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1. Start by being kind and gentle with yourself. There are plenty of people who would love to criticise … So be your own protector and your own best friend.
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Hi guys.
I’m sorry it’s been a while. I’ve been absolutely swamped with school and stress and a bunch of other things, but I thought I’d share an update with y'all and I’m going to try to keep posting as much as I can.
The first three pictures are from a month before I started my journey. It was Christmas Eve, and my whole face hurt, was inflamed, itchy, and hot to the touch and made me cry overtime I looked in the mirror.
The second three are from a Day 50 of my accutane journey.
I can truly say that I have never been so thankful for anything in my life. Accutane is amazing. Of course, there have been problems, the dry cracked lips, the backaches, but nothing is in comparison to the results I’ve seen so far. I was on 40 mg a day for my first month, and now I’m on 80 mg a day for my second, and planning to increase in the third. I’m lucky enough to say I never got a terrible initial breakout. I still broke out after starting accutane, but it was nowhere near as bad as it had been before I started. I’m still breaking out now but overall my skin is so smooth, and feels amazing. My scars are fading too. It hasn’t been easy so far, though. The dry lips are bothersome, I have backaches, and I got a pretty nasty, scabby rash all over my forearms a few weeks ago. But it is only day 50 and I’m so happy with how far I’ve come!
Right now I’m sitting in Starbucks wearing absolutely no makeup, drinking a coffee with my best friend, and typing this up. I know every journey is different and I’m lucky that mine hasn’t been that bad so far. I’ve still got a long way to go. To everyone on accutane, keep your head up! The best is truly yet to come, and I’m always here to listen, give advice, or just chat.
- Stu :)
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DAY 9
Quick update. Yall, I feel amazing. The top pictures are from this afternoon. I just took the bottom one tonight with makeup on. I can already tell the difference from day 1 to day 9. Granted, my skin was already getting better but the change from December til now are amazing. My skin is so smooth. I’ve had a few pimples pop up but they’ve been so small and easy to handle. My scars seem to have faded too. Praying that this continues! I will say that the dry lip thing is bad. I thought I wasn’t going to experience it in the first few weeks with the way they were going, then one morning I forgot to put on aquaphor before school and in class my lips were painful, chapped and warm to the touch. It’s not so bad though, I know it’s worth it!
What foundation do you use? Your skin looks so clear!
I use Covergirl Outlast Stay Fabulous 3 in 1!!! thank you!!
DAY 9 Quick update. Yall, I feel amazing. The top pictures are from this afternoon. I just took the bottom one tonight with makeup on. I can already tell the difference from day 1 to day 9. Granted, my skin was already getting better but the change from December til now are amazing. My skin is so smooth. I've had a few pimples pop up but they've been so small and easy to handle. My scars seem to have faded too. Praying that this continues! I will say that the dry lip thing is bad. I thought I wasn't going to experience it in the first few weeks with the way they were going, then one morning I forgot to put on aquaphor before school and in class my lips were painful, chapped and warm to the touch. It's not so bad though, I know it's worth it!
You can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.
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Hi guys. Day 6 is almost over! Almost done with a week of Accutane! Just a quick little update as I frantically study for my test tomorrow. Also, sorry for how disgusting I look, I've been crying on and off all night because of school stress. Anywayyyy. My skin is doing really well, it feels so smooth and soft but I'm not sure if that's from the Accutane pill or the Cetaphil cream I've started using. No sign of the IB yet, a few small pimples emerging around my chin and jaw but they've gone away quite fast and aren't their usual cystic sizes. As far as side effects, I've been using aquaphor every night and my lips feel fine. My face has actually felt oily which is weird. The backaches have come and gone. Remaining optimistic! Hope everyone else is too!
DAY 3
Hi yall, no pics today :( Don't really see the point in posting one everyday because my skin looks the same. anyway, last night was the sadies dance at my school! I felt good about my skin and I had a good time. My face has been feeling so smooth lately, and so clear I just want it to stay like this forever. This morning when I was trying to get my pill out of the box I accidentally cut it open an orange liquid got on my hand. Oops. Other than that mishap, I've handled all other things accutane related pretty well I think. I'm moisturizing alot, my face and my lips. and can I just say- cetaphil moisturizing cream is a LIFESAVER. My skin feels so soft and hydrated. No signs of side effects, I will say I've felt a tremendous amount of back pain today, but I was still able to stretch it out and get through my workout session. Only 177 days left to go! (I hope) Hope everyone else is doing good!
