Health Boards
Tue-01-08-2017, 09:57 AM
Right then . . . .
Welcome to the Acitretin clan
. All you describe , I am acutely familiar with, pealing feet and hands were epic and the dry lips were on the whole somewhat unpleasant but they were all worth putting up with for a flake and itch free life. I didn't suffer from the itch you describe but it is a known side effect. My hairdresser noticed the change in my hair, it went thinner and curly. I followed the same regime 25 - 30 - 25mg and up until getting an umpteen week headache was quite happy to continue. It was stopped by the Dermy until they had run some tests. I am now back on at 10mg daily and up to now no side effects. So back to your questions. I wouldn't be too worried as all the side effects do calm down eventually and all are reversible once your body gets used to the drug. As for the tattoo, personally I wouldn't. As Caroline has said any skin damage is a magnet for the Ps to take hold. Every burn scrape and graze I have ever had in the last 10 years that has not been on a hand has progressed to scale. I can understand that as a young lady, looks do matter, could you have the temporary ones done that don't break the skin?
So please dont hesitate to ask any questions we will do our best to give you an honest answer. If you feel up to it remember that there is a very healthy off topic area. Most of us are generally in the bar watching Jim clean up
JohnB
Welcome to the Acitretin clan
. All you describe , I am acutely familiar with, pealing feet and hands were epic and the dry lips were on the whole somewhat unpleasant but they were all worth putting up with for a flake and itch free life. I didn't suffer from the itch you describe but it is a known side effect. My hairdresser noticed the change in my hair, it went thinner and curly. I followed the same regime 25 - 30 - 25mg and up until getting an umpteen week headache was quite happy to continue. It was stopped by the Dermy until they had run some tests. I am now back on at 10mg daily and up to now no side effects. So back to your questions. I wouldn't be too worried as all the side effects do calm down eventually and all are reversible once your body gets used to the drug. As for the tattoo, personally I wouldn't. As Caroline has said any skin damage is a magnet for the Ps to take hold. Every burn scrape and graze I have ever had in the last 10 years that has not been on a hand has progressed to scale. I can understand that as a young lady, looks do matter, could you have the temporary ones done that don't break the skin? So please dont hesitate to ask any questions we will do our best to give you an honest answer. If you feel up to it remember that there is a very healthy off topic area. Most of us are generally in the bar watching Jim clean up
JohnB