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Anonymous
ive been on two 6-month courses of roaccutane, seperated by 18 months. ages 16 & 18 (now nearly 20).
both courses i was on 20mg pills, 1/day for the first month, 2/day for the next 3 and 3/day for the last two months.
first time around it took a month to turn my lips to a solid surface which painfully broke when i ate. i learned chapstick dramatically reduces this (however my lips constantly peeled.. i was red and scabby for ages).
i started getting pretty consistant headaches towards the end of the treatment so i cut back.
afterwards i had no acne but light scarring. i wasnt depressed but i certainly changed - no longer creative or energetic, nor optimistic whereas i would have been beforehand.
after a year my acne returned. another six months and it was back bad. i went back on roaccutane.
again, lips were the first to go. then i had dry skin - dandruff like - around the mouth/nose area like someone else in this thread has mentioned.
i didnt get headaches and didnt cut back on this course, believing a 95% completion the prior time was the reason for my acne returning.
i did get - and still feel - rather glum* a lot of the time. im reluctant to blame the drugs for this though; being a hormonal teenager seems more likely, combined with usual live-stresses etc. to me blaming the drug is a cop-out.
* i really dislike the D-word. glumness includes: reluctance to communicate with other people, unending jealousy/suspicion of others, and a large degree of indifference. and thanks to 4chan i _like_ when things get fucked up - if theres a bad outcome to something i genuinely prefer it. again, dont (baselessly) blame the drugs! im probably just fucked up (or a /b/tard)
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