Products Part II: Skin Care

So I've had horrible swallowing pains since Monday. I thought it was an effect of my Accutane and would go away, but it did not and I started to get sick. I even vomited last night x__x bleh....so got the first available appointment and saw my general doctor. She told me it was probably strep throat( I couldn't open my mouth very wide, but she said I had a lot of little bumps on my throat) and the horrible blemish I have on my mouth is actually a cold sore. Whaaa? Good thing I went. She put me on super high dose of anti-virals and it should all be gone in 5 days. Wh00t, so excited!
Anyways Part II: Skincare.

Mandom Cleansing Expressing: Sebum
I use this to take off my make-up. Takes off EVERYTHING. I used to be a hard-core cleansing oil girl until I discovered this baby. Just squirt on cotton pad and rub on your face until your make-up is dissolved. On my 2nd bottle!

Rosette Mutenka Peppermint Face Wash
Mutenka is Japanese for preservative, color, and fragrance free. I read that the the peppermint "hakka" version was the best rated at cosme.net, so I picked it up. I prefer the Bare Minerals nourishing cleanser to this, but I want to use this one up before I buy a new one.

HadaLabo Gokujyun Super Hyaluronic Acid Lotion Light
*super long name right?? It is color, fragrance and oil-free.
Just one drop and you pat it on your skin. I use this at night. I recommend anything with Hyaluronic Acid for Accutane users. It hold in soo much moisture.

BareMinerals Purely Nourishing Moisturizer
I love everything BareMinerals. I actually used this with the cleanser as well, but ran out and decided to use up my Japanese one.

Products Part I: Body Care

A month before starting Accutane I started a moisturizing skin and body care routine. I think this has helped with my skin not getting too dry. (doesn't stop the breakouts though unfortunately...) I did research online on what is good to use and tweaked for myself, my budget, and what worked for me. Today is body care!

Starting from the inside. Women's 73 Nutrient Soft-Gel Multi. I have been taking these for about 3 months actually. They are big vitamins, but packed with everything that a woman needs and more. I has green nutrition, vitamins for healthy hair and skin, including omega-3s! This is great Accutane vitamin because it only has 60%DV of vitamin A. I only take one a day(30%), and my derm approved it. I do recommend reading all the ingredients before taking though. There is primrose oil which I heard some people cannot take, and Cat's Claw powder which I looked up and apparently it can cause miscarriages o_O; so there is a CA Birth Defect warning on it. But you don't really have to worry about that while on Accutane do we ladies?

Body care! St. Ives Renewing Collagen Line. Because your face is not the only thing that gets dry ^.~ I'm a sucker for anything with collagen, so I picked these up. I like them a lot. I'm on my 2nd bottle of each. The smell is wonderful! And they are paraben free which I try to stick to. I do not have itchy dry skin since starting Accutane thanks to these babies~ The shower gel lathers up very nicely so you can even shave your legs with it sine it is so moisturizing. The lotions I can put everywhere and not have skin irritation from my sensitive skin even though there is fragrance. I highly recommend these, I have also used the Mineral Therapy and Oatmeal body washes enjoyed them as well. I feel like the collagen is more long lasting moisture is all.
I have also been eating collagen+hyaluronic acid gummies from Mitsuwa. Not sure if these are actually helping, but they taste great!

OUCH!

I've been avoiding posting because of how horrible my skin has gotten, but I think I need to share how bad your skin can get on Accutane before it gets better. I have been on Accutane/Clavaris for three weeks. I had a symptom follow up visit after two weeks and my dermatologist said it will get worse before it gets better. BUT I have no bad side effects so far ^^. One more two week symptom visit next week.

Forehead. About 1/2cm blemish. It is red, but no whitehead and does not hurt. Yeah! I think this one is more from PMS than the Accutane.

Left cheek bone. This one hurts. It is open and sore, I was talking with my mother and she actually thought that it was a spider bite. (it is spider season here in San Diego). It is however a blemish that popped and has not left an open sore >.<

This one has gotten MUCH better in a week. It was a cyst. So it was about 4 clogged pores all together and filled with pus. NOT CUTE, and painful. I was oozing for about three days straight actually. I had to make sure I had a tissue at all times. It has cleared up a lot now and just a scab.

The current bane of my existence....A large dry cyst on the right side of my mouth. It started out small, just a dry spot from the usual dry lip side effect. However it spread and cyst started to develop. I am assuming from applying to much lip treatment. So anyways, it is pus filled and HURTS. I currently cannot open my mouth very much or the side will crack and bleed.