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Sunday, August 12, 2012

Week 2 pictures

It is the end of week 2 for me. I've still been experiencing dry chapped lips, itchy scalp, peeling skin, etc. My face and back are also very sore where my breakouts are. More sore than normal when they are broken out. It seems like I have very "thin skin" and if my hand brushes past my face, skin falls off.
I'm very thirsty all of the time and fatigued. 
I'm still breaking out but not as much. I hope this isn't the calm before the storm (with the storm being the initial breakout). 
If I squeeze any of my places, they scab over no matter how gentle I am. I would recommend not picking or squeezing at pimples if you are on Accutane. I need to remember that and stop!

Supplements: I added St. John's Wort due to creeping feelings of depression and indifference. I know, I know, the pamphlet for Accutane says to not take it while on the drug but that's only because it affects birth control pills. I'm not using birth control pills for the iPledge program.

I wanted to mention that I had 3 suspicious moles removed off my back by my dermatologist on Friday. She had scheduled this when I first went in to talk to her about Accutane and I was still unsure if I wanted to go on it. I called them ahead of time to make sure I could still get it done while on Accutane and they told me multiple times it was fine. I don't really know how that's right when I was told I couldn't get any piercings, waxing, or elective surgery while on the tane. The mole removal is technically surgery. She cut around the mole, deep down to the next layer of skin, and I had stitches. I'm worried about scarring of course since tane makes you heal a lot slower. 

Pictures! They're not as good this time because I only had my phone to take them with instead of my mom's Nikon. And I was taking them myself so no back pics.




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