Reclaim Your Skin

Hiya Laura,

When I had my first course of roaccutane i was started on 5mg a day. It was gradually increased to 10mg, then to 20mg and then eventually 40mg for the last few weeks. I think it was actually pretty good to start low as it meant my body could adjust to it and i dont remember the side effects being quite as bad as my second course where i started on a higher dose. I did get very frustrated during the first few months of my treatment as a lower dose means it doesn’t work as fast, however, it was worth it in the end!

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April 19th, 2008 at 10:24 am

Hi Kim,
I’m on 60mg a day and I was also a bit worried I was the only one on here taking this amount!!! Have been on roacc for nearly 3 weeks and yes the side affects have been quick coming and not very nice at all but i’m coping……….just!!!! I had a really bad outbrake of spots coming into week 2 but since then (touch wood!!!) I haven’t had anymore and they seem to be drying up really well now. I don’t know why I am on such a high dosage I just agreed with what the derm said, although he did say if my skin dried to much to drop it down to 40mg but so far my wonderful clinique cream seems to be sorting that out!!

April 19th, 2008 at 5:23 pm

Thanks, its great to know then that im not the only one on such a high dosage. I have actually been ok and my spots have really dried up and already my skin looks a whole lot better apart from the peeling and the redness! Does everyone get the red skin? Im going to a aniversary party next week and that will be me going into week 3, do you think the peeling and redness will be away or does this last long? I also feel really tired at night and im not sure if it has anything to do with roaccutane but im dropping off as soon as i hit my pillow sometimes im not even making it to bed!

April 20th, 2008 at 4:51 pm