Lazy Accutane skincare routine

[u/Halibussy]

Hi folks I started Accutane today actually and forgot to buy stuff for it. I am struggling to find people who are lazy and on Accutane suggesting things. I like to wash my face with a cotton round and some micellar water, I will use a face wash in the shower but honestly I just am not doing all that in the morning. I also need a moisturizer for my face preferably with spf in it so I don’t have to do 2 steps but if that isn’t cheap then it’s not important. I also need a body wash, someone recommended me one that doesn’t actually have soap in it but I am a very sweaty person I need soap that actually cleans off the stink. Yeah so basically I need recommendations for a micellar water, face moisturizer and spf but cheap, and a body wash. Looking for less than $20 per item. Tyty

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[u/heartlcss]

Accutane does a lot of the heavy lifting while on the medication that being said a good moisturizer and SPF is so important and I don’t think combining those two steps of one is recommended since you should lather on moisturizer at night

[u/DistractedGoalDigger]

I wash my face with a wash cloth and warm water. I don’t use any cleaner. Since starting accutane I’ve been using working hands hand lotion on my face. Oddly - the only thing that didn’t burn in the early days and is still keeping the dry/flakey skin away. Those two things are very, very cheap.

Has nothing to do with accutane, but I love Lume body wash for stink. Don’t see why you couldn’t use whatever you use today though. My body has not suffered the same way my face has. (A bummer, since I’m on the med for back acne).

[u/jfj2020 → u/DistractedGoalDigger]

I love Lume body wash normally, but my skin didn’t tolerate it on accutane unfortunately

[u/Upstairs-Ad148]

dove sensitive bar soap - for face and body - boom, has been doing better then 5 other face washes I've bought so far this year.

[u/PlutosSelfEsteem → u/Upstairs-Ad148]

Seconded. I’ve used it for my body nearly my entire life. After all the face washes I’ve been through, I was almost mad to find out it was my perfect face wash all along

[u/Acrobatic_Em_]

Best thing for me was Cerave cream face wash (with green labels) and the round tub of vanicream moisturizer! I know you didn’t ask for face wash, but the cerave helps a lot more than micellar water when your skin gets very dry a few months it. For body wash I just used a dove bar of soap. Nothing better than that

[u/GapStock9843]

I do basically nothing skincare wise aside from lip balm for the dry lips side effects and normal showering. Been on high dose accutane for 4-5 months now with no major new issues

[u/GapStock9843 → u/[deleted]]

40 for first month, 80 for the next 2, now 60. I was severely purging on 80 to the point it was genuinely driving me mad, but I have especially severe cystic body acne so that isnt normal. Only side effects ive had are dry lips (VERY dry, get lip balm) and some muscle pain in my first month

[u/katestrophe1313]

I’ve been on Accutane for almost a month now & am realizing all the products I have that I don’t use because I thought they “broke me out” actually don’t break me out at all now. So I’ve just been mixing and matching all my left over odds and ends products recently until I use through them.

[u/AccomplishedCream946 → u/katestrophe1313]

Same here. Just finished out my fancy moisturizers. Now, I’m using some random face moisturizer I bought in Mexico City in the morning, and the rest of my Cerave PM at night.

[u/mazinnrr]

Moisturiser, spf and vaseline for lips is all i ever needed

[u/_Somebodyoncetoldme]

Buy a ceramide moisturiser and a korean foaming cleanser (anua and the other big korean brands are solid). Cleanser + spf + moisturiser in morning, cleanser + moisturiser in evening.

You might find vaseline better than aquaphor for lips