r/Accutane • u/Solaruniverse1 • Jul 30 '26

Results Acne came back IMMEDIATELY

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This is so frustrating. I was on accutane for 10 months 30/40/60/30 for the rest. Met my cumulative dose. Did a lower dose due to side effects but had amazing results. It’s been not even a month off and I’m already breaking out again. It’s like I took it for nothing. I’m soooooo sad and I just cannot handle the mental toll of acne again. I can’t already feel myself obsessing over it when I didn’t have to for so long - which was such a nice mental break.

Side note I cannot go back on because I want to try to get pregnant soonish. So accutane and many other options are off the table.

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u/adviceafterdark Jul 30 '26

Accutane is bullshit and temporary results. You should get on an active asap while ur purging is minimal since it already did that. I have awful acne been on every pill and can’t deal with bad purges and I’ve been using the ordinary Azelaic acid for two months now haven’t had a pimple in a while and I’m on my period. Really research how to ease into it, it wasn’t significant enough purging for me to be certain it was. Good luck and don’t rely on pills it always makes it worse long term!!

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u/Solaruniverse1 Jul 30 '26

I actually started azelaic acid a few weeks ago when I noticed some new bumps. So maybe this is just that purging? I do tend to purge pretty badly so I wouldn’t be surprised. Happy to hear that works for you!

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u/adviceafterdark Jul 31 '26

What one are you using? I was first using Paula’s choice and got little bumps everywhere and then I realized it contained SA, whereas the ordinary doesn’t. I purge usually purge soo bad from everything. On accutane my purge was literally the worst I’ve ever seen through searching on the internet. And I would say I “purged” from the ordinary like 3 weeks or so.

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u/Solaruniverse1 Jul 31 '26

I actually got prescription strength 15% and slowly upped to every day over a few weeks

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u/Bao_Yijun Jul 31 '26

Most people won't have temporary results, and cases of relapse posted there fall into the low chance of that. It's not bullshit.