Post Accutane Redness (Top voted first)

I've taken Accutane twice, both for 5 months at a time. The first time everything went good, but after 3 months post cycle my acne came back so I hopped back on it. About 1 month post second cycle of Accutane the skin on on the area below my lip and above my chin, and my smile creases are constantly a deep red. It's not dryness and it feels like it's below the skin. No bumps at all. My dermatologist prescribed a foamy steroid that people use for rosacea but it did nothing at all. I'm a year after post Accutane and the problem persists. Any other people have this issue? Help.

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I get Rosacea and what you describe sounds just like it. The worst thing for Rosacea is a Steroid or cortisone. It worsens. You need a Rosacea Gel (kind of antibiotic) and a course of antibiotics. The gel I get is Ro$ex (sorry the last letter of the alphabet does not work on my keyboard so I use $). The gel is not cheap. Hope you get better soon.

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I m 27 years old I m continue madesalic cream used 6 years if it one ya two day not used this cream so that many problems my face skin skin very dry and very itchy and small small pimple and skin black problem please solution my 6 years ago skin sir.

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