Comments on: 5 Months After Finishing… http://reclaimyourskin.co.uk/blog/2009/10/27/5-months-after-finishing/ Just another reclaimyourskin.co.uk weblog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:40:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jennie123 http://reclaimyourskin.co.uk/blog/2009/10/27/5-months-after-finishing/comment-page-1/#comment-9093 jennie123 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:28:02 +0000 http://reclaimyourskin.co.uk/?p=3390#comment-9093 Thank you for replying to my diary entry! Since I wrote it I went to see my new GP and she said my skin had to be severe before she would refer me to a dermatologist so it looks like I'll have to go private again as by no means am I wanting to let it get that bad that I have to have scarring again. Its so disheartening as it is getting worse and you do feel that no one will listen. I just hope a private derm will do something as although its not as bad as it was I'm getting hard lumps under my skin and they do hurt as well as looking absolutely awful!!! Hope you are all ok, xxx Thank you for replying to my diary entry!

Since I wrote it I went to see my new GP and she said my skin had to be severe before she would refer me to a dermatologist so it looks like I’ll have to go private again as by no means am I wanting to let it get that bad that I have to have scarring again. Its so disheartening as it is getting worse and you do feel that no one will listen. I just hope a private derm will do something as although its not as bad as it was I’m getting hard lumps under my skin and they do hurt as well as looking absolutely awful!!!

Hope you are all ok,

xxx

]]> By: Vivi http://reclaimyourskin.co.uk/blog/2009/10/27/5-months-after-finishing/comment-page-1/#comment-8908 Vivi Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:46:35 +0000 http://reclaimyourskin.co.uk/?p=3390#comment-8908 Hi Jennie, I'm signed up at St George's Hospital in Tooting. They're quite good if you live down south of London. If you prefer private then Dr Emilia Duarte-Williamson is great. She's based on Harley Street and charges £150 for first consultation and then £100 for subsequent visits. Let me know if you want her number and I'll dig it out. I have heard of others who say it wasn't until the last month it really disappeared and i'm experiencing the same, I'm just over two weeks off my last pill and I've just had my first completely acne-free week. I obviously don't know if mine will come back or not, perhaps it will... Go to your local GP and explain you've already been on Roaccutane and push hard for being referred to a derm. Don't let them fob you off with creams, antibiotics and other stuff. It may be that the derm gives you that, but at least the derm is specialised in skin conditions! Hopefully you won't need another course, but if you do, good luck and stay strong! x Hi Jennie,

I’m signed up at St George’s Hospital in Tooting. They’re quite good if you live down south of London. If you prefer private then Dr Emilia Duarte-Williamson is great. She’s based on Harley Street and charges £150 for first consultation and then £100 for subsequent visits. Let me know if you want her number and I’ll dig it out.

I have heard of others who say it wasn’t until the last month it really disappeared and i’m experiencing the same, I’m just over two weeks off my last pill and I’ve just had my first completely acne-free week. I obviously don’t know if mine will come back or not, perhaps it will…

Go to your local GP and explain you’ve already been on Roaccutane and push hard for being referred to a derm. Don’t let them fob you off with creams, antibiotics and other stuff. It may be that the derm gives you that, but at least the derm is specialised in skin conditions!

Hopefully you won’t need another course, but if you do, good luck and stay strong!

x

]]> By: lynda22 http://reclaimyourskin.co.uk/blog/2009/10/27/5-months-after-finishing/comment-page-1/#comment-8907 lynda22 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:46:10 +0000 http://reclaimyourskin.co.uk/?p=3390#comment-8907 Sorry, I should have explained that better - my blood tests were all normal after three months and that's when he decided that I didn't need them anymore. If there had been anything causing him concern I'm sure it would have been a different story. Sorry, I should have explained that better – my blood tests were all normal after three months and that’s when he decided that I didn’t need them anymore. If there had been anything causing him concern I’m sure it would have been a different story.

]]> By: lynda22 http://reclaimyourskin.co.uk/blog/2009/10/27/5-months-after-finishing/comment-page-1/#comment-8906 lynda22 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:33:06 +0000 http://reclaimyourskin.co.uk/?p=3390#comment-8906 Hi Jennie I really hope you don't need it, but if you do I can recommend Dr Whittaker at the Wellington Hospital near St John's Wood tube station. I couldn't get an NHS appointment so went private. Am so pleased I did. Dr Whittaker was very sympathetic to the fact I was paying myself and he didn't make me see him every month or have monthly blood tests. He charges £125 per consultation, then of course you have the cost of the drugs. Good luck, Lynda Hi Jennie
I really hope you don’t need it, but if you do I can recommend Dr Whittaker at the Wellington Hospital near St John’s Wood tube station. I couldn’t get an NHS appointment so went private. Am so pleased I did. Dr Whittaker was very sympathetic to the fact I was paying myself and he didn’t make me see him every month or have monthly blood tests. He charges £125 per consultation, then of course you have the cost of the drugs.
Good luck,
Lynda

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