Well today marks the one month!!! Yah!! Been a good month all in all. The side effects were (and still are) uncomfortable but once you get used to them and get on with remembering stuff (like no, you will not get away with not lip balming for the day!!) then it’s fine. AND SO TOTALLY WORTH IT.So for anyone just starting or thinking about it then please, it really is worth it and don’t dwell on the side effects as the benefits far outweigh them.
As suspected I did jinx myself last week and had an absolute cracker of a migraine on Tuesday - not good :(…am not blaming the Roaccutane though as I am a migraine sufferer and am under a fair bit of stress at the mo so was expected.
And as I was poorly I didn’t moisturise or lip balm (no point since I was being sick twice an hour for 8 hours) and lordy did I notice a difference on my skin and my lips! So last night I went to bed with a thin layer of E45 and then a thin layer of Vaseline on my face - worked a treat I have to say!
Lips were a bit of a ‘mare but I have been whacking the nipple cream on as advised by Abi as the Chapstick just wasn’t cutting it anymore and I also have a cracked sore looking thing going on at the side of my mouth - lovely!! But nipple cream is fab and doing a good job. Am going to ask Santa for a tube of Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream though as a wee treat for myself!
Had a hospital appointment today. I assumed it was an appointment with the dermatologist but that is not until next month. So was slightly late for appointment and you NEVER get taken on time. So rush in and then dive for the loo as I was bursting.
Come out to hear the nurse shout my name and her face fall as she realised I had been to the loo as I have to do a pregnancy test - arrrgghhh!!!! Didn’t think I would get taken so quick! However, 30 minutes later and a 750ml bottle of water and we are good to go.
Blood test taken and pills handed to me and advised that it’s next month (not this) that I get doubled up. I also asked the person who gave me my pills (who was a dermatology pharmacist) something I have always wondered - day and night creams, are they an advertising con or does your skin need a seperate one? And the answer is that yes, your skin DOES react and repair differently in light and dark so having separate creams is a good thing! So there you go!!
Got my KMS shampoo which is lovely - would recommend it. Scalp feels soothed and hair nice and shiny and soft.
So there we go. I have a sore back and neck, dandruff, shove Vaseline up my nose to lubricate it and my skin always has a ‘warming’ sensation to it, but do you know what? Couldn’t be happier - am so chuffed at the improvement of my skin after only one month that if I had to stay this way then I would be happy to do so but am so looking forward to the next 3 months to finally see decent skin appear on my face.
I only wish that I had been taken seriously in my teens and 20’s but never mind.
Hope you’re all well :):)
xx
