7th May 2010: Roaccutane is working very well. All the huge cysts have gone from my face now and I have only small pimples, which come and go within a few days.

My lips are extremely dry and even excessive use of lipsyls wasn`t working - also I don`t like using vasaline. However I have found that one works very well now - called aloe lips, making the whole experience a lot more comfortable. My skin was becoming very dry as Istopped using the “simple” mositurizer, because it had stearic acid (comedogenic) within it. However one trip to Boots produced a non-comedogenic moisturizer, which has fixed this.

I have only a couple of tiny marks left on my chest now, which I’m pleased about and all the acne on my arms and back is drying! Hah! However it seems to mark the skin on my arms really badly - much worse than it marks my face. However other marks that I have had here have faded over time - so I remain confident.

The nosebleeds have stopped completely - with the use of vaseline on the inside of my nose.

A couple of weeks ago I got a strange rash on my arm- it was a patch of extremely dry skin and it looked very like eczema, which I have never had in my life. Thankfully it has gone , with the use of moisturizer on the spot.

 My GCSEs are approaching and the “stress” doesnt seem to be causing any breakouts. YEY!

 I return to see the dermatoligist, probably to get my dose upped - in exactly one month - 7th June.