Hey guys,

I started taking Roaccutane (the brand name in Australia) in 2011. I was only on the medication for about 6 months when I noticed quite a bit of thinning. So, I went off the drugs (as my ACNE had cleared up) and I still noticed the thinning. Here I am now at age 19 at the end of 2012 and I still have huge thinning problems.

I talked to my Dermo about this and he said that it's most likely not a side effect of the (Ro)accutane. However, I feel that it is, because I went from having full, REALLY thick curly hair to really thin thin hair. I'm noticing it has begun to get a lot worse and now I'm pretty fearful that age 20 I'm going to be 60 year old man bald.

 

Along with this, my dermo explained to me that (Ro)accutane has a 5% chance of giving the taker severe depression issues. Now, I've always been extremely happy and I was while I was on my treatment, until I started thinning. Even after a year and a half off the drug, I'm still losing hair and suffering from severe depression.

 

If you're considering going on (Ro)accutane, please please PLEASE! consider the side-effects and weigh the option of having bad skin to being prematurely bald. It's not a great feeling when your hair was your greatest asset and you know you have no chance of rocking the bald look.