I went to the Dermatologist last week to get started on my month 5 prescription.. what was supposed to be my last month on isotrentenoin. but unfortunately my skin condition is not where they expected it to be.
plus I started getting cystic acne again.
during my appointment, we discussed increasing the time i would be on 40 mgs. so he is extending my treatment 1 month. during this appointment he also injected a few of those cysts with cortizon to bring down the swelling. which actually works pretty quick... and he gave me some aczone cream samples to try and help with the redness that appears to be scaring my skin.
I have been using that cream for about a week and yesterday I woke up with 5 more cysts all over my face from my chin line, mouth, nose and to my forehead. all very swollen and soar. I called the dermatologist up and got an appointment that day to see him and show him what is going on.. He also doesnt think i should be breaking out like this, this far into the game... and thinks that my body has gotten used to the dosage and it just kinda stopped working. he injected all the cysts i had with cortizon and suggested that next month we are going to bump up to 60mgs and see how that goes.
Its just very frustrating right now that i thought i was done with all my painful breakouts and... they came back.
The pictures below are from this morning. (less than 24 hours after the cortizone shots ) and the swelling came down significantly. however the breakouts are still there..
I must say looking back on my pictures, my skin has gotten better.. but just not in the amount of time it was supposed to. I am hoping maybe another month or even 2 on this medicine i will be clear.
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