Week Forteen

This week I went on holiday with my other half - such a lovely break! Skin-wise everything is fine, although I used a face-mask on my skin while on holiday and I found it made it break out a bit more.

Also on one day of my holiday I was out in the sun (without suncream) for quite a long period and went a bit red - nothing bad as it soon calmed down but I dont usually catch the sun like that. I was trying to avoid the sun as much as possible. Obviously will need to be more careful in future and wear suncream etc.

I have realised that I havent posted photos since week eight! I promise I will post some next week :)

Week Thirteen

This week has been the worse week I've had so far :(

I started alternating doses last Monday - 40mg one day, 60mg the next. All of last week and this week I have felt so tired, fatigued almost and have needed to sleep when coming home from work etc, feel physically exhausted. My muscles feel like lead and a few days I actually had trouble getting out of bed, even though I'd slept the normal amount of time, I just wanted to keep sleeping. As someone who has previously suffered with Glandular Fever and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome several years ago, I felt like it was returning and at one point I was really scared that I had a virus or something. However, I suddenly clicked that perhaps the reason was because of the higher dose - I immediately dropped it back down to 40mg. After a few days I felt myself again :)

I'll have to report this back to the derm in a few weeks time...

Week Twelve

Back to the Derm again this week - I am having Monday appointments now which is good. Tried to get passed off onto a registrar again, but I was adament that I was going to see my proper derm! Waited it out and managed to see her in person.

She compared my first photos and was really pleased with the progress - she thinks that the acne on my cheeks/sides of my face is quite deep and therefore will take longer. As I'm on 40mg she didnt know whether to increase the dose as its supposed to be 1mg per 1kg of body weight and I weigh roughly 54kg. However, she decided to alternate doses on different days so I've been intructed to take 40mg one day and 60mg the next. Hopefully I wont break out into a mass of spots because of the higher dose! She has instructed me to drop back down to 40mg if I get any unwanted side effects - this wont affect the course of treatment but it might mean I'll be on it a bit longer.

Weeks Ten and Eleven

Not much to report for these two weeks really, everything staying pretty much the same.

Skin wise its really starting to clear now and people are starting to notice the difference. Considering I'm under 3 months its quite remarkable really how much it is clearing and the spots/scars on my cheeks are definitely getting smaller.

Lips are still being plastered in Blistex so nothing new there! They get very sore/dry/cracked if I dont regularly apply it.

Pictures to follow...