Ok so I’m just finishing my 5th week of treatment - I said in my last post I hadn’t seen any improvement or change expect dryness and I was just upped to 50 mg rather than 25.Well my skin’s definitely getting MUCH dryer, it would respond fine to moisturising except I wear quite a lot of make-up to help boost my confidence which also unfortunately tends to dry it further and also means u can’t just slap on some more moisturiser through the day when you need it.
I’m getting some worse joint pains in my wrists when i rock climb and in my knees when I snowboard but it’s not too bad really.
Starting to see an improvement i think!!!!! I’m prone to blackheads on my nose and open pores on my cheeks, under my eyes. The blackheads have almost completely disappeared and I think the open pores are shrinking. Yay!
I think my skin might be starting to clear - in my last courses of roaccutane I never got the dreaded “break-out” and this time seems to be the same - got a few big spots on my chin but they’re the only large ones I have and they seem to be shrinking! Yay again!
My mood is great: I never was affected by mood swings in other courses of roaccutane and this time is the same. Infact it’s improved because even though my skin’s still bad just now, I feel like it doesn’t matter anymore because it’s improving and the end is in sight!!!
I know there’s a lot of trouble trying to find the right products but over my 3 experiences on roaccutane I’ve found the best moisturiser is E45, as it’s so thick.
For the dreaded dry lips I’ve read a fair few suggestions on here but haven’t seen anyone mention “epaderm” - it’s the one dermatologists will give you a sample of if you complain enough to them about not being able to deal with your dry lips!!
I *think* you can buy it in chemists - its sold in a big tub and is actually a bath emmolient for babies or something but it’s amazing and because of it I’ve gone through 3 roaccutane courses without dry/cracked lips. It’s highly recommended!
For dry/cracked skin elsewhere - elbows knees etc, body butter is great you can get it from the body shop or boots or anywhere like that. it does clog pores though so you might see a few blackheads appear whereyou put it on but probably nothing very noticable
In terms of make up I wear the maybelline mousse foundation because it gives thick/opaque coverage, but it doesn’t go very well with dry skin. Any suggestions???