3rd April 2003
1- what kind of acne did/do you have? moderate then cystic
2- what is your age? 53 (didn't expect to find me here did you!)
3- how long did you take it for? At the age of 35, took it for 3 months
4- how badly did it make you break out at first?
I had acne problems beginning in my early teens and all through my 20's. By mid-30's, it got much worse so resorted to Accutane. Up until then, relied on Tetracycline.
5- did your acne return?
On and off, but nothing like it used to be. In the last year it's been acting up again.
[b}DID ACCUTANE WORK AS WELL TO CLEAR UP MY ACNE AS I HAD HOPED? Absolutely. Couldn't remember what it was like to have clear skin until then. Then again, what I considered clear would make someone who has never had acne cringe.
WOULD I TAKE IT AGAIN? No.
Here are some of the reasons:
EYES - the dryness affected my eyes to the point where, three months after I started taking it, a layer of skin peeled from my left eye leaving me with scars on my cornea. Stopped taking it that day. I have had vision and "dry eye" problems in my left eye ever since. Can never wear contact lenses and have to put drops in my eyes every day.
BONES - this information came from a post under the Osteoporosis forum and gave me a bit of a shock. I've just had a bone scan for the first time and am now taking Actonel to prevent further bone loss. The future will tell what kind of long lasting affects that will have. I have tendonitis in my hip and have twice had it in my shoulders. Thought I was just getting old. Here's the post that sent me over to this forum:
[url="http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/Forum92/HTML/000027.html"]Irreversible Skelatal Changes[/url]
I took Accutane almost 20 years ago when it was very new and the long term affects not known. I have had osteoarthritis in my neck for a number of years. I may have had bone loss for some time and didn't know it. I never made the connection until now. If you are 20, you could be looking at this in your 30's. It's something to think about.
2- what is your age? 53 (didn't expect to find me here did you!)
3- how long did you take it for? At the age of 35, took it for 3 months
4- how badly did it make you break out at first?
I had acne problems beginning in my early teens and all through my 20's. By mid-30's, it got much worse so resorted to Accutane. Up until then, relied on Tetracycline.
5- did your acne return?
On and off, but nothing like it used to be. In the last year it's been acting up again.
[b}DID ACCUTANE WORK AS WELL TO CLEAR UP MY ACNE AS I HAD HOPED? Absolutely. Couldn't remember what it was like to have clear skin until then. Then again, what I considered clear would make someone who has never had acne cringe.
WOULD I TAKE IT AGAIN? No.
Here are some of the reasons:
EYES - the dryness affected my eyes to the point where, three months after I started taking it, a layer of skin peeled from my left eye leaving me with scars on my cornea. Stopped taking it that day. I have had vision and "dry eye" problems in my left eye ever since. Can never wear contact lenses and have to put drops in my eyes every day.
BONES - this information came from a post under the Osteoporosis forum and gave me a bit of a shock. I've just had a bone scan for the first time and am now taking Actonel to prevent further bone loss. The future will tell what kind of long lasting affects that will have. I have tendonitis in my hip and have twice had it in my shoulders. Thought I was just getting old. Here's the post that sent me over to this forum:
[url="http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/Forum92/HTML/000027.html"]Irreversible Skelatal Changes[/url]
I took Accutane almost 20 years ago when it was very new and the long term affects not known. I have had osteoarthritis in my neck for a number of years. I may have had bone loss for some time and didn't know it. I never made the connection until now. If you are 20, you could be looking at this in your 30's. It's something to think about.