Saturday, March 18, 2006
Accutane before and after pictures for rosacea
Kelli, a rosacea sufferer who keeps a diary on her rosacea treatments has posted a series of impressive photos before and after photos during her treatment with low-dose accutane, which she has kindly allowed me to reproduce here.
The pictures speak for themselves. Kelli has been taking 10mg a day. Worth noting that the most beneficial effects of accutane on rosacea are low-dose regimes. High doses, such as those taken for acne, can make rosacea worse. The "rosacea news" site has an excellent summary of articles on low dose accutane for rosacea.
Picture 1: 1st day of taking accutane (left), 1 month into accutane (right)
Picture 2: 3 months into accutane
Picture 3: 7 months into accutane (after shower, no makeup)
Thanks to Kelli for sharing her results.
In the USA, Accutane is increasingly difficult to get prescribed, especially for females, because of the risk of birth defects should the patient become pregnant. Because of this, new rules and procedures have been introduced... But has the pendulum swung too far? The iPledge programme is now under fire by dermatologists for being problematic and not ready for "prime-time".
Quote: "The net effect, say dermatologists, is a bottleneck in office operations, delays in patient care, and, ultimately, barriers to delivery of a drug that has proved the only effective therapy for many patients with severe, recalcitrant acne."
The pictures speak for themselves. Kelli has been taking 10mg a day. Worth noting that the most beneficial effects of accutane on rosacea are low-dose regimes. High doses, such as those taken for acne, can make rosacea worse. The "rosacea news" site has an excellent summary of articles on low dose accutane for rosacea.
Picture 1: 1st day of taking accutane (left), 1 month into accutane (right)
Picture 2: 3 months into accutane
Picture 3: 7 months into accutane (after shower, no makeup)
Thanks to Kelli for sharing her results.
In the USA, Accutane is increasingly difficult to get prescribed, especially for females, because of the risk of birth defects should the patient become pregnant. Because of this, new rules and procedures have been introduced... But has the pendulum swung too far? The iPledge programme is now under fire by dermatologists for being problematic and not ready for "prime-time".
Quote: "The net effect, say dermatologists, is a bottleneck in office operations, delays in patient care, and, ultimately, barriers to delivery of a drug that has proved the only effective therapy for many patients with severe, recalcitrant acne."
