medium dose accutane improves scars?

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"Nuevo wavo" <nuevowavo.RemoveThis@aol.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_
> uids=9784036&dopt=Abstract
>
> Go to this Medline link and read the abstract. It seems to be saying that
> medium dose Accutane therapy resulted in improvement in the appearance of
> pre-exisiting scars in 67% of people.
>
> Has anyone ever experienced improvement in scars from Accutane?
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Nuevo wavo on 3/30/04 5:48 AM at nuevowavo RemoveThis @aol.com in
20040330064824.04258.00000340 RemoveThis @mb-m17.aol.com wrote:

> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_
> uids=9784036&dopt=Abstract
>
> Go to this Medline link and read the abstract. It seems to be saying that
> medium dose Accutane therapy resulted in improvement in the appearance of
> pre-exisiting scars in 67% of people.

Of course.. It helps scars, and does lots of good things. It's just toxic,
that's all.

I posted this a few years ago:


Dermatol Surg. 2000 Jul;26(7):649-52.
 
Oral isotretinoin as part of the treatment of cutaneous aging.

Hernandez-Perez E, Khawaja HA, Alvarez TY.

BACKGROUND: A number of drugs have been used to prevent aging changes.
However, studies of oral isotretinoin, the commonly used acne drug, as an
antiaging drug are lacking. OBJECTIVE: To determine improvement in cutaneous
aging utilizing oral isotretinoin combined with different procedures of
facial rejuvenation. METHODS: Sixty patients ranging in age from 35 to 65
years, in whom additional modalities of rejuvenation were also used, were
randomly assigned to receive treatment with oral isotretinoin (10-20 mg
three times a week for 2 months, group A). Their results were compared with
60 patients who had undergone the same surgical procedures but with no oral
isotretinoin (group B). RESULTS: All patients treated with oral isotretinoin
noted improvement in wrinkles, thickness and color of the skin, size of
pores, skin elasticity, tone, and reduction in pigmented lesions and mottled
hyperpigmentation. A statistically significant difference was found in the
improvement of group A (Wilcoxon test <0.01). Using minimal amounts of this
drug, the side effects were practically negligible. CONCLUSION: Utilizing
various procedures with oral isotretinoin allowed us to improve the effects
of cutaneous aging. Our results using isotretinoin in these cases have been
satisfactory. We believe that this is one of the first reports of the use of
oral isotretinoin in intrinsic and photoaged skin.
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>Nuevo wavo on 3/30/04 5:48 AM at nuevowavo RemoveThis @aol.com in
>20040330064824.04258.00000340@mb-m17.aol.com wrote:
>
>> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_
>> uids=9784036&dopt=Abstract
>>
>> Go to this Medline link and read the abstract. It seems to be saying that
>> medium dose Accutane therapy resulted in improvement in the appearance of
>> pre-exisiting scars in 67% of people.
>
>Of course.. It helps scars, and does lots of good things. It's just toxic,
>that's all.

Have you ever taken Accutane, and if so did it help scars?

Does the dosage (low or high) have any bearing on how effective it is for
helping things other than acne -- scars, wrinkles et cetera?


>I posted this a few years ago:
>
>
>Dermatol Surg. 2000 Jul;26(7):649-52.
> 
>Oral isotretinoin as part of the treatment of cutaneous aging.
>
>Hernandez-Perez E, Khawaja HA, Alvarez TY.
>
>BACKGROUND: A number of drugs have been used to prevent aging changes.
>However, studies of oral isotretinoin, the commonly used acne drug, as an
>antiaging drug are lacking. OBJECTIVE: To determine improvement in cutaneous
>aging utilizing oral isotretinoin combined with different procedures of
>facial rejuvenation. METHODS: Sixty patients ranging in age from 35 to 65
>years, in whom additional modalities of rejuvenation were also used, were
>randomly assigned to receive treatment with oral isotretinoin (10-20 mg
>three times a week for 2 months, group A). Their results were compared with
>60 patients who had undergone the same surgical procedures but with no oral
>isotretinoin (group B). RESULTS: All patients treated with oral isotretinoin
>noted improvement in wrinkles, thickness and color of the skin, size of
>pores, skin elasticity, tone, and reduction in pigmented lesions and mottled
>hyperpigmentation. A statistically significant difference was found in the
>improvement of group A (Wilcoxon test <0.01). Using minimal amounts of this
>drug, the side effects were practically negligible. CONCLUSION: Utilizing
>various procedures with oral isotretinoin allowed us to improve the effects
>of cutaneous aging. Our results using isotretinoin in these cases have been
>satisfactory. We believe that this is one of the first reports of the use of
>oral isotretinoin in intrinsic and photoaged skin.
>
>

This is very interesting. It seems to say that these individuals underwent
cosmetic surgery while on Accutane. I thought that was verboten?

You seem like you know what you're talking about, please comment further?
 >> Stay informed about: medium dose accutane improves scars? 

My acne scars have improved dramatically. I'm not sure about the
other scars i have.

On 30 Mar 2004 11:48:24 GMT, nuevowavo.TakeThisOut@aol.com (Nuevo wavo) wrote:

>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_
>uids=9784036&dopt=Abstract
>
>Go to this Medline link and read the abstract. It seems to be saying that
>medium dose Accutane therapy resulted in improvement in the appearance of
>pre-exisiting scars in 67% of people.
>
>Has anyone ever experienced improvement in scars from Accutane?
 >> Stay informed about: medium dose accutane improves scars?