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@b00kworm77onaccutane
Second day off Accutane
I can't tell if I'm getting sick or detoxing but I'm all sore and my stomach was unhappy this morning. I'm trying to pound the water and gargle so I rehydrate and keep healthy for my show, which opens next week.
No new bloody noses though. And my lips aren't quite as chapped as normal. So that's good!
I'll be getting some nicer pics soon, but here's the before/after, pics from immediately before taking my first pill and pics from immediately after taking my last pill. BAM.
ALL DONE!
Omg. I can't even express how relieved I am that this is finally over.
Took my last morning pill today.
And tonight I'll take my last pill, period.
Oh God I'm so happy
T-minus 6 days!
Well, actually 5 now.
I really can't wait for my lips to go back to normal. They're so swollen and red and angry and chapped. And did I mention the eczema I get pervasively on my hands and occasionally on my arms that's super irritating and painful to treat?
It's difficult to see in this picture but trust me, it's red and angry and peely too.
But goddamn. My skin looks so nice. It's crazy to think that less than a year ago I looked like this WITH makeup
WITH MAKE UP.
Look at this picture I took today. No make up. No nothing. Just face.
This difference is astonishing. I'm really so amazed and enthralled and overwhelmed. Now I just have to get off this damn medication!
FIVE DAYS!!
Update from whenever to today
Relatively uneventful. I expected the time to go by a little more excitingly. Mostly I'm just counting down the days until it's over. Because I'm tired of the side-effects.
My nose is basically a battleground. It's so raw and scabby on the inside from bloody noses scabbing and allergies making it literally impossible to breath through. Thereby necessitating nose-blowing. And thereby causing more bloody noses.
But my skin looks amazing.
Once I'm off the Accutane, the redness will go away. Look at my incredible LACK of zits! Wooooo!
27 more days!
So sick of having dry peeling skin. I lied, it's not 44 days left, it's 34. And thank God for that.
I'm so sick of the bloody noses and dry skin and chapped lips.
44 days left. And then it all goes away forever.
UGH.
Recap: December 21st-December 31st
Happy New Year, everybody!
So, I think it's fitting to close out 2012 with an update.
Because of the debacle with my last check-in, I'd gotten out of the swing of taking the pills everyday. I'm finally starting to get back into it but there were a few days that I missed. But I'm one week into my new set of Claravis and feeling good. No bloody noses in a while and my lips have been under control. The redness in my face is still present but it isn't quite so sensitive now. I imagine these will all start to flair up again once I get back on the regiment of pills everyday for a bit longer than just one week. But things are going well.
I went through another tube of chapstick, so this next one I bought I made sure had menthol in it, which really seems to be helping repair the skin.
Tonight, I shall be making a fool of myself, drunk as fuck if all goes well. Hopefully I'll remember to take my meds. :)
Taken today after shaving my goatee. I'm one week into my third box of Accutane, so that's a little over three months. The acne I'm getting isn't as ugly as it used to be but the redness is still pervasive and I'm still getting zits here and there.
Recap: December 8th-December 21st/Check-In 2
It's really been the same old same old. My skin is starting to feel overall better but my lips continue to peel and peel and peel and peel and peel. I'm starting to have less breakouts now too. My face is so clear... it's amazing. Unfortunately though, this retarded zit on my cheekbone is STILL trying to heal. It's been almost a month and a half. But I guess the medication makes it take longer for the skin to repair itself.
I was late to my second check-in and had to reschedule for a week later. I was nervous about my pill supply but I went back to taking them one a day. When I finally went in on the 19th he said that that was fine - sometimes people go off of it for a month at a time and they're fine. He said my bloodwork was normal so I don't have to do any more of them. Which is cool.
It's been, well, pretty uneventful.
Recap: November 23rd-December 7th
Sorry I've been so bad about updating, guys! It's really hard for me to stick to a daily regiment. :(
As far as that goes, I've so far had only one day where I forgot to take my morning pill. I don't remember when that was but I had to just skip it. Two other times I've taken it REALLY late in the day, but I think it was okay.
Really, nothing has changed. The fissure in the corner of my mouth took FOREVER to heal up but finally did, only to switch to the other side a few days later (it seems nearly healed now, after only a few days). So annoying. My lips peal constantly. And crack. The dry skin around my mouth and on my cheeks is under control more, mostly because when it starts to get bad I moisturize it.
I've nearly consumed and entire tube of chapstick. I wasn't sure it was possible, but it's happened. Everyone keeps telling me to get vasoline instead but my mother thinks it's really bad to put petroleum-based products on your face. I dunno though. I need to make a decision soon because I've only got MAYBE 2 days left on my current tube (I lost my second one somehow).
