In the first image below, you can see some of the bright red marks left over from my two week initial Accutane breakout. The doctor had warned me about the initial breakout by explaining that Accutane would shrink my sebaceous glands thus forcing them to excrete copious amounts of oily pore clogging sebum.

It was the worst breakout of my life. Luckily I had the option of escaping to my parent's house for a week long "visit" while my face healed. The red marks from this massive break out took weeks to completely fade away.

As you scroll down this page from January to December 2004, you'll notice that the pictures of my skin start to look clearer every month. To see my more specific Accutane Treatment Before & After Pictures page, click on the link in this sentence.

During the months of March & August when I received the most amount of sun exposure due to Spring Break and a summer vacation, my face looks bright red almost as if I had been sunburned. This was caused by an increased sensitivity to the sun's UV light, which is a well known side effect of Accutane (and many other anti-acne drugs).

Near the bottom of the page is a photo of my hairy chest that thanks to Accutane, was finally free of those deep and painful severe acne vulgaris cystic nodules. In the years before taking this miracle drug, I had been very glad to have a hairy chest since it helped to hide some of my body acne.