The first month has gone by pretty quick and I would say I am happy with how things have been going. My lips and face are definately drier but as bad as I thought and its good not being oily to be honest.My skin is looking a bit better I think. This week I had quite a big spot on my right cheek but this is almost dried up already.
Saw my new derm on wednesday who is bumping me up to 60mg for the next 2 months because my side effects have been fine - although I’m sure that will change! One thing my blood tests did show, however, was an increase in cholesterol from 5 to 5.4. Apparently 5 is really bad as a base line anyway for a 21 year old so I think he was more concerned with my overall diet than the roaccutane. I’ve vowed to go on a low fat diet because I really don’t want to come off this drug and this is going to be really difficult for someone who loves their fatty food - I can eat it without putting on weight so I never had though about diet before. It’s going to be as hard as the non drinking (which I lapsed on last night when I got fairly drunk by the way but I’m gonna try and keep that knocked on the head).
Anyway, I’ll start the 60mg on Monday when I pick up the prescription and I’ll let you know next week what changes have occured - i’m sure there will be some pretty big ones in terms of dryness!
Hope everyone is well and getting through their treatment ok!