Month 4 - Pictures!
Aug. 4th, 2010 11:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
goldenworldHay everyone! I’m starting Month 4 of Accutane in a few days! I’m back with Dr. Syed and he told me that Month 5 will be my last and that five was standard. So I guess I’m nearly done!
Onto the pictures then! Let me add that I’m wearing my good Marks & Spencer’s bra for this.
Face: Month 4 >> Month 3
I’m not quite sure why my face looks red on the right side now, because it doesn’t look like that in person. I’m sure it’s the flash, but I didn’t want you guys to think it wasn’t working!
I have scars on my cheeks but Dr. Syed said that like the redness, they will fade a little over time. I thought when my round of Accutane is over that I’d maybe get microdermabrasion or something, but I don’t think I will. All that is for another post.
Right side of the face: Month 4 >> Month 3
Doesn’t look like a huge change but in person, the sides are a lot less red. I have a cyst-like bump on my neck that’s also going away.
Left side of the face: Month 4 >> Month 3
Redness has faded a LOT, which is hard to show since the flash picks it up and I need the flash to get a proper picture!
Back: Month 4 >> Month 3
The back is going to be my problem area, I can tell. I threw a baby shower for my friend and I was running around sweating, and I broke out with two blemishes. In the past couple days, I got maybe two more although they’re dry already. I’m not too worried about it because I know they’ll be gone soon but they make my back worse than it really is. Besides those few blemishes, everything else is just red marks. And this is mostly on the left shoulder, the right shoulder is behaving just fine!
Chest: Month 4 >> Month 3
It may be hard to tell, but the red marks I had faded a LOT more. I have no blemishes on my chest otherwise.
Even though I haven’t been tracking them, I wanted to show you my upper arm:
Both arms are clear and red mark-free.
I’m quite happy about how I look! If I had to stop now and look like this forever, I would be fine.
Next up: A short musing on scarring.
Luff,
Ashe
Onto the pictures then! Let me add that I’m wearing my good Marks & Spencer’s bra for this.
Face: Month 4 >> Month 3
I’m not quite sure why my face looks red on the right side now, because it doesn’t look like that in person. I’m sure it’s the flash, but I didn’t want you guys to think it wasn’t working!
I have scars on my cheeks but Dr. Syed said that like the redness, they will fade a little over time. I thought when my round of Accutane is over that I’d maybe get microdermabrasion or something, but I don’t think I will. All that is for another post.
Right side of the face: Month 4 >> Month 3
Doesn’t look like a huge change but in person, the sides are a lot less red. I have a cyst-like bump on my neck that’s also going away.
Left side of the face: Month 4 >> Month 3
Redness has faded a LOT, which is hard to show since the flash picks it up and I need the flash to get a proper picture!
Back: Month 4 >> Month 3
The back is going to be my problem area, I can tell. I threw a baby shower for my friend and I was running around sweating, and I broke out with two blemishes. In the past couple days, I got maybe two more although they’re dry already. I’m not too worried about it because I know they’ll be gone soon but they make my back worse than it really is. Besides those few blemishes, everything else is just red marks. And this is mostly on the left shoulder, the right shoulder is behaving just fine!
Chest: Month 4 >> Month 3
It may be hard to tell, but the red marks I had faded a LOT more. I have no blemishes on my chest otherwise.
Even though I haven’t been tracking them, I wanted to show you my upper arm:
Both arms are clear and red mark-free.
I’m quite happy about how I look! If I had to stop now and look like this forever, I would be fine.
Next up: A short musing on scarring.
Luff,
Ashe
