joannalx: Finally started Roaccutane!
June 24th, 2009Well i went to the hospital/doctors on monday and i finally got prescribed Roaccutane! although im pretty scared about the side affects, if this cures my acne ill be over the moon! I wear TONS of make-up so this is going to be really hard for me!
Well, i have to take in 30mg of roacc a day which is split into one 20mg tablet and a 10mg tablet and also i have to take 4 erythromycin tablets a day aswell, so all together i have to take 6 tablets each day!
me and my mum went to the shops after getting Roacc, to get Eucerin dry skin relief face cream, coco butter formula lip balm and also Blistex lip barm just to be prepared.
Ive not had any side affects in the past 3 days but i have noticed my redness and red marks from past spots fading! i had about 6 HUGE under the skin spots that only just formed yellow heads and now there nearly gone! But im deffinetly not getting my hopes up about this because my doctor saidi will have a breakout because my skin isnt use to all this, which is expected really. although im looking forward to the next few months, im also quite worried about the side affects, but i hope the results of my skin will outweigh the side affects!
xxx
kennygawne
25th Jun, 09
hellloooo joanna love
atbefore i talk about roaccutane and shit
your bloody dam gorgeous with spots or without yur a good looking girl my love
im glad ive found you
becoz im 16 so ya a similer age to em lots of peepz on here are like in der twenies and dat
im due to start roaccutane in afe weeks
coz my gp refffering me
i only have mild ish acne
but bin on every treatment possible and minimum results
i also get left with horrible red marks which i have to cover up
so hopefully roaccutane will make my skin perfect
and ill be back to my handsome days lool
good uck with your treatment btw
im sure it will work wonders
we should keep each other updated with our progresss
all da best kenny xxxx
joannalx
25th Jun, 09
Heyyy
and thanks for the comment and also the compliment! haha 
yeah i know what you mean most people are over there 20’s. yeah mine started kinda mild, then blew out of control with all the harsh things i was putting on my face! haha. i see what you mean about you get left with red marks, because my skin is EXACTLY the same. handsome days ay ;] lol, good luck with your treatment aswell! wish you the best and yess we should keep each other updated 
atxxxxx
sparklypickle
25th Jun, 09
Hey you two……I couldn’t help but notice your comments about there being lots of older people on here…this is largely becuase ten or more years ago roaccutane was not routinely used to treat moderate or mild acne regardless of how persistent it was….so we were all fobbed off with another course of antibiotics…its only recently that roacc has become so widely prescibed, so consider yourselves lucky….I wish I had been offered this treatment as a teenager!
Sparks x
atkennygawne
25th Jun, 09
ye well defo do that joanna x
do u get down and depressed about spots
i sometimes hide away from society dono if der summet wrong wid me
like i avoid going partes n dat
but newais talking red marks
i did some reaserch today
roaccutane as soon as your acne goes it should shed your skin quick and red marks should fade fast
and your skin continues to improve up t a year after coming off the treatment
if you still have red marks after that you can get a chemical peel from diz big posh clinic in london lools roaccuatane here and go on tess diary it shows her before and after pics and heres wer extreamly severe so that gives me real hope
i really do hope this works for you hun
athopefully ill have it soon aswelllxx
if you go on
how long did it take to get you nhs appoitment ?
and you got msn ?
xxxxx
joannalx
26th Jun, 09
thanks for that info! really helps me! you told me loadsa stuff i didnt know haha!
atwell my nhs appointment took a while, they need to book you in for a blood test, wait for the results then you go to the derm about roacc
and yeah its *** REMOVED TO PREVENT SPAM ***
xxxxx
kennygawne
26th Jun, 09
its fine seriously its what this site is for so we can help each other out
atim not at school nemre
so i tend do do alot of acne reaserch during the day
im cumin abit obbsevive i think
but mekes me feel betta
has your spots started gtin betta yet ?
xxxxxx
Will
26th Jun, 09
Hi Joannal, hope you don’t mind but i’ve removed your email address to save you from spam as this site gets indexed by various search engines and I presume kenny has got it now.
atjoannalx
26th Jun, 09
no problem
thanks! x
atjoannalx
26th Jun, 09
yep i have, my face is becoming more of a normal tone instead of tomato red! and also my red marks seem to be fading, so far ive seen no new spots and its only my 1st week so im happy! haha but i expect to have a breakout because skin gets worse before it can get better , so im quite okay about that
xxxxx
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