I went to New York last weekend and it was AMAZING. It was colder there and I could certainly feel it. But the worst part was that I had all of my jackets and nice clothes dry cleaned before I left... and I appear to be allergic to the dry cleaning chemicals. Now, I've gotten my stuff dry cleaned before and its been fine, but I think with the extra sensitivity of the Accutane... it was bad. I was completely broken out in hives down my arms and on my hands (I wore a jacket basically 24/7 because of the cold). Luckily I could use my scarves to cover up my neck from the jacket collar and that finally healed (although it was REALLY bad the first day). It's pretty much all healed up now but man, it was awful.
Since I've been back from New York, I've been having trouble with my anxiety, and yesterday I got hit by some crazy depression/anxiety issues. I'm not convinced that it's a result of the Accutane since it's taken this long (I'm 2/3rds done with the second month) but I'm being wary. I'm better today but it's not gone yet.
I suppose that's really it. Allergies suck. Nothing much new to report other than hives and depression.
Oh, and bloody noses. Bloody noses galore. The inside of my nose is basically a giant scab. Ugh. It's just 'till March.
Recap: November 16th-22th
Happy Thanksgiving everybody!!
Today, I am thankful for the opportunity I have to take this journey on Accutane. Already my face is so improved. I'm so glad I can make this happen for myself.
The last week has been okay. On my full dose of Accutane and the bloody noses are coming back. Also, the other day I cracked the corner of my mouth and it's been having a bitch of a time healing.
I also split my lip pretty bad (you can kind see it in this picture, on the bottom towards the left). This is from a few days ago. I guess fissures in the corner of your mouth is a vitamin deficiency so I've been making sure to do what I can to stay hydrated and take supplements. It's better now but it was driving me crazy at the time. It's not quite healed yet though.
But aside from the sudden burst of super chapped lips and bloody noses, things have been pretty much the same.
Recap: Check-in 1
I had my first check-in with the doctor on Wednesday the 14th. It was really simple. He said the blood test was totally normal. He's putting me on 40mg in the morning and 30mg at night, for a total of 70mg a day (I'm on 40 a day right now). He said that the side-effects may worsen (yayyyyy even drier skin and MORE bloody noses! /sarcasm). But overall he was pleased with how it was going.
Yep. I have another blood test to take in prep for my second check-in but if that comes out normal as well I won't have to take any more.
I haven't filled the new prescription yet but I will tomorrow because I only have two nights left of my old set of pills.
Recap: November 8th-15th
It's pretty much the same ol' same ol' around here. I has a big zit appear and slowly disappear on my cheekbone (still going away) and my dry skin is Hell. My fingers are peeling now as well. On my face, it's like having a perpetual sunburn. My skin is reddened and its peeling constantly. And it's sensitive to touch. Like a sunburn. But I'm not out in the sun hardly at all, so it's not that. It's just the meds.
Right now I have a sore on the corner of my mouth from it cracking so often because it's dry. So fucking annoying. I keep telling myself that it's only until March. Only until March.
I'm about to start on my new dosage too, so apparently it'll get even worse. Ohhhh boyyyy!
Recap: October 29th-November 7th
Sorry I haven't been updating much, the show I'm directing is in tech so I've been SUPER busy and distracted and stressed and all those good things.
Things have been pretty steady with my acne and the side-effects of the Accutane. I've been putting aloe vera gel on my face at night and that's been doing wonders for my dryness and flaky skin. I'm still eating chapstick but I'm not licking my lips as often so it's not as horribly chapped as before.
The oddest thing now is my hair. I don't produce nearly as much oil into my hair, so I can go literally three days without a shower and my hair will still look fresh and clean. Since I was 13 or 14 I've had to take a shower every day or my hair looks like I attempted to slick it. But now, I don't make nearly as much oil, so it stays dry.
On the other hand, the actual hair itself is also very dry. This is also nice because I can style it and it'll actually listen to me now. It's still wavy but when I tell it to do something it'll do it. It's actually really nice. I could totally get used to this.
Other than that, my face is still dry, especially around my mouth and chin. The new acne I'm getting is still painful, but the breakout around my lips has passed. I have a cystic, multi-core one on my nose that refuses to come to a head - luckily it's not too big, and it seems to be going away. The acne on my back is being annoying as well - I'm getting big gross ones that hurt when I press them into chair backs and things.
But overall I'm happy with the progress. This is day 20, so I'm pleased with the progress. There is definitely progress. And it feels so good to have progress.
Bloody nose in the shower today. I think hot water + vigorously rubbing my face is a bad combination for someone prone to bloody noses on a medication that dries your skin out. Also I've been lax on using my saline spray since the bloody noses subsided.
Hm. Go figure.