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What happens in the year after Accutane

Your dermatologist handed you a one page leaflet about not donating blood for thirty days. This is the rest of it: what the next twelve months typically look like after isotretinoin, what the things you are going to notice usually turn out to be, how to tell similar things apart, and the two situations that need a phone call today. A free post-Accutane guide, not a sales page for one.

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Book cover: The Year After Accutane

What's inside

Nine chapters, written for the person who just finished.

  1. 01What just happened
  2. 02The next twelve months
  3. 03The bump on your chin
  4. 04Is it coming back
  5. 05Marks, spots, and texture
  6. 06The things that are not your skin
  7. 07Mental health after Accutane
  8. 08When to call
  9. 09Seeing it over months

Before you start

Who wrote this, and why.

It’s written by Siva, a builder who spent close to a year reading the long r/Accutane threads where people describe what their skin is doing weeks after treatment ends. He’s not a dermatologist and hasn’t taken isotretinoin himself. The book routes to a dermatologist for anything it can’t answer, in every chapter that needs it.

It’s built from published dermatology guidance (NHS, British Association of Dermatologists, American Academy of Dermatology) and from what patients consistently report. It is free, it asks for an email address, and there is nothing to buy. More on why Aftertane exists.

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