Wednesday, July 23, 2003
10th week:
I'm still not jumping for joy yet. and it's the 10th week!! Other journal writers are usually so happy by now...writing about the great results they are already getting and the even greater result they will get by the end of the treatment. But not me. =(
My skin is not oily anymore, but not super dry either. There are, however, dry patches and flakiness. My lips are dry, but usually chapstick can do the trick pretty well. I find myself scratching my arms and legs a lot. I guess the itchiness is a side effect of accutane, so whenever I remember to, I put some lotion on myself, but not on the face, tho.
I've stopped the application of hair conditioner, and don't think I'll use it any time soon.
Every morning and nite, I wash my face with Cetaphil and basically that's it. That's the whole beauty regime. Though, I've slapped on a bit of my bro's BenzaClin for a few days this week, but for the last 2 days or so, I've stopped that also. Maybe it's cuz I forget to apply it. Honestly, I don't think the BenzaClin made it worse (tho, I did notice a new pimple near the left side of my neck under my chin that wasn't there last week) or signicantly better. So, I don't know whether to continue to use it or not.
I still take 60mg every nite.
I got this huge zit...and I mean HUGE zit on my left cheek. That thing must be 1/2 inch in diameter and it's red!! Not very attractive at all. But my left cheek seems to be improving verryyyyy slowly, but I think I do notice improvement. But the right cheek, however, seems to be lagging a bit. It's still so pimply and red. So nasty. I hate it! I hate it!!
On top of that, my zits are usually whiteheads, so they ooze pus and sometimes I pop them by accident while washing my face, so they ooze pus and blood...so, I was stuck with having a few scabs on my cheeks and chin just a few days ago, and tonite, I just pop one by accident again next to my right jaw. So, I got red, bumpy zits with flaky skin and scabs; my face is a MESS!!
My cheeks and jawlines are my biggest problems.
I've been doing my part to help the healing. I keep my hair clipped up at all times now. Man! was it super uncomfortable in the beginning...now, I'm still uncomfortable, but getting more and more used to it. I just keep telling myself that "it's ok, let them look; I don't care about them; I will never see them again." I don't really notice anyone staring at me or even really noticing. Maybe they're just being polite or maybe they really don't notice; too busy worrying about themselves to notice my problem. Or they notice but don't care. Either way, it's ok. I'm dealing.
I just hope everything will look a lot better by next week.
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