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I just realized that one year ago right now, I was going through my first week of Accuntane. What a year it’s been! I thought it might be nice to recap my experience so others can see what to expect, and because now when I look back, I’m glad I did it. I took the [...]

Hi everyone! *waves*
It’s been two months since I took my last pill, and I have good news: It’s still working! I was afraid that my face would erupt as soon as I stopped taking Accutane, but everything still looks good.
In case you want to know what Life After the Pills might be like, this was [...]

Hi everyone!
STATS:
Time on Accutane: 5 months + 1 month hiatus + 15 days
Time left to go: Only fifteen days, yay!
Total ingested: 8,700 mg
Target amount: 9,900 mg
Active blemishes: ZERO!
Evil spots lurking under the surface: One by my left eyebrow (and it has been hiding for MONTHS!)

Sorry to tease you by hinting at this topic the other [...]

Accutane often gets us down, and we all probably need a laugh, so I wanted to share this ad I found in a 1957 issue of Life magazine and scanned in at work the other day:
The text says, “Meet Jeanmarie Lussier and a group typical of her lively teen-age friends. She’s a budding artist, writer [...]

I LOVE Sparks’ statistics. I’m shamelessly copying her because imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Total time on Accutane: 5 months, 6 days (with a one month hiatus after 5 months)
Total ingested: 7,980 mg
Target total: 9,900
Percentage of target total ingested: 80.6%
Number of horrible active blemishes: 0
Number of secret evil blemishes waiting to surface: 1 (and [...]

Hi, everyone!
For those of you who are just tuning in, I took 7,500 mg of Accutane over a five month period, and my scary skin cleared up like WHOA (yay!). I’ve been off of the pills for a month, and I’m happy to report that it only took two weeks for the side effects to [...]

Hi everyone!
I think I’ve described the iPledge program and the ridiculous things that American women must do to get Accutane. Every month we must have blood drawn for a pregnancy test and a liver test. After the results return, we have a few days to go online, log into the iPledge website, and take a [...]

Hi everyone! How are you?
I’m late putting my post up this week, so let’s call this week 21.5. It’s been an uneventful week. I’m still taking 80 mg per day. I’ve had no new spots. My skin is dry. My lips are chapped. I’ve still never had a nosebleed, and my back pain is still [...]

So much happened this week: I went to the Bonnaroo music festival!! I saw Elvis Costello, Animal Collective, NIN, Phish, Al Green, Jenny Lewis, Gomez, David Byrne, and more. I look forward to Bonnaroo all year, and this was the best Bonnaroo yet. Through a crazy stroke of luck and the kind generosity of a [...]

Hello everyone! I hope you’re having a good week. It’s good and bad for me. My skin is looking very clear, which I love! Even the red marks are quickly fading. Clearer skin has made me more confident about my looks, from head-to-toe. I don’t agonize over my hair, makeup, and clothes the way I [...]