First there was Ozempic face, then Cortisol face. Now, TikTok is fixated on Accutane Nose, an apparent slimming of the nose while taking the acne medication Accutane. In my early 20s, I relied on ...

Samantha Robinson assumed her struggles with acne were through by the time she reached her late twenties. She had already done her time in high school, she thought, when benzoyl peroxide and sulfur ...

If you’re someone who is struggling with acne, the appeal of a pill that can make your breakouts disappear basically forever is totally understandable. If you’re thinking about taking isotretinoin ...

Accutane, known generically as isotretinoin, is not simply a strong acne medication. It is a systemic retinoid that ...

Isotretinoin (formerly Accutane) helps control sebum production to reduce breakouts. Some people who take it may notice signs of hair thinning, a lack of new hair growth or more hair fallout than ...

The woman showed up at the office of Shane Chapman, MD, a dermatologist based in Lebanon, N.H., crying uncontrollably. Just a couple weeks before, she had started taking Accutane and now was extremely ...

If you’re someone who’s experienced recurring bouts of cystic acne, you’ll know there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to keeping acne flares at bay. Clearing your skin can feel like a bit of a waiting ...

Another risk: getting pregnant while on Accutane, which has been proven to cause birth defects. A female patient recently presented to my office for a case of dry lips and acne flare-ups. After my ...

I was 16, lingering in the kitchen of my childhood home before taking a dip in the pool, when my mum touched my cheek and winced. “Oh, honey,” she said. “You’re so broken out.” At that time in my life ...

Isotretinoin — the prescription acne pill better known by the now-defunct brand name Accutane — is well-known for its ability to clear severe, treatment-resistant acne. Many patients who take the ...

A national registry on Friday began accepting names of Americans who take the anti-acne drug Accutane, part of a federal effort to limit use of the birth-defect-causing drug by pregnant women. Doctors ...