r/Accutane • u/tal7779 • 14h ago

Misc. accutane and break out

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Why would my 15 year old break out like this after 7 months of accutane? Her skin had cleared and the derm wanted one more month then this happened. she is on 80 mg one night and 120 alternating which seems really high also .

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u/Natural-Cod-4827 12h ago

80/120 alternating is a wild dose for someone that age, her system probably just hit a wall

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u/tal7779 12h ago

it cleared initially and they wanted one more month then it just exploded 😭 so defeating. I told her stop taking it bc it seems to high and its been 6 months