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!!