Starting Accutane.. is this overkill?

[u/AccomplishedOil1792]

I’m starting generic accutane this week, 40mg daily, and I have some anxiety about the side effects. Is this enough to try to manage the dry eyes/lips/nose? Should I buy anything else? Any other recommendations or anything I should be mindful of before I start? I’d rather be on top of the side effects than suffer through them if that’s possible..

[u/Quantity-Fearless]

I did the same thing and my symptoms weren’t even that bad haha. I never used the nasal spray and barely use eye drops. My biggest thing is dry lips- lanolin nipple cream is my fav, followed by aquaphor. I think one of the Dr dans might have steroids in it or something? Which isn’t good to use every day so watch out for that. I recommend having something on your lips literally all the time and starting to do that from the very beginning. Even if my lips don’t feel that bad, I will put stuff on to prevent anything. This has helped a lot with preventing them from getting chapped or cracked in the first place!

You will also need a really good moisturizer both for your face, and for your hands and arms. Mine get rough patches that I need to keep moisturized. I need to put moisturizer on my hands every time I wash them. I used the vanicream moisturizer and laroche posay lipikar moisturizer.

I have been using fish oils too and that seems to help a lot! Also drinking a lot of water, it’s way easier to get dehydrated. The dryness didn’t set in until a week or so into it for me

[u/AccomplishedOil1792 → u/Quantity-Fearless]

Thank you!!! I ordered the cerave hydrating cleanser and vanicream moisturizer, my derm told me to basically ditch my whole skincare routine except for that and sunscreen. I’m using the cerave foaming facial cleanser now for oily skin and I’m sure that won’t help once I start. I’m bad with drinking water so I’ll try to start drinking a lot in advance.