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[quote=Anonymous]My husband took Accutane when we were first together in college. It was a wonder drug for him. He'd suffered from cystic acne all through late middle and high school.

The only side effect he recalls was the lip dryness and some facial dryness at certain points of the treatment. He also disliked going for the required blood tests (he doesn't recall how frequent they were). Also, his acne briefly got worse before it got TONS better. He never experienced the side effects the others are mentioning. He did say that after it really started to work, he felt a surge of self-confidence because for the first time in ages, he thought that people noticed things about him other than his acne.

Amazingly, given the extent and duration of his acne, he has no scarring. Two of his brothers also took Accutane for cystic acne. One has fairly extensive scarring and regrets that he waited as long as he did to take Accutane.

I know there can be fairly serious side effects, but given my husband's positive experience and the damaging psychological effects of cystic acne, if one of my children develops cystic acne (and they are clearly at risk), we will be at the derm for an Accutane evaluation very quickly. So far we have only experienced the typical superficial teenage acne, for which ProActiv has worked well enough.

Wishing your son lots of luck. Would love to hear a report later.

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