I’m a woman who LOVES her skin care routines, trying new products. I’m a lover of face masks, home remedies and trying the new new thangs.

It’s safe to say I would be missing it more than anything. Starting Accutane, I was told I’m not allowed to use face masks of any kind. You read it right.. for the next six months. Torture or what?!…

I was advised to stop waxing and I was also told to stop using certain creams which could potentially aggravate my acne.

I love using my Pixi toner (which I have like x4 brand new bottles of) I love my lush natural face masks (I know you’re probably thinking it’s all natural so how can it affect you). It can, because the dermatologists/my consultant wanted to see my progress with the Accutane medicine alone. So I bravely got rid of all my face masks and toners.. by getting rid I mean I gave my sisters everything I had bought lol.

My first month on Accutane was probably one of the worst, six months of the treatment. My skin felt a lot tighter in the first two weeks, I started getting flakey skin and horrible horrible chapped dry crusty lips. That’s when my Carmex lipbalm became my knight in shining armour and saved my crusty lips.

My first month consisted of really extremely dry skin, so I was told to ditch my beloved Kiehls ultra facial cream and use Aveeno instead. So I stopped using Kiehls as it broke me out in more spots. I started using Aveeno and Cetaphil which is GREAT by the way for extremely dry skin. It’s like the BAE OF BAE!.

My lips would occasionally bleed in the morning, i stopped using matte liquid lipsticks or any matte lipsticks for that matter. My lips were really dry and sore but I didn’t mind it as much. By the end of the month I got used to dry skin and dry lips. I’ve always had combination skin so I’ve never had a problem with having super dry skin until I started the Accutane acne skin treatment.

I asked the dermatologist what would be good for me to use whilst on the treatment, I was told that I should use products which are approved by dermatologists, so I bought a big bottle of Cetaphil which is specifically created for those who are going through dermatology treatments. I stocked up on my Carmex lipbalm – I bought six and I’m now on number eight. In my first month I used the lipbalm over 15x a day.

My skin care routine vanished from using the Pixi Toner, Lush Fresh Farmacy Soap

to using the Cetaphil skin cleanser, moisturiser and Aveeno

It was as simple as that, no fuss and no more experimenting.

The second month was just…

Until the next post

Withlovemona xo