Hey dolls, So here I am! Two months post my Roaccutane treatment.I wanted to have at least a few months off the medication to finally give my honest review on the treatment itself.So as many of you know from reading my previous blog posts. I was on Roaccutane for 6 months. I started in December 2017 and finished in May 2018. I started on 30 mg and worked my way up to 60mg. The gradual build up worked well for me. I started seeing side effects within the first two weeks of the medication, my skin became really dry and tight. My skin was so dry I could feel the skin peeling off, it wasn’t painful on my face but it was painful on my lips. My lips would crack and bleed so I used a lot of lip balm. Throughout the treatment I must have spent around £20+ on lip balm alone. Being somebody who has suffered from acne for a very long time I needed a fix. Something that was almost permanent for me, so Accutane was the way forward. The six month treatment had a lot of side effects, most which got better with time. The first month I had a tiny amount of breakouts. The second month I had some more but it wasn’t as bad. I was aware of the medication taking everything out of your skin, so it does get worse before it gets better. I wasn’t allowed to wax throughout the whole time of the treatment and I’m too afraid to wax now (I’ve been off the treatment for nearly 2 months now). I threaded throughout the treatment but I did get a few cuts even with threading due to how sensitive my skin became. My skin was unbelievably sensitive and sun cream is definitely a must even if you’re just going to be at home. I’m glad I did my treatment during the winter because I felt much more better during that time.The biggest side effect for me was dry patches all over my hands and arms and body. The dry patches were absolutely awful. Below are some pictures of how bad they were at one point. It was extremely painful to deal with the dry patches on my hands because it would get so bad that they would bleed and become so sore.This is a side effect which completely disappeared when I completed the medication course.

Update

2nd February 2021.

I’m now over two years into my skin journey and I can honestly say, taking accutane has helped me more than I ever thought it would. I feel much better within myself and my confidence is just great. I have had a few other skin treatments since my accutane journey which I will go into depth and detail in my next post. I will give an honest review about what has helped me and what hasn’t. It’s been trial and error for me, but it’s been a hard tough journey nevertheless. I’m thankful for being able to take accutane and I’m even more grateful to have had the resources and services which have helped me throughout my journey.