Well it's Day 13 now, and I wouldn't say anything has changed hugely from Day 10 when I last posted. My skin is just as bad as it was before I went on Roaccutane, except I have added symptoms from the pill itself. As my dermatologist said, the first month is all about the symptoms with no benefits...
Symptoms on Day 13:
- New spots appearing
- Very dry skin on hands
- Dry lips (need to apply lip balm every 20 minutes or so)
- Skin on face feels very tight, but once moisturiser is applied it appears oily
- Skin on face also peels and is quite flakey around spots themselves
- Spots on chest appear to be drying out and healing up slightly
- Red inflamed skin - looks like sunburn
- Skin feels very smooth and clear on cheeks! Hoorah!
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| Day 13 |
To be honest, none of these symptoms are anything I'm finding too unusual anymore. The thing with Roaccutane is that it is quite a serious drug, when you think too hard about it and what it's doing to your body. But the side effects themselves have been nothing too terrible so far - I may be getting new spots but by now I'm well used to the annoyance of new spots appearing - and all the other symptoms are clearly steps in the right direction. Finding my skin incredibly dry isn't cause for worry as that's what the pills are supposed to be doing! So generally I'm pretty positive :)
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| New spots appearing by ears and neck. |
I did have a bit of a weird moment yesterday (Day 12) when I went food shopping with my mum. I was absolutely fine the whole time, when near the end I started to notice a lot of people were peering at my face in a strange way. Now, at first I thought I was just being paranoid, and most of you reading this will think I was being paranoid too, but every time I walked into a different aisle, someone would look closely at my face. It was quite strange...
Anyway, I went up to my mum and asked if my face was doing something weird, like all the skin was peeling off or it was rashy or something, and she said nothing seemed unusual, just a little red like sunburn. Or as my mum said "They're just looking at you because you're so beautiful!"...I'm more inclined to believe they thought I was sunburnt!
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| The classic dry vs oily battle... bizarre! |
I thought it would be useful to include this photo, as it shows how much of a conflict my skin is going through - as you can see there are new whiteheads on the chin, but the lips and just above, the skin is extremely dry. It's hard to know whether to slap on the moisturiser or let it be! I've decided, for the time being, to only moisturise after I wash my face, as it feels tightest then anyway. My skin feels quite tight a lot of the time, but not so bad that I feel I have to put something on it!
Update on products I've been using:
Face wash: Simple Refreshing Facial Wash
Body wash: Dead Sea Salt Magik Bath and Shower Gel
Day moisturiser: Body Shop Aloe Soothing Moisture Lotion SPF 15
Evening moisturiser: Elizabeth Arden 8-hour Cream Skin Protectant
Lip balm: Nivea Soothe + Protect SPF 12
Hand cream: Elizabeth Arden 8-hour Hand cream
Overall, I feel like I've got things covered for the time being. I have also been using Simple wipes to get rid of eye make-up, but I might have to reconsider this - I usually wipe off my make-up and then wipe my whole face, but it seems to aggravate it at the moment! Something to consider...
Anyway! Off to finish my weekend :) think spot-free, people!
Louise x
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