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Has anyone here done a full round of Accutane while being on T? If so did your skin stay clear or did you need another round?

By full round I mean you did not cut your intake short from what the doc prescribed. I just finished it with the doc having me max out at 60 mg/day.

My skin has always been bad since female puberty. Acne runs in my family. I've been on T for almost 2 years and it made it worse. My face was a mess and my chest and shoulders got bad too. Accutane cleared it up about  90%. Incredible results, like night and day. I've been done for about a week now. Just concerned about breaking out again after.

Also, did anyone get the dry red eyes and did that go away after Accutane?

Thanks

I can't answer your question but I am aware that a small number of people have depressive attacks on Accutane and you should keep in touch with your medic, particularly if you experience any mood changes

http://www.nps.org.au/publications/health-professional/health-news-evidence/2014/isotretinoin-suicide

I had Accutane when I was 14ish for two courses of treatment and was able to mostly avoid a lot of acne. I wasn't taking T, but had it coursing through me as an adolescent "boy." Ive heard T tends to cause acne at first, especially on high doses. You might want to reduce your dosage until your body acclimates to it and avoid breakout inducing foods that have high fat content (fried foods, chocolate) or milk fat especially cheeses. Eventually you should be able to have those foods again without giving your acne acne, but you may need to be extra careful for the time being.

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- Katie
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I was on T when I had to take accutane. This was due to high T levels, which highly fluctuated due to the use of Sustanon. I did not do a full round due to bad side effects, such as dry eyes and shin splints. Still, I used accutane for about a month or so. It did clear out my acne. And it was the worst acne possible: cystic acne.

In any case, after stopping the acne did not come back. However, I switched to a different, more stable type of T as well. This means I do not know if I stayed clear because accutane did its job, and prevented a new outbreak, or because I switched T types.

Quote from: Obfuskatie on January 13, 2016, 05:05:40 AM
I had Accutane when I was 14ish for two courses of treatment and was able to mostly avoid a lot of acne. I wasn't taking T, but had it coursing through me as an adolescent "boy." Ive heard T tends to cause acne at first, especially on high doses. You might want to reduce your dosage until your body acclimates to it and avoid breakout inducing foods that have high fat content (fried foods, chocolate) or milk fat especially cheeses. Eventually you should be able to have those foods again without giving your acne acne, but you may need to be extra careful for the time being.

     Hugs,
- Katie
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I've been on 100 mg/week since I started T. I'll be checking my levels again next month because I'm post hysto now so we'll see. A second course is what I hope to avoid!

Quote from: Mr.X on January 13, 2016, 07:14:27 AM
I was on T when I had to take accutane. This was due to high T levels, which highly fluctuated due to the use of Sustanon. I did not do a full round due to bad side effects, such as dry eyes and shin splints. Still, I used accutane for about a month or so. It did clear out my acne. And it was the worst acne possible: cystic acne.

In any case, after stopping the acne did not come back. However, I switched to a different, more stable type of T as well. This means I do not know if I stayed clear because accutane did its job, and prevented a new outbreak, or because I switched T types.

My major side effects are red dry eyes and achy muscles. I was more than willing to deal with it for clear skin. My self-esteem was suffering horribly because of my acne.

Quote from: Cindy on January 13, 2016, 12:42:20 AM
I can't answer your question but I am aware that a small number of people have depressive attacks on Accutane and you should keep in touch with your medic, particularly if you experience any mood changes

http://www.nps.org.au/publications/health-professional/health-news-evidence/2014/isotretinoin-suicide

Thanks for the study. I've always believed that Accutane users may experience depression and suicidal ideation because of moderate to severe acne all over their faces not specifically because of the medicine. It is a population that already has a reason to be down. Also, of someone has bad acne and Accutane seems as though it's not working I can imagine that can cause really bad depression being that Accutane is always the last most powerful resort.

I have been depressed the entire time on it. My gf dumped me out of the blue about 2 weeks before I started Accutane. So I'll never really know if I'm down because of the medicine or because of being heartbroken. Perhaps Accutane heightened my level of depression? Maybe, but maybe not.