Day 11 my lips feel very chapped and in the morning i have many scabs

I have the same story as you. I didn't develop really bad cystic acne on my cheeks/jawlines until I was 20. Good luck!

Howd you deal with it

Day 17 my skin is peeling very badly and it makes me very itchy

Leave comments id appreciate help

I started the day after you and am also experiencing the dry peeling skin and lips. Luckily it's not itching me but I am constantly trying to hydrate it. But, my skin appears to be clearing a little bit already and so does yours  Good luck!

Day 22 symptoms feel the same and i defintely go through waves of depression. Im hoping my initial breakout stage is over now

Day 37
dont really know what to say about any differences. Continues to be the same and everyday i feel like giving up

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Day 83

Cloutboy!

Just from these pictures I see so much improvement from when you started!

Don't give up! Keep going strong!

It will get even better in the future!

Hang in there man!!

Thank you those few words mean alot

i am in between day 22 and day 38 lol but yes i understand the waves of depression. all i see is progress as well. may i ask what mgs are you on?

I started off at 40mg for 3 months and on month 4 im at 80

how is accutane going so far?

After switching to 80mg im really starting to feel the side effects from when i started but stronger. Dry skin even dryer lips and muscle and back pain. It makes it harder for me to exercise. I have very little active acne just red marks all over my face

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Would you say you experienced an "initial breakout"? From your pics it looks like you started w/ a lot of acne, so do you think the accutane made it even worse before it got better?

Thanks for sharing and your progress looks great!!!

@Derek CYes i definitely did and it made it 20 percent worse

What other side effects are you/did you experience? There seem to be some posts that say they experienced hair loss, and that freaks me out. Also the depression thing. Have you experienced these things, or anything else? Thanks!!

Very chapped lips. Dry skin. No hair loss. But yes i had a lot of depression. I didnt mention it like that but it was bad. I had very irrational thoughts @derek c

On 6/3/2016 at 0:37 PM, Cloutboy said:

Very chapped lips. Dry skin. No hair loss. But yes i had a lot of depression. I didnt mention it like that but it was bad. I had very irrational thoughts @derek c

Maybe you should talk to your doctor about the depression and irrational thoughts?  Do you think the accutane caused them, or did you have this before  ?  Hopefully it's going ok, just keep thinking about the end results!

On June 6, 2016 at 0:27 PM, Derek C said:

Maybe you should talk to your doctor about the depression and irrational thoughts?  Do you think the accutane caused them, or did you have this before  ?  Hopefully it's going ok, just keep thinking about the end results!

I knew these would be side effects, but i have to tough it out if i want my face clear

I was just told i will have to go on to 6 months of accutane

Day 141. I try to take the best possible pictures to show my skin as best as possible