wk 19,Sun&drink!!WOW

Niamh
 

Niamh

Saturday 26 July, 2008

Posted in Roaccutane Diaries

Hi all…

Sorry havent posted this in 6wks as iv been travelling..

Home now(and depressed!!)

anyways… skin is beautiful…ok its not perfect i still have a good few red marks and scars(which im prayin will fade over time when i finsh roacc)

I havent had a spot in 3wks!!my friends while travelling basically had to pull me away from the mirror!!!I never once wore foundation for the 5wks and i was able face new people in the mornin that we had met the night before(before that id have been hidin in fear they’d see my skin)really really hopin that it wasnt just the sun that cleared it up and im prayin it was the roacc cause back home its nothin but rain so that aint helpin!!

was really disappointed when i came home cause only my mam commented on my skin! i know not that many knew i was on it but the ones that did never said a word and its such a huge thing for me that i was hopin they’d be like WOW YOUR SKIN!!!

anyways iv a derm appt mon so gonna see what she’l say and hopefully like planned Aug will be my last month on this!!!=)…

i basically lived in the strongest sun for the past 5wks(Thailand) and i was outside every sec of everyday!the first2wks i wore factor 30 on my face then i reduced it to factor 15 or p20(sometimes id even forget to put it on!!)

I didnt once burn.. also i drank a good bit during the 5wks and i had NO problem what so ever!I gather im prob very lucky, the odd once or twice if i knew i was goin out drinkin i wouldnt take my tablet but at the max that happened twice!!!

The dryness is basically gone i think my skin is used to it at this stage!

LOVIN my none greasy hair tough..il be sad to see that back!

Hope everyone is doing good??

Hang in there i promise its worth it in the end..

if you read back on my posts you’l see that i hadnt the easiest last few months with my skin and i thought id never get to this stage so just hold on..its a long, bumpy journey but the end is worth every bump!!!

GOOD’LUCK!!!xxxxx

5 Responses to “wk 19,Sun&drink!!WOW”

#1 adele says...

Hi Niamh, Sounds like you were very lucky on holiday. Just a thought, when you finish you’re tablets you might not get the greasy hair back. I only started getting greasy hair again when my spots came back, about three years after my first course. So, maybe if you’re spots never return neither will the problem hair.

July 26th, 2008 at 10:30 am

#2 Laura_ says...

Hi Niamh!
You’re back! Glad to hear you enjoyed the trip and the Roaccutane didn’t get in the way at all. Great to hear that your skin’s looking good too. If August is your last month, the end is in sight! I’ve still got, I estimate, another 4 mths :-( I can’t bear the thought of it as I’ve been suffering a lot with my lips recently. They just went crazy and came out in some kind of weird rash and have been very painful. Still not recovered but using cortisone cream which is helping keep it under control. I’m fed up of dodging the sun -I know it will make my lips even worse, not to mention hand rash and general burning!
Hopefully Christmas time will be a big celebration time for me! Think I am going to plan a holiday for Feb too as something to look forward to - thought maybe New York!
Take care,
Laura x

July 26th, 2008 at 7:24 pm

#3 Niamh R says...

Hi LAura!
WAS ONLY THINKIN OF YOU YEST WHEN I WAS WRITING UP MY LAST POST!!
iM BACK UNFORTUNATLY..VERY VERY DOWN ALSO..I KNOW I MISS THAILAND ALOT BUT IV NEVER BEEN THIS BAD SO MAYBE THE TABLETS STILL HAVE THE EFFECT ON MY MOODS!
ANYWAY..HOW IS YOUR SKIN DOIN??
HAVE YOU FOUND ANY IMPROVEMENT AT ALL??
HAVE YOU TRIED CARMEX FOR YOUR LIPS??
I USED THAT THROUGHTOUT AND IT WORKED WONDERS SOMETIMES WHEN THEY WERE VERY BAD I NOTICED THAT IF I KEPT APPLYIN TOO MUCH THEY’D GET WORSE SO IF I WAS HOME ALL DAY(AND KNEW I WOULDNT SEE ANYONE!!) ID PUT ONE LAYER IN THE MORNIN AND JUST LEAVE IT ALONE FOR THE DAY UNTIL ONE MROE LAYER AT NIGHT!DONT PICK THE SKIN EIHTER!!
hOWS EVERYTHIN IN WORK GOIN??
YEH I NEVER EVER THOUGHT ID END UP WOTH SOME WHAT NORMAL SKIN..ITS STILL REALLY BUGGIN ME TOUGH THAT NO ONE HAS COMMENTED ON IT!
WENT OUT TONIGHT FOR AN HOUR AND I HAD NO MAKE UP ON AND 2OF MY FRIENDS WERE THERE AND THEY NEVER SAID ANYTHIN I DIDNT WANNA SAY IT TO THEM EITHER CAUSE THAT DEFEATS THE WHOLE PURPOSE BUT THEY KNEW I WAS ON IT!!!
ANYWAY DEF BOOK NEW YORK, YOU’L LOVE IT!HAVE YOU EVER BEEN??IMAGINE ALL THE SHOPPIN YOU CAN DO!
OR YOU COULD BOOK A SUN HOLIDAY…SINCE YA WONT BE AVOIDING THE SUN THEN!!
HANG IN THERE..xX
sorry about the capitals only reailsed now that it was on!!!
xx

July 26th, 2008 at 11:41 pm

#4 Amaris says...

Hey Niamph, i like ur quote ‘bumpy journey but the end is worth every bump!!!’ lol.. i really hope it is.

Your holiday experience has got me thinking. Where i live it’s hot sun all the time, and in my first week on the tane treatment, i went into the sun for about an hour and got burnt, and since then i’ve been extra cautious about trying to keep indoors as much as possible. But i’m wondering now if maybe i could risk spending a day outdoors too, because it’s really a drag when i have to skip the beach with my friends for fear of getting fried extra crispy lol :)

July 28th, 2008 at 2:49 am

#5 Niamh R says...

HI!
yeh try it..its such a bummer the way roacc restricts ya to so much!how many wks are you on it now?
the first few wks i found my face burn a bit but once iv suncream on im fine and in thailand i was totally fine..
iv kinda sallo skin plus i could be just lucky but layer on the suncream and hit the beach…ya’l know yourself when your startin to burn!just layer more cream on and enjoy yourself!
plus at the start i found when my face got burnt the reddness was gone by that night!
best of luck..x

July 28th, 2008 at 8:26 am

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