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Can Accutane get rid of blackheads?
I just started taking Accutane, and I know that it gets rid of whiteheads and cystic (?) acne, but will it also get rid of my blackheads? If not, does anyone have any suggestions for them? Thanks!
I just started taking Accutane, and I know that it gets rid of whiteheads and cystic (?) acne, but will it also get rid of my blackheads? If not, does anyone have any suggestions for them? Thanks!
September 10th, 2010 - 03:33
OMG.. yes.. I remember that part most clearly.
I was on accutane from February 2007 to August 2007.
Within about a month in the blackheads on my nose just DISAPPEARED!! I mean.. literally.. they ALL went away! I remember waking up one day and noticing I had none which I knew that only a week before I had a whole bunch.
They stayed gone for about 6 months after August and this past February I noticed that I had blackheads again. Then in March I broke out a few times (I had broken out maybe once or twice since ending my course). In April I started breaking out more along my hairline and the edges of my face and now I am breaking out on my cheeks. Its nowhere as bad as before I took my first course but this is the same pattern that occured when I first started getting acne. I am making an appointment to go on accutane again.
September 10th, 2010 - 03:33
Yes. I took it years ago and it got rid of almost all my acne. It came back later and I took a second course. It got a lot better, but never completely went away, but became much more managable and not as cystic. The blackheads went away and my skin became super clear for a while, but then a few years later when I was under a lot of stress, it got worse. Now I just use the Retin-A and Benzoyl Peroxide lotion.
There are some youtube videos that people who took it made.