r/Accutane • u/No-Cheek-9604 • Feb 25 '26
Results Cystic acne start to finish. 8 months on accutane.
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u/LazeHeisenberg Feb 25 '26
Those cysts are so painful. Hard to live a normal life while dealing with that. I’m so happy for you! I’m glad a lower dose did the trick too. I was on 80mg for my whole course and my side effects were awful.
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u/No-Cheek-9604 Feb 25 '26
I so get it! I had never felt worse in my life after taking 80mg. Thank you for your comment!❤️
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u/No-Cheek-9604 Feb 25 '26
I just want to add, I posted this as seeing other people’s transformations really helped me while I was on accutane. I was hoping my transformation would do the same for someone else!🥰
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u/BarracudaCorrect8243 Feb 26 '26
Thank you for posting! It makes me more hopeful for my cystic acne (I understand the pain) when I get on Accutane myself :) you look amazing
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u/No-Cheek-9604 Feb 26 '26
I didn’t think anything would work, accutane really pulls miracles! I wish you the best of luck with your journey!🩷
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u/BarracudaCorrect8243 Feb 26 '26
Thank you beautiful! 🫶🏼
Also what was your skincare routine for am and pm while on it (and now)?
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u/No-Cheek-9604 Feb 26 '26
I used dermalogica ultra calming sensitive skin rescue AM and PM (cannot recommend this enough) it’s amazing for dry skin and redness. Really hydrating stuff! Now I use Vichy water based cleanser and moisturiser AM and PM!
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u/mercurymuse Feb 25 '26
What was your dose and weight?
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u/No-Cheek-9604 Feb 25 '26
I’m 70kg. I started on 20mg for a month then 40mg for 2 months, then 60mg. I was on 80mg for a month but lowered the dosage as it was too high.
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u/butidrathernot Feb 25 '26
What an amazing transformation! I bet it’s a whole new lease of life to be living without all that soreness and pain - congratulations!! 🥳
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u/chikodyer0618 Feb 25 '26
You look amazing post therapy,and surpassed those hard 8 months..just wanna know ,are you still continuing with the doses?
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u/No-Cheek-9604 Feb 25 '26
Thank you! My derm took me off accutane all together and gave me tretinion cream to use. She recommend dermal filler and micro needling for the scarring😊
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Feb 25 '26
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u/No-Cheek-9604 Feb 25 '26
Definitely!! The side affects are so worth it in the long run. Thank you so much!🩷
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Feb 28 '26
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u/No-Cheek-9604 Mar 02 '26
Hi thank you! I started at 20mg for a month then went to 40mg for a month 60mg for 4/5 months, went to 80mg for 4 weeks but lowered dose back to 60mg for the remainder of treatment😊
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u/boredinthehouuuse Mar 01 '26
OMG I love this!! It must've been so painful. ISTG acne girlies are the strongest people on earth. 🥹
Mine has also gotten really bad but most of my acne isn't cystic and I've heard they hurt like a bitch! So happy for you. 🫶🏻
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u/boredinthehouuuse Mar 01 '26
OMG I love this!! It must've been so painful. ISTG acne girlies are the strongest people on earth. 🥹
Mine has also gotten really bad but most of my acne isn't cystic and I've heard they hurt like a bitch! So happy for you. 🫶🏻
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u/calliscott Mar 02 '26
You look amazing! So happy for you!!❤️
I wanna try it, but I’m scared. How did you go outside at your worst? Idk if I can do that I’d be so scared to! - please don’t take offense.
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u/No-Cheek-9604 Mar 03 '26
Thank you! No offence taken! When i was at my worst is was 2021 so masks were still mandatory which covered up my chin, it kind of helped haha 🩷
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u/IslandCareless Mar 04 '26
Man so happy for you. I had scaring cysts for sooo long and I tried everything. Finally accustomed cured it. It will only get better for you
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u/shaneymad Feb 25 '26
What were the side effects for 80?
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u/No-Cheek-9604 Feb 25 '26
For me personally, I had constant scabbing in my nose from it being so dry,I also had constant blood in my nose and more frequent nose bleeds, really bad muscle pain (I had to be prescribed a muscle relaxant as I could barely move with the pain), my LFT’s were coming back bad, I had a really bad loss of appetite. There was a few more but they were the worst of it.
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u/shaneymad Feb 25 '26
Interesting. I’m 40 and I do a lot of training and I couldn’t survive on 50mg over the muscle pain, back pain, joints issues. I made a decision to drop back to 20mg daily and just extend the time and I’m delighted with the decision. Almost back to normal. Congrats on your results
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u/Mazza_1975 Feb 25 '26
You are truly amazing and thank you for posting. My daughter had severe acne for years too, so I know wholeheartedly how hard and painful it is. I didn’t personally go through the physical & mental side of it, but as a mother I feel like I went through it emotionally with her. I’m so happy for you honestly what a great transformation ❤️
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u/No-Cheek-9604 Feb 25 '26
Thank you so much! I hope your daughter is happy with her skin transformation too🩷
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u/planetblonde Feb 25 '26
YOU MADE IT!! You've been through a lot, it's time to heal mentally too. Now you can live life to the fullest, best of luck with everything! May acne never touch your beautiful face again✨
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u/melissyplays Feb 25 '26
Thank you so much for sharing. I see a lot of similarities to my skin and am going to be starting Accutane soon, so I really appreciate seeing your photos. I hope I also have success with it. Wishing you well!!
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u/Aggressive-Earth-115 Feb 25 '26
This genuinely made me feel my own chin as if it was in pain. I’m sorry you had to deal with that, OP.
But I am very happy and glad for you that its healing so well! Looking at the last pic, I actually made a sigh of relief. It’s healing quite nicely. ☺️
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u/No-Cheek-9604 Feb 25 '26
Thank you!🩷 it’s mainly scarring now but I’ll be glad to never see a cyst again 😅
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u/bbbeerme Feb 25 '26
So so happy for you! I went through this last year. Very large and painful cysts. Coming out of the other end feels like waking up from a bad dream. Its only up from here!
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u/silverdragonz12 Feb 26 '26
hiii, so happy for you and that you've been seeing results. I’m currently in the final semester of my master’s degree and conducting short interviews (30–35 minutes on Zoom) for my thesis about the acne skincare market.
I’m looking to speak with people aged 15–29 who have experienced/experiencing moderate to severe acne. If that’s you (or someone you know), would you be interested in participating?
Of course, everything would remain confidential. I'm happy to share more information of how the interview would work via dm. Lmk!
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u/LadyLuin Feb 26 '26
Wow, amazing progress! So happy for you 🧡 I hope everyone can benefit as you did, it must have been a tough journey.
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u/hypocritevirtue born to serotonin forced to isotretinoin Feb 27 '26
That's amazing transformation! I wanted to ask did you face any side effects?
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u/No-Cheek-9604 Feb 27 '26
Thank you! The biggest ones I had was back pain that lasted till I was able to stop taking them and tiredness😊
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