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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter had acne since 9 yrs old. Started on her face, then showed up on neck, back, shoulders. Dermo tried an antibiotic and creams. Didn't help. Daughter said it was painful. At 13, she asked to go back to dermo. Assigned to new one. He was a cheerleader for accutane. Specifically said to me, "won't affect her growth." I said - "OMG, are you sure? as you can see she is petite. I wouldn't want her to lose even an inch of growth!" He assured me it wouldn't affect growth. Just watch for depression.  Because she was younger and only 100 lbs, he said he would give her half dose but then she would need to take longer. She finished full dose over about 10 months. Recently took her to pediatrician for annual wellness checkup. No growth at all for last year, from age 13 to 14. She has grown every year of her life, no stops or breaks ever and I took her every year for annual checkup so growth was documented as a steady incline.   Took her for blood tests related to growth and all normal. Did bone age study and at 14 years, suddenly her bone age is 16!  We are just devastated. She is only 4 ft 10 3/4 inches, which is less than every height prediction we ever received! I wouldn't give this to a young teenager. Wait until they are finished growing. [/quote]

(Another anti-growth connection) I want to add that after I told a friend of mine about the growth stop, she said she had recently been to the dermo (she's 50 yrs old) and has asked for accutane for cystic acne that had returned to her back, he told her that she might have permanent hair loss (her hair has already started thinning) and he would not advise it. Think about it, what is another way to say "permanent hair loss" - "your hair will stop growing permanently." See the growth connection? Also, look at the original conception of this drug, Roche identified it as a compound that might stop cancer (aka stopping the growth of tumors)  so they knew it had anti-growth properties. when it didn't stop cancer, they found it helped with acne. Then the lawsuits started about various side effects and anti-growth effects on growing fetuses. It is fast and easy to do a bone age scan of the wrist, identify that growth is finished, then try accutane if you want to take the risk of the other side effects. But don't think that every side effect will "stop" once identified and medicine stopped. [/quote]

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