects that are seldom occurring. You have to be informed about all of those and if you experience any of those or anything else, contact your doctor.

My skin problems

I have problems with my skin. I have severe acne with a lot of cysts. I also have fordyce spots.

I was speaking with my doctor about my acne approximately year ago. She told me that I should be using roaccutane. She asked me to come tommorow for a blood test. Immediately after I came home I googled what roaccutane is.

There was a lot of pages informing me about Roaccutane, but...one was saying I am going to have tons of problems and the second one way saying me that isotretinoin is a miracle. When I read that I am going to have extremely dry skin, problems with my liver, depressions, problems with eyes and so on...I decided not to take it. I decided not to take it and I hoped it would get better.


It hasn't. And I already have a lot of scars. After a year my acne was even worse. So I decided to visit my doctor again and undertake this treatment. I took the blood test and according to my weight I got prescribed 70mg per day. I should use 50mg in the morning and 20 in the evening. I will be taking it 20 weeks.

I created this blog http://roaccutane70.blogpost.com to inform you objectively about what problems roaccutane made to me and how effective and successful this isotretinoin treatment was.