Acutane works wonders too but I don't know if it's still out there.. Keep seeing a commercial for people who used it and got a severe side effect and they are gonna get lots of money or something. I used it when I was younger and my acne vanished. The only side effect I had was shedding skin on my lips like a snake. Go see the doc in my opinion.
Hmm.. so that commercial about Acutane is true about the law suits about damages to organs? I always thought it was another tv scam.. How do you know you got liver damage? I'm sorry that happened to you.
No idea about the law suits, I'm in Australia and I don't watch TV. The major one I've heard about Acutane is suicide. I work for an endocrinologist (hormone specialist) who wasn't too keen on it as a treatment.
I didn't link the Oratane (what I took, different name, same drug) to the liver damage til way after I found out I had problems. I mentioned it in passing a few months ago to my naturopath, who went nuts. I doubt it is the sole contributor, to say it's not partially down to lifestyle would be a big cop out on my part, but the drug would more than likely has played a large part in it.
I know I have liver damage through blood tests and ultra sound scans, consultation with GP and gastroentrologist. I'm lucky its not severe, and that I see a naturopath who does really good work on reversing it (which conventional medicine doesn't tend to do, they're more into maintaining for this condition).
Acutane may work as a treatment for some people, but only as a last resort, there are many other options to exhaust first, and I think it's important to know the side effects - unfortunately, some can only be known in retrospect.
I'd actually prefer just to have the acne, personally, but other people have other decisions.
Just for the record, I'm not some nutter who completely avoids conventional medicine - I consider all options, and though I take the natural alternative where possible, I full acknowledge that there are situations where natural is NOT the best option.
Sorry if I my original post sounded bitter, btw, Momonator...It wasn't meant to and was in no way directed at being angry/whatever with you...Just realised how it may have sounded.
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Acutane works wonders too but I don't know if it's still out there.. Keep seeing a commercial for people who used it and got a severe side effect and they are gonna get lots of money or something. I used it when I was younger and my acne vanished. The only side effect I had was shedding skin on my lips like a snake. Go see the doc in my opinion.
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You got off lucky. I ended up with liver damage. And as a bonus, I got to keep my acne.
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No idea about the law suits, I'm in Australia and I don't watch TV. The major one I've heard about Acutane is suicide. I work for an endocrinologist (hormone specialist) who wasn't too keen on it as a treatment.
I didn't link the Oratane (what I took, different name, same drug) to the liver damage til way after I found out I had problems. I mentioned it in passing a few months ago to my naturopath, who went nuts. I doubt it is the sole contributor, to say it's not partially down to lifestyle would be a big cop out on my part, but the drug would more than likely has played a large part in it.
I know I have liver damage through blood tests and ultra sound scans, consultation with GP and gastroentrologist. I'm lucky its not severe, and that I see a naturopath who does really good work on reversing it (which conventional medicine doesn't tend to do, they're more into maintaining for this condition).
Acutane may work as a treatment for some people, but only as a last resort, there are many other options to exhaust first, and I think it's important to know the side effects - unfortunately, some can only be known in retrospect.
I'd actually prefer just to have the acne, personally, but other people have other decisions.
Just for the record, I'm not some nutter who completely avoids conventional medicine - I consider all options, and though I take the natural alternative where possible, I full acknowledge that there are situations where natural is NOT the best option.
Sorry if I my original post sounded bitter, btw, Momonator...It wasn't meant to and was in no way directed at being angry/whatever with you...Just realised how it may have sounded.