Week 5

10/10/2002

Week five is now over! The time is really starting to fly by! As you can see from the pictures below, week five was a great week for me! My face really cleared up. It's the best I've seen my face in years. My dermatologist appointment was today. Everything went well I think. He kept me on 80mg per day. He also had to take some blood samples to make sure the Accutane wasn't damaging my liver. This is normal and will be done once a month for the remainder of my Accutane treatment. I didn't see the results but I'm sure if the tests come back bad, he'll call. He also said I should start to see a lot of difference this month. He said the second month usually brings the best results. I can only hope it gets better from here. The only problem areas I'm having at this time is my jaw line, neck and temples. They continue to break out daily but not as bad as last week. My skin remains oil-free and soft even though I've stopped using lotion after I wash my face. I'm still using Cetaphil Facial Cleanser morning and night. Cool Aqua is still working during the day for my dry lips but at night I continue to use Aquaphor. The dry skin I referred to in week 4 around my back and arms continued to get worse. I've been putting Aquaphor on those areas at night and that's helping. All together, it really was a great week!

 

 

Below are some pictures of my face five weeks after starting Accutane.

 

 

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Unfortunately, updating this website regularly has become more time consuming than I expected. I have also just started a new job. For these reasons, beginning this week, future updates will be made every other week instead of every week. Next update - 10/24/02 

 

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