Sorry havent been porting a lot lately. Anyway, Im on week 8 and sad to say, I still got the worst acne. I think its pustules..but anyway Im so not in the mood for a happy report but here it goes, Ive experienced  muscle pains, back pains and sometimes I feel feverish/ got a flu feeling but then it subsides the next day so I think its due to roaccutane, I had rectal fissures for the past weeks of my absence and my gastro doc suggested me to take fibers and other laxatives to avoid the fissures cause apparently my stools are hard [sorry have to be honest lol] he’ll monitor my progress for a month and if my stools are still hard, he said he had to check other problems but Im really hopeful that its nothing. and then, my face is painful!!!!!! urgh. like whenever i try to get something in the floor and my face has to go down…ugh the gravity just makes my face like its pulling heavily downwardsssssssss. it hurts like hell and my sleep is disrupted because i wake up with pains in my acne spots [jawline, cheeks, foreheads] ugh so irritating. and yeah ive had mood changes but no probs its due to the unpleasant feeling that my acne is sooo worst, i just want to hide away from the public.  even with my friends cause i hate it when people just stare long and ask you what happened and though some people say, “you’ve got the pretty face but sadly your acne is all over” ( sads. ive got a big event coming on october 16th, and i really really pray hard that by that time, i should be confident enuf to show my skin. *prays*

how long does the breakout last?

woke up today feeling sad. not wanting to face anyone even my family because im afraid they would only notice the horror of my face. sigh. no this is just temporary. my face is still painful or should i say swollen. its irritating and it burns.

im currently reading this wonderful site hoping to ease my sadness.

kitty

Hey Kitty,
Unfortunately Roaccutane effects everyone differently, so it is hard to estimate when the spots are going to stop or whether or not your skin gets a lot worse than it was pre roaccutane.

I never got really really bad during those weeks when you are suppose to be completely covered in zits, my skin stayed at the same quality as it was at the beginning of the treatment, it never got considerably worse.
I think it really does depend on how hormonal you are and how stressed you are, as these tend to be the main factors that effect your skins condition.

To try and avoid the worst case scenario of getting worse, i would eat as healthily as you can, take time out for yourself to relax and just try and go on with life as normal

And honestly don’t worry about it getting worse, because when i first started, i was very anxious about how bad the side effects and breakouts were going to be, but as i went through my course, i found it really wasnt that bad
You just forget about them really – thats if you are not constantly looking in the mirror

Just go with the flow, remember it all gets better in the end

I hope thats helped you a tad

Tess xx

August 5th, 2008 at 10:33 pm

This made sense to me

and I can also relate onto this one, I can see similarity of his breakouts into mine. but the comments really made me hopeful! patience…patience!

Stick with it mate, just think of the end result!!

not doing good. sigh. i still have colds and im feeling so ugly right now cause my zits are everywhere my face. small zits big zits. and my whole face is painful. the milk dint help that much. i dont know if this will become better on the 7th week cause of the bad acne. ( but i must say that my nose has improved a lot. i think the clearing up started with my nose. the little annoying bumps are really getting into me. practice patience…patience…

somebody asked me in a forum about isotretinoin users if my period got delayed during my roaccutane intake. the answer is NO. i still have the normal 28-30 day menstruation cycle. if your period got delayed during the meds, i think its due to stress so stop thinking to much and relax

Hi, I noticed that there are a lot of Roaccutane diary in the internet. This is my way of sharing my experiences with the drug. Hopefully it’ll give information and support towards those who are cautious, meticulous like me when taking any medications. The following was my monitoring diary but I wasn’t able to put it online. I’ll try to update as often after this one:

ROACCUTANE DIARY

My Skin before taking Roaccutane:

-whiteheads in my forehead extending to the skin where the ears are placed, cystic pimples in the chin, and random uneven skin in my cheeks. Gross!

June 30 [mon]-Had my blood tests for, SCPT, Tryglycerides and Cholesterol. I got the results by 4pm, normal results, HCL Cholesterol is low but not alarming. Bought my first box of Roaccutane. Took 20 mg at dinner. Probably the most nervous swallow of any capsule that I ever had because I have occupied myself with a lot of thoughts about this drug.

20 mg dosage, taken after dinner. the box that was available in my derma is only 10 mg. So I have to take 2 caps. At daytime, I put clindamycin lotion, benzoyl peroxide a so called SA lotion available in my derma’s clinic. At nighttime, I put erythromycin gel and a so called acne cream (composed of tretinoin). To sum up, I will take 20mg of roaccutane for 6 months and 10 mg of roaccutane afterwards for 6 months.

July 1 [tue]-took it at dinner. Felt like my skin is tighter. Felt flawless but I think its was only due to a good night sleep and my positive outlook with this drug.

July 2 [wed] -took it at dinner. Same old. Nothing really extraordinary.

July 3 [thur]-Same

July 4 [fri]-took it at dinner. Pimples popping. Err in the ears part. Some cystic acne in the cheeks.

July 5 [sat] -took it at dinner. Pimples popping at the back too. Getting noticed by family members about my pimples. Sad but not thinking about it. Im hopeful for the results. Hoping that it’ll pass after my 12^th day intake as base from what other takers have said in my research.

July 6-Present- Ive stopped monitoring the progress of my skin for a while because I was busy with a lot of things (I mean Im really facing a lot of things in my life right now) Im quite emotional but I don’t think Roaccutane has the responsibility for it. It’s just my way of handling the stressors in my life so the drug has nothing to do with it. I notice that there’s a lot of hair falls than the usual but since my hair is thick, it’s no problem. Prior to taking the drug, I have flaky, dry, cracked fingers in my right hand. I don’t know the reason for it but I didn’t really mind but after taking roaccutane, it became worst and I noticed that I get cuts easily and it doesn’t heal fast. So now I have band aids all over my fingers. There are 3 essentials that I must have while taking the drug: Petroleum jelly, band aids, and Eye drops. My eyes become sensitive with the lights or sun.  Its my third box already, 5th week, but generally, I still have bad acne flares up until now. I also had one visit with my derma and she just injected those cystic pimples popping. She also suggested that I have to try the milk mask before applying the creams. (1/2 cup of evap milk + 1/2 cup cold water, dip the face towel then put it in the face for about 10 mins) I followed the milk mask but eventually got lazy hehe. The purpose is for the redness of my face since Im also using a topical cream which contains tretinoin also. Tretinoin when used can cause redness and peeling. I dont often go to my derma afterwards because it’ll only cost me a lot of bucks for that injection. I plan to visit after I see visible improvement and will ask if I’ll have another blood test to check my tryclycerides. My diet has been unstable while taking roaccutane. I eat a lot of junkfoods *sorry* Still hoping for a significant changes by the 7th week. *crosses my finger*