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hi my name is blake burman im 16 and have had acne since i was 13 when i was fourteen my brother went on accutane and it worked wonderfully my mum then told me to go on it aswell and worked wonderfully until i stopped a six months corse 4 months later it came back. I then went back on it and again for 4 months and came back just after 2 months. I am now i am back on it and am affraid that it will come back again i dont know what to turn to and need advice please if anyone knows something helpfull please let me know ***@****
hi my name is blake burman im 16 and have had acne since i was 13 when i was fourteen my brother went on accutane and it worked wonderfully my mum then told me to go on it aswell and worked wonderfully until i stopped a six months corse 4 months later it came back. I then went back on it and again for 4 months and came back just after 2 months. I am now i am back on it and am affraid that it will come back again i dont know what to turn to and need advice please if anyone knows something helpfull please let me know ***@****
I'm not aware of the association. If it happens, it must be rare.
Dr. Rockoff
Thanks Dr. Rockoff. The results of Accutane are so pleasing that I would be willing to accept some risk in taking yet another course...it's just very tough to assess that risk. Much of the available information is vague.
What are your thoughts on accutane causing eye floaters?
Isotretinoin (Accutane) is sometimes used long-term for such conditions as ichthyosis, a congenital problem which causes severe, widespread scaling. A few such cases have shown bone changes, but it isn't known how much Accutane taken for how long may cause them. This isn't an issue for one or two courses of 5-6 months, but whether repeated courses can be a problem isn't known. I'd hesitate to prescribe another course for you just on grounds of efficacy. If the acne has come back after three courses, it is indeed likely to do the same again, and since you're 25, and the acne could go on for some time before you grow out of it, that may not be a good enough result to make the unspecified risk worth taking. Ask your doctor about conventional alternatives or photodynamic therapy using aminolevulinic acid and light sources such as a laser or intense pulsed light, as an alternative option.
Best.
Dr. Rockoff