Another week been and gone and its same old same old. Still getting a new spot every single day, but they tend to disappear quite quickly, so not too bothered about that. Scars still very prevelant , but I am now drowning them in vitamin E moisturiser so we’ll see what happens - I’ll let you know how my little experiment goes.
Side effects are the same: dry lips, weird rash, insanely dry skin at times, but these do not bother me overmuch. They could be a lot worse I think.
One piece of bad news - I saw my Derm the other day and he said he was not going to increase my dosage. So I remain on 30mg a week, and will remain on that dosage for . . . . . . . . . 6-8 months!!!!!!!!! 8 months (32 weeks) is without a doubt the longest course of this stuff i have ever heard of. Most people seem to be done and dusted in almost half that. That pissed me off a little : I will have to put up with this until mid-April before I find out if im in the 70% cure bracket. Never mind, not a lot that can be done. I understood why he did it - I was really insecure about my appearance because of my acne, and he didn’t want to make things worse by chapped lips and peeling skin, but its still frustrating.
That means I don’t know when I will start seeing benefits - if its about week 9-10 for a 20 week course, does that mean I need to wait until week 16??? When some people finish entirely ???
Oh - one last thing. I had quite a few drinks last week, and all was well. Thats good - won’t have to remain entirely T-Total i don’t think!!