My Second Course of Roaccutane

This is my second course of Roaccutane. The first time I took it was back in 2001 for the full 8 month duration. I had severe facial cystic acne and the Roaccutane did wonders for it. My facial acne has since been under control but had the occassional spots here and there, but nothing of concern and could not be happier with the results.

It is now 2008 and have started on a second course of Roaccutane. This time to treat the acne-like problem on my scalp. It's now 16 days since starting the first dose. Began taking it twice a day, once at breakfast time and once at dinner time.

Days 1 and 14: Developed the usual side-effects such as dry lips, dry skin on the face, dry nostrils etc. But in addition, acne flared significantly on the face and all over the scalp.

Day 14: Went for a checkup with skin specialist for the flare-up. Told to reduce my dosage to one Roaccutane tablet daily. In addition, a course of Erythromycin to be taken to assist with reducing the flare-up. The Erythromycin to be taken twice daily, once at breakfast and once at dinner. Begun taking Erythromycin at dinner that night and stopped taking the second daily dose of Roaccutane.

Here's hoping the reduced dose of Roaccutane coupled with the introduction of Erythromycin will help to significantly reduce the flare-up.