I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.
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DAY 1 Well... I'm done with day 1 of Accutane. I didn't get the chance to take any pictures tonight of my no makeup face because I look the same as the progress pic I posted last night, so I gave yall this sweaty pic of me post workout holding up my pills. (FYI- I leave my makeup on when I go to the gym, so I look way clearer in this than my bare face does) Anyway, day 1 has been great. Taking my pill this morning was such a great feeling. My dad woke up with me at like 5:45 am when I was about to go to school and stood with me while I took it and we clapped and everything once I was done. It's such an amazing feeling to start something that I know will work, especially after all the other treatments I've tried. I knew I'd be paranoid all day that I was already showing symptoms- and to be honest my back hurt all day, but I think that's from my workouts and long nights hunched over my desk. Also, I started Cetaphil moisturizing cream and Aquaphor for my lips, hoping to catch the dryness before it starts. Literally hoping and praying I skip the IB. A girl can dream. So excited for this journey!
Acne doesn’t make you ugly. Just as any illness doesn’t make you ugly. You weren’t put here for looks. You were put here to spread kindness and happiness, starting with yourself. The concept of pretty and ugly is screwed up. It has nothing to do with your outer appearance. It has everything to do with what’s inside of you. Don’t let acne make decisions for you. Screw it. Live your life. Please. You deserve it.
Here's my starting point. This is honestly the best it's ever been in a year. Hopefully this isn't the calm before the storm. Actually terrified of the IB. WHATEVA. Trust the process amiright?
YOU GUYS. I start accutane tomorrow. Like, officially. No words for how excited I am. I'll be trying to post every single day on here so I can look back at my progress and hopefully give others reference/advice for their own journey!
Yikes. Guys, my skin was getting sooooo much better from it’s freakout around Christmas. so much. But I’ve been so stressed with exams and thinking about college and everything, that I think the stress caused my period to start early which for me means about two weeks of painful cysts on my chin and cheeks (see godzilla 1 and 2). Woohoo. The bright side is, I’ve been so stressed and busy that I haven’t had the chance to worry about starting accutane on the 28th. Can’t believe I’m starting so soon. And since my breakouts are hormonal, I wonder if during accutane my period breakouts will be just as bad? I don’t even care anymore lol. I went to a study group with no makeup on today and this time last year I had to put my makeup on in the dark because I couldn’t bear to look at my naked face, much less have anyone else look at it. And here we are now. I’m seriously ready for Accutane to work it’s magic and to be done with this stupid thing
I put my make up on in the dark to, I don’t even let my family see me without my makeup! My acne has ruined my face
Hi! I'm so sorry I missed this post, I would have responded earlier. Putting my makeup on in the dark is something that I did for a year and a half. Every morning for school, every afternoon before dinner, every night before a party, I would shut my door, close my blinds, turn off all the lights, and place my laptop on my bed with the keyboard light on so I at least knew where my face was. If my parents came in and tried to turn on the lights, I'd blink really fast and start crying. Once I was done with my makeup, I spent the rest of the day avoiding mirrors, and I shut my eyes if I ever had to get close to one. I know how hard that is. That is a feeling I thought I would never escape. But you know what? Here I am, a year later, and I put makeup on every day in the light, and I look at myself in the mirror whenever I want. My acne is a little bit better than it was last year, but it's still bad. But I'm not scared anymore to look at myself. It will change, I promise. It did for me. You have to fight it. Fight the thoughts that come into your head. I know it's hard. Remember this: you didn't choose this. You didn't ask for it, there's nothing you could have done to prevent it. Acne is a temporary condition that happened by chance. And one day, you will be free of it. So why worry about it? Smile, you're beautiful!! Message me whenever you need anything, I'm always here to chat!
Not everyone is healthy enough to have a front row seat in our lives. There are some people in your life that need to be loved from a distance. It’s amazing what you can accomplish when you let go of or at least minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible, not-going-anywhere relationships. Observe the relationships around you. Pay attention.
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sometimes i wonder what i would think of my body if it wasn’t my own? like if someone else had my body and i was looking at it from an outside perspective? i think two things would happen… for one, i would have much nicer thoughts about it. and two, i actually just wouldn’t...
