Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Our daughter age 15 has visited a dermatologist for some time and has taken at least 2 antibiotics for acne without success. She has extremely oiley and sensitive skin (a difficult combination) Her dermatologist recommended Accutane. THe physician said that it has a long list of side effects. Does anyone have any experience? My intution is screaming that it is probably not a good idea for kids with CMT. Tammy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Hi Tammy I do not know about accutaine and CMT, but I do know about cccutaine. I went on it about 6 or 7 years ago and had great results. for the first time in my life I did not have any acne. Then about 4 months after finishing the medicine,my acne returned. I went on another round of accutaine treatments at the advice of another dermatologist. " sometimes one needs more than one round of treatment " having had acnes ince I was 10 and was at that time 42 - I was willing to try again. Despite the side effects I had already experienced. I went for round 2. Same results. Complete clearing of my acne for about 4 months. I have since decided that I will just have to live with acne - it has been a part of me for the past 37 years! not to discourage your daughter, but the side effects of acctaine are not nice. I still experience bleeding of my nose - I believe there is permanent damage to the inside of my nose. I was extremely dry in the mouth, lips and nose and my reaction to sunlight was extremely painful. Broke out in a rash down one whole side of my torso. Go to the pharmacy and read up on the side effects. which I did AFTER I had already used it twice - THAT made me realize that acne was far more preferable than the side effects. I also experienced quite severe depression the second time I was on accutaine. I do not believe it is all it is cracked up to be. I do understand the humiliation of acne, but I havelearned to live with it and I figure that there is a reason why I haven't " grown up " Hopefully your daughter will outgrow acne and manage well in life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Thank you K for sharing your daughters accutane experience. I have been tossing the accutane idea around for my CMT son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 I didn't try accutane because of the sife effects and I am prone to depression but luckily Proactive has worked wonders for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 My daughter's experience with Accutane (she was 16 at the time) was extremely positive. We used a lot of caution in making the decision to try it and after all other methods of treatment were exhausted. She had no side effects whatsoever. I would never discourage anyone from trying it, because the whole process is very closely monitored by the doctor and blood tests are done every month. Acne is a problem and Accutane is tolerated by most people with very little or no side effects. My daughter is now 20. She still has an occasional flare up of acne, but is easily gotten under control with topical meds from her dermatologist. K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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