Accutane Journal: Week 15
Wow, week 15 already! It’s amazing how quickly time passes – when I first began my Accutane treatment, Fall, and the end of my treatment, seemed so far away. Hard to believe I only have about 5.5 weeks left until I hit magic week number 20! I’ve been wondering if I’ll actually end up taking Accutane for longer than 20 weeks, though, because of iPledge, and the way Accutane is packaged. I’m excited to finish my treatment, but I have to take it for an extra week or two I won’t be bothered at all.
This past week saw a few interesting developments – that is, if you consider pimples interesting. Surprisingly, I had a few tiny pimples on my face, the first I’ve had in a really long time. They were very small and came and went within a day or two each, but I was still a bit unnerved, especially being so far along in my treatment. Of course it was extremely difficult to not mess with them – after all this time of not touching my face due to both a lack of anything to mess with, and amazingly sensitive skin – I was still tempted to touch the pimples! Willpower won out, thank goodness, and they disappeared without leaving a trace.
I have been wondering what could have caused these little blemishes, especially three all at once in random locations (cheek, chin, forehead). I haven’t been eating as well as usual lately, but I’ve also eaten much worse at other times during my treatment. And I don’t think girly hormones are to blame, based on the timing. Who knows? Let’s hope that’s the last of ‘em. Let’s also hope that if I happen to sprout any invisible (yes, these could only be felt, not seen) pimples when I’m off Accutane I have the good sense to keep my hands away from my face, and my cortisol levels low by not freaking out or worrying about them (we all know worrying will only make even more pimples!)!
In other news, I got sunburned yesterday morning. Ran out to the local farmer’s market around 10 am, thinking it would be a quick trip. Of course I’d forgotten my sunscreen layer – I’m often out so early in the morning to go the farmer’s market or the gym that I only use moisturizer, so I think it just didn’t occur to me that I was running later than usual yesterday. And wouldn’t you know, 10 am is peak sunshine time, which means my cheeks and nose were a nice bright pink for the rest of the day (today only my nose is still pink, which looks even weirder!). I will post pictures later on this week so you can see, laugh, and learn from my mistake. I will now put on my sunscreen even when I go to the gym at 6 am and it is still dark!