Everything You Know About Isotretinoin (Accutane)

Isotretinoin's a huge, huge prescription med. This is one retinoid, men, that you get by mouth. Your dose varies, yes. It's down to your weight! You'll take 0.25 to 0.5 mg for every kilo you've got. Many of you, so many, are going to take this 2 times in a day! You're not going to go over 2 mg a day for every kilo you weigh, though. Of course, you'll be in this for 20 weeks. Remember your doc's instructions! Get your meds from a certified pharmacy, and join the registry for tracking your treatment! You'll stop this med early when it's been more than 70% effective with your acne. Win!

Men, you know about this being a strong, strong prescription acne treatment and acne scar treatment. It's going to come after topical acne spot treatment and OTC acne washes, even other acne meds! Many of you, so many, will try home remedies for acne first too. Men, get your isotretinoin prescription after diving into a topical retinoid. And yes, understand how this med for acne works before you take it!

How It Works

You what this med is. Men, isotretinoin is a strong, strong oral retinoid. So strong! You'll already know it as Accutane. This is synthetic vitamin A! Men, you'll see your sebaceous glands get smaller on this med. They'll get so much smaller! Yes, it's even going to mean you don't make nearly as much sebum. Not nearly as much! You called this one, men. Obviously, your skin's going to be a lot less inflamed thanks to this strong med. You won't have a lot of bacteria on your skin with this one too. Men, you know how this one works: it dries your skin!

Many, many of you get fewer clogged pores on this. It works by making your skin cells change a lot faster. So much faster! It's going to work in your sebaceous glands by making your skin make so much more of things like neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin. The thing about your sebum? This med blocks MMP-9 action a lot. It's so strong for you, men, so strong.