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SantolaTan · 7th August 2008, 03:43 PM

DO NOT LET ANYONE TAN ON ACUTANE!!!!! It makes a person highly photo sensitive. We are talking severe burns and blisters.....and I am saying this from personal experience. Not everyone will have a reaction and not everyone that does have one will have it right off the bat. After 4 months of summer on it, I went to the beach in late august. I was outside for like an hour. Had some pain but thought it was poison ivy or something. Started my tanning back up and after the second tan I had blisters on my hands. Thought it was a reaction. Next day out in the sun it was so unbearable. I only figured out what it was after calling the doctor on Monday morning. I still have scars on my hands and face. I was young, 18, and should have made different choices, but then again I wasn't educated in the medicine’s side affects.

7th August 2008, 03:43 PM	#18 (permalink)
SantolaTan Rookie Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 41	Re: Acne DO NOT LET ANYONE TAN ON ACUTANE!!!!! It makes a person highly photo sensitive. We are talking severe burns and blisters.....and I am saying this from personal experience. Not everyone will have a reaction and not everyone that does have one will have it right off the bat. After 4 months of summer on it, I went to the beach in late august. I was outside for like an hour. Had some pain but thought it was poison ivy or something. Started my tanning back up and after the second tan I had blisters on my hands. Thought it was a reaction. Next day out in the sun it was so unbearable. I only figured out what it was after calling the doctor on Monday morning. I still have scars on my hands and face. I was young, 18, and should have made different choices, but then again I wasn't educated in the medicine’s side affects.