Quote from curiousP:

hey accutane dude, I was wondering how long your previous courses were and then how long you remained clear for in between your treatments for. How bad was your acne when you started your first treatment...did it decrease or was it as bad when you did the second and the third. Thanks!

My 1st and 2nd course were very different. My first one my acne was moderate/suvere and it cleared completely in about 5-6 weeks if i remember right. That was about 3 years ago. I was on for 6 months and then afterwards stayed clear for about another 6 months before it came back. It came back and was pretty bad.. moderate so i went on my 2nd treatment. The 2nd broke me out horribly. I went on for about 5 months then finally my derm said i hit the max amount of accutane you can have in a treatment and i went off. About a month after I went off it started clearing and then when i got benzamycin cream that really helped a lot. I was pretty damn clear but never like the first cycle. I still had to maintain my face change my pillow case every night, constantly was worrying. I think this was my fault though as i did many stupid things to my face in the 2nd cycle. And I was on a ridiculously high dose. 120 mg per day. All my fault i pushed my derm because i was impatient. BE PATIENT, don't touch your face except to wash it and let the accutane do it's work and you'll be fine.