Health Boards
Fri-28-10-2016, 21:50 PM
Hello and a warm welcome to the club 
I've been on Acitretin since April and I am very pleased with the results so far. Yes this stuff does have some bad press, but then again so do all the other treatments. Even UV is not without its faults.
For me some of the side effects could be concidered severe if you were of the mind to deem it so - the peeling of the hands and feet were something to behold. I am only just tentatively and cautiously hoping this has now receded
the side effects started to show their ugly side about three weeks into the treatment at 25mg. I am currently on 30mg . I still do suffer from dry lips but not to the tune of a stick of lip balm every fortnight as it was at its worst. As for the hair, my hairdresser has noticed a thinning of the hair but no loss and it has recently started to curl. My Eye brows have lost some body but I am fortunate in never really having been body concoius.
It is really difficult to say wether you will see any side effects or even how bad they will be. One thing this site has tought me is that every body is so different, rarely do two people have the same effects to the same levels.
All I will say is give it a go. I think the benefits far outway any of the side effects (apart from migrains)
If you need to know more please ask, I will do my best to answer truthfully although it may take a short while its a bit manic here at the moment
JohnB
I've been on Acitretin since April and I am very pleased with the results so far. Yes this stuff does have some bad press, but then again so do all the other treatments. Even UV is not without its faults.
For me some of the side effects could be concidered severe if you were of the mind to deem it so - the peeling of the hands and feet were something to behold. I am only just tentatively and cautiously hoping this has now receded
the side effects started to show their ugly side about three weeks into the treatment at 25mg. I am currently on 30mg . I still do suffer from dry lips but not to the tune of a stick of lip balm every fortnight as it was at its worst. As for the hair, my hairdresser has noticed a thinning of the hair but no loss and it has recently started to curl. My Eye brows have lost some body but I am fortunate in never really having been body concoius.It is really difficult to say wether you will see any side effects or even how bad they will be. One thing this site has tought me is that every body is so different, rarely do two people have the same effects to the same levels.
All I will say is give it a go. I think the benefits far outway any of the side effects (apart from migrains)
If you need to know more please ask, I will do my best to answer truthfully although it may take a short while its a bit manic here at the moment
JohnB