Accutane permanent cure?

[ekim]

I'm on day 12 of Ghoul's high-dose protocol (shooting for 23,000 mg). I've gone from 20mg to 80mg incrementally (quickly, though!). The only side effects have been very slight dryness of my lips, hands, and nose (both inside and around the nostrils). I was expecting more severe side effects, but maybe I'm just not far enough into this yet. I'm going to continue my every-three-day-increase and bump to 100 mg tomorrow.

Do the side effects pretty much scale linearly? Or, am I going to pass some kind of threshold where the side effects jump up significantly?

 

[adrenalytic]

I'm on day 12 of Ghoul's high-dose protocol (shooting for 23,000 mg). I've gone from 20mg to 80mg incrementally (quickly, though!). The only side effects have been very slight dryness of my lips, hands, and nose (both inside and around the nostrils). I was expecting more severe side effects, but maybe I'm just not far enough into this yet. I'm going to continue my every-three-day-increase and bump to 100 mg tomorrow.

Do the side effects pretty much scale linearly? Or, am I going to pass some kind of threshold where the side effects jump up significantly?

Be careful. I ramped up fast too. It was going great...until it wasn't. Developed dermatitis on my hands, face and taint. This was when I hit 80 mg too fast. Had to back down.

 

[ekim]

Be careful. I ramped up fast too. It was going great...until it wasn't. Developed dermatitis on my hands, face and taint. This was when I hit 80 mg too fast. Had to back down.

Thanks for the heads-up. Do you remember how long you had gone before that occurred? I'm now wondering (based on what you said) if I should just hold here at 80 mg for a while. Although, I have no idea how long.

 

[adrenalytic]

Thanks for the heads-up. Do you remember how long you had gone before that occurred? I'm now wondering (based on what you said) if I should just hold here at 80 mg for a while. Although, I have no idea how long.

I was doing every 5 day increases. The dermatitis showed up a couple days after the increase to 80. First appeared on the backs of both my hands and then my cheeks became enflamed a few days after that. Taint and balls became irritated from chafing during cardio.

All have since resolved and I'm on 100 mg (about to move to 120) but I'm taking about 10 days in between increases now. Seems to be working.

 

[BendigoShafter]

Was on derm prescribed accutane 7-8 years ago. Can't remember for how long or what dose I got to before I had to stop.
I was definitely at a high enough dose to get noticeable sides.
My acne was helped a lot and there has definitely been a lasting effect.
Would this count towards my cumulative dose somehow?

From my research, no. You have to start over.

The treatment regime is the same when doing an initial treatment and treating a recurrence. Cumulative total target is the same.

I'm in the same boat but my first round was decades ago.