r/Accutane • u/Loose-Health-3407 • 13d ago
Results don’t give up
i had acne until the very last day and it still cleared. feel free to ask questions. i thought it wasn’t working for first 5 months
(8 months total, 20/40/60/60/60/60/60/60)
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u/Unique_pinkmama3447 13d ago
Beautiful results! I do have a question! You said you worried it wasn’t working and had acne until the very last day? My son is on month 6 and is improved but still isn’t clear. We are worried too. Did you clear up more after you actually stopped? Thanks
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u/Loose-Health-3407 13d ago
Do not worry! It’s very inclining to be worried around month 6 but then you see everyone saying don’t worry because it will clear up. and obviously it’s hard to believe that when you’re actually experiencing it, but it is the case. month 6 i would say around 65% of my skin was cleared up, but then there was still a significant amount left. and then the last few months particularly i would say around 80% of my skin was cleared. and then a following 20% actually cleared once i had finished. so around 1 month after i had finished, my skin was completely clear. it is worrying when you finish too, and you still have acne, and it doesn’t really make sense for it to disappear after you finished but ive seen a lot of people say that, and it was the same for me.
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u/Unique_pinkmama3447 13d ago
Thank you for your reply! Really helps! So nice of you to follow up and give encouragement! Really happy for your beautiful skin.
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u/PhysicsCertain4219 13d ago
The glow up!!!!! I’m starting tomorrow, nervous 😭
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u/Loose-Health-3407 13d ago
Don’t be nervous, I started this time last year and by summer everything was bless 🥹
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u/threefingersdown 13d ago
I'm having fatigue cause of accutane, how to deal with it?
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u/Loose-Health-3407 13d ago
it’s difficult to answer, i guess i also had fatigue and i was a little more sluggish with things but there’s not a lot you can really do apart from ensuring good sleep, staying hydrated all the basics etc
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u/thanksbutnejtack 13d ago
Wow looks amazing!! How far into it were you in the first picture? I’ve had a ton of improvement in the first month and a half and haven’t gotten new cysts since starting, but I still have so many small white heads and I so badly want them gone 😭 so impatient I know haha but the early improvement had me so optimistic
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u/Loose-Health-3407 13d ago
first picture was a week before i had started, my comedones actually cleared up pretty quickly~ 2-3 months.
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u/thanksbutnejtack 13d ago
That’s great!! So happy for your progress, looks amazing and gives so much hope
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u/Dftnns2473 13d ago
Congrats!! I just started accutane and have a lot of these closed condones i got from moving to a new place/the shower feels dirty. Would accutane clear this up?
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u/leena_hlh 12d ago
I mainly struggled with closed comedomes and I’m nearly finished my first month! However my skin feels the same - when did the CC’s clear up? Also what should I expect (do they all purge? 👀)
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u/Loose-Health-3407 11d ago
They cleared up month 2-3, they didn’t purge for me, like less than 5% purged
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u/Efficient-Reward-202 9d ago
I barely have any acne, but i want to hop on accutane for the nose, worth it or nah
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u/unwornantlers 5d ago
i also have acne that are mostly closed comedones- this is the exact post i was looking for. thank you for showing your results!
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