Accutane - Week 4

More good news to report for Week 4! My skin is continuing to look fabulous. I've even less breakouts this week. I've gotten a few small ones just as of yesterday or so, but they're tiny and I don't worry about them. Those kind tend to dry up and disappear in a few days instead of lingering like they used to. Anyway, my face is still red. It looks like I have a slight sunburn. It's more noticeable when I put makeup on because I'll look really white in some areas and red in others :( I'm still dry, but nothing too horrendous yet. The same with my mouth. I've been feverishly searching Pinterest for homemade beauty ideas for my skin and hair. I'm excited to try them out! I'll blog about that after I see how it does. I went back to the dermatologist yesterday and heard good things and got questions answered! I had a list for her since it's all so new still. I should limit my alcohol intact severely, which is what I assumed since this drug effects your liver. So it seems as though I'm going to have to say no more often since more alcohol has shown up lately :/ My craziness skin texture is normal and it's just Accutane pushing everything to the surface. We discussed my dry skin and how much I loved it. She said I should stay fairly dry once I'm done with the medicine completely, which is exciting! She also said since my face hasn't really exploded yet, it probably won't, WHICH IS GREAT!!!! So maybe I won't have to hide from every body like I thought I would be doing. She said month 3 is a turning point for a lot of people though for some reason so we'll see then. I've noticed this past week that my blackheads have shown up a lot more and I have more of them which sucks. My pores were fairly small before and now I see more dark spots around my nose and cheek area. She said the Accutane should be pushing all of that out, so that's exciting to know they should go away. On a sad note, when I mentioned that I wasn't horribly dry, she said it would probably get worse which sucks. I'll deal with it when it comes! Anyway, I've decided to use a night cream because what I've been using is good, but my skin isn't dewy at all. It's like it absorbs my Olay moisturizer and would drink a lot more if I put it on my face. I've also put on a Neutrogena SPF 35 moisturizer on top of it for sun protection. So with 2 moisturizers and no dewy skin, I decided that's great for day time so I'm not shiny, but not for night. So I used my mom's Ponds dry skin cream and it made me dewy and stayed that way. So I lathered it on last night and it had been absorbed this morning which is good. So that's a plus! I assume my blood work was fine as well because I did all of my stuff so I could get my new pack of medicine, so hopefully the doctor won't call with any bad news. OH and on a GREAT note, she mentioned the rectal bleeding could be because your entire body goes dry, including mucus and things like that. So I was probably just dry down there, because I have had no more problems whatsoever. My nose also isn't peeling off because I'm not sick any more. She also said I could take an antibiotic while on Accutane, depending on what it is. So, I could've gone to the doctor 2 weeks ago so my green snot could've gone away. Oh well. You live and learn. Until next week!