Photos

I'm really happy with this week's pictures! There has been a really quick improvement in the few days since I increased to 80mg a day so here's hoping it carries on working so well. My lips have been a bit drier since my dose increased, but still not too bad.

It's my last exam tomorrow morning and omg I can't wait to be free! 23 hours and 9 minutes left to be precise :)

Week 10

I had my 3rd appointment with the nurse on Thursday and she has increased my dose to 80mg a day now. The pharmacist for some reason decided I could take it as one daily dose instead of splitting it up like they made me do last month (but hadn't the first month...) - which had been annoying because it was 2x30mg so I had to take a 20mg and 2x5mg tablet twice a day. This should be a lot easier at least because it's just 4x20mg in one go. The nurse said my side effects will get worse on the higher dose but hopefully they'll still be manageable

Xx

Photos

Photos are a bit late this week... oh well

I had a little flare up because my prescription ran out last Friday then I didn't have an appointment to get another one til Thursday, so in the 6 Roaccutane-free days my skin did get worse... my next appointment should be early enough to avoid any gap next time though :)

Week 9

Well this week I had another blood test in time for my appointment next week and I have a bruise again :(:( it must definitely be because of the Roaccutane making me bruise more easily, because the nurse I had this time was much more gentle but it still happened - MUCH smaller than last time though!

Have had quite bad dryness on my forearms in the last few days, with a couple of rough patches which are a bit itchy so moisturising them as much as possible...

... other than that everything is pretty much normal!

Xxx

This week's photos :)

Monday 11th May

I took my photos earlier but haven't uploaded them, will do later though!

Skin is still much better, although I had to use a lot of suncream this weekend which has given me a couple of tiny new spots - not very noticeable though.

Lips are still really dry :( so bought 2 more tubes of lip balm to make sure I don't run out. Am still using aqueous cream on my hands quite often, and on my arms and legs every couple of days.

Anyway, back to revision!

Xxx

Argh!

Major dry lips and peeling issues today!!

:(

Pictures - 4th May

4th May

Hello!

Well it's now the start of week 8 on my Roaccutane course and I'm still definitely seeing improvements which is great! I've got over the initial breakout I had, but because I'm so pale it has always taken ages for the red marks to fade so I can still see where it was. I've noticed a few patches of peeling recently, so I think this is good as it's clear skin that's being reveled underneath. I've been using almond oil after OCM and it seems to be working well - not too greasy but keeps my skin comfortable.

The aqueous cream I got is working really well on dry patches on my hands and arms so they're under control now too. My eyes have been quite bad the last week or so, but I've got into the habit of using eye drops so they're okay.

This week's pictures will be up in my next post :)
Xxx

2nd May

Back again!

I've really noticed my skin being more sensitive over the last week or so (as in on my body not my face). Last week I got this weird red mark from the strap of my bag across my shoulder so had to calm it down with plenty of Sudocreme. I've been trying to be careful about bags since then and not have them touching my bare skin just in case. I also have got a rash on my hands (probably from handwashing) and a few dry patches on my arms. Today I bought a big tub of aqueous cream (89p bargain!) so I'm going to use that from now on.

Anyway, my face is still a bit red but I've been using No7 green make up base thing which does help tone it down, and have been remembering to wear suncream everyday so it's fine really

Here are my latest photos: