Skin Energizer!

Something SUPER annoying has started happening the last two weeks. I've been getting dried blood in my nose! I think it is my capilaries bursting, and then drying up in my already dry nose. It actually kind of hurts sometimes and is mixed with regular mucus, so I have to go somewhere where people cannot see me to get it out. Which can hurt sometimes because it is stuck to the inside of my nose. So, besides being gross it is not life threatening.

I wanted to update on my skincare routine too. I have been using the Eucerin Hydrating Cleanser for almost a month now and really like it. No fragrance, non comedegenic, no hydrogenated ingredients (which is why I don't use Cetaphil. It has hydrogenated oils in it!)  I use it after I remove my make up and use one or two pumps.

Eucerin USA photo

 

I also added something that I normally would NEVER put all over my face...a facial oil. A friend gave it to me for my birthday last year, and I use it off and on, usually on my eye area in the morning to help wake me up. It is called the Anne Marie Borlind Orange Blossom Energizer Oil. I love it now on Accutane, it is made for dehydrated skin, so my skin has not been itchy and dry since I started using this stuff!! I use one drop in the morning all of my face, and two at night.

One Pimple

  

My skin was 100% clear until last week. I got a cyst on the bottom left side of my chin on Thursday. I think it from stress and my monthly cycle, I'm not really complaining though. It is only ONE zit. Derm gave me Aczone samples, so I have been putting it on at night and it has made the redness go down. Should be gone by Thursday again.

I've been going the 80mg and have felt all right this weekend. Noticed I am drinking a LOT of water, been trying to mix it with juice to switch it up a bit and for the vitamins. I especially like Perrier mixed with orange juice. Since I'm not supposed to be drinking alcohol, it is nice alternative to mimosas!

Persistent Headache...

So I have been trying the 80mg a day since Sunday and have been fine until today. I have had an extreme headache that won't go away. I talked to my sister (who has taken Accutane too) and she said it probably from looking at a computer for 8+ hours a day a work combined with the Accutane. I'm going to try and limit my computer activity at work tomorrow and see what happens. If it doesn't go away tomorrow I'm going back to 40mg a day.

Month 2...not doing so well.

First week of month two and not feeling very well. I noticed insomnia on Sunday and it has progressed into me waking up every hour or two at night. At first I thought that it was me having withdrawls from the antihistimines I was taking for my hives. (remember when I got put on penicillin? turns out I am allergic! Had hives for days.) I stopped taking them two days ago, so I hoping that this tiredness will go away soon. I have felt dizzy and disoriented as well this week. I am begining to think that it may be my dosage of Accutane that is causing my problems. I have gone from 40mg to 80mg a day this week. I am going to finish out this week with 80mg, and then go back to 40mg a day on Sunday and see what happens.
My skin is 100% clear at the moment though!! That is right-NO BLEMISHES! A few red spots, but nothign some foundation would not cover. Despite all the problems I am having, I am not stopping my treatment. I need to have clear skin.

Bad Week

Four more pills before I finish my first month. I'm getting a MAJOR breakout. I think it may be from all the medications that I took last week. Hell Week Story:
.....I woke up Monday feeling feverish with nausea, the next day it hurt to swallow. I went to the doctor and I was told that I had strep throat and a cold sore on my lip. Doctor gave my antivirals and I was off. Three days later it was WORSE (could barely swallow water) and I had pink eye. I called the doctor and got penicilin, eye drops and cough syrup. Next day I had pink eye in both eyes ;__; Anyway, three days (total 6) later I was healed! I'm still taking the penicilin for the next five days. Penicilin is strong, but approved for Accutane users. I called my derm before I took anything, because I read that throat swelling was a serious side effect and freaked out. But it was just strep throat. *sigh* good!
I'm mostly getting small, but deep pimples on the corners of my mouth. I think that is is a combination of Accutane and all of the Aquaphor I have been slathering on my dry lips. I have also noticed severe dryness in my hair. I already have super dry hair to begin with, so it is getting bad and my ends are light and breaking off. Going to buy a pack of Palmer's Coconut Oil hair masks. I use them in midsummer when I gets extremely hot and makes my hair dry. It makes it SUPER SUPER soft and moisturized. Plus it smells divine ^.^ not mention cheap at about $1.50 a package. I also bought a Eucerin face cleanser since my skin is getting dry and itchy. Will post a review on that after two weeks or so. Collagen face mask time~*