goldenworld | Entries tagged with acne

I've been on Accutane for about two weeks now. Everything is drying out, including my lips, and my skin looks a lot better. I also haven't been breaking out as much. I'm really excited with the way things are looking, even though the sides of my mouth are cracked. I don't really care because I know it'll get better, and I'm pleased that my forehead is flat. The mountain line on my chin has also, for the most part, gone away.

I would take more pictures but I don't think the camera will show the difference I feel, so I'll take more after my next appointment. :)

Yay! :)

I took my very first pill yesterday, May 7th. :) I feel better just knowing I've started, although I'm wary of the side effects starting. >_>

So today was a good day. I found out yesterday before I left for work that instead of regular work, I had a class from 9 to 4. So I got to stay up late, sleep in, wear regular clothes, go and get paid to listen and write some stuff and eat all day. Oh, and it was like five and a half hours from 9 to 2:35 instead because we were quick. I mean, bring on the classes, it was a lot of fun.

Then I went to fill my scrip at Walgreen's and they gave me Claravis and the pills are SMALL in comparison to the Accutane pills. They're about the size of a Tylenol and thinner.

I can't wait to start taking them! :)

P.S.- Also changed the blog name to 180 pills, since you get six months of thirty pills each course. iPledge is a confusing-ass system, I tell you.

I saw my doctor today to finally- *finally* get my prescription. I have to wait a couple days to make sure that my pill-taking and blood-letting is in sync with my trip in August- ie, my appointments and bloodwork don't fall in the middle of it. Two days seems like agony, I want to start taking this ASAP.

She started me on 40mg a day. She said I'd work my way up to 60mg but she likes to start small and that she only saw one patient with a flare-up, so maybe my skin getting worse before it gets better won't happen. The dryness will, though, so I ordered a bunch of different Nivea lip balms and bought some natural lip balm from Sunrise Soap Company (http://www.sunrisesoapco.com) at the PA Fairy Festival. Bring it on, because I don't think that Accutane can bring on worse discomfort and pain than I'm in now. I dunno, we'll see.

So, Month 1: Before Pictures

This is after a shower so I look absolutely terrible. That's why they're called "before" pictures, so here we go.
My face:

A horrifying close-up of my face:

The side of my face and neck, which is very uncomfortable to sleep on:

Chest:

The sides of my arms:

My back:

I can't wait to start!

Current Mood: hopeful
Current Location: Downstairs

Pretty much me complaining about the pain I'm in.

I'm lashing out at everyone now. Eight more days until my appointment.

I'm starting to think that the pimples are little pods in my face that are making me be a bitch. :/

This is a look at my neck and possibly some of what's going on with my back.

Second video post and 11 days to go until my doctor's appointment to get my prescription.

So the reasons why I have the names I do on my blog...

183 Pills is the estimated number of pills I'll have to take. I know sometimes in the fourth or fifth month, they up your pills to two or so, so this name could change.
I was thinking about "Barefaced" because I want to do all of my blogs without any makeup on to show my progress, but eh.
My username, goldenworld, is from a line from the Tudors: Anne Bolelyn is dancing around because she's happy she's preggo with Henry's son and she says that England's on the edge of a golden world. That's what I feel like- the advent of my skin clearing up (not to mention finishing school forever in like two months), I'm on the edge of a golden world.

Before I started this blog, I had to consider repercussions. I have to be prepared for the worst.

Now, I'm not that interesting, really- all I do is schoolwork and read. I can't imagine myself being an internet phenomenon, even for someone to mock me. But how would I feel if my boss, all my co-workers, people from high school saw this?

Well, they see it anyway. My skin looks so bad that makeup can't hide it and I need a strong drug to cure it. So this blog is, for better or worse, for me, to talk about what it's like to have acne and then be on Accutane.

So here's my first series of blogs, to get the action started before the real action really starts.

Current Mood: calm
Current Location: Home

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Entries tagged with acne

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May 6th, 2010 - Getting ready to take the pill!

First appointment, first prescription

Fourth Post - April 24, 2010

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