I’ve noticed that even though my eating habits have been the same (even a little healthier, dare I say) my face is getting rounder and bigger. And I feel I have a bigger appetite now. It’s kind of messing with my self-esteem.
I’ve been on Accutane since December and noticed this about a month into it. Although, I’m still not sure if it’s the Accutane.
So if you’ve been on Accutane before, do you think it aided in you gaining weight?
Accutane can’t make you gain weight. Certain medications can increase your appetite which can cause you to eat more and certain medications can cause water/fluid retention (which can cause a small amount of weight gain that isn’t fat), but that’s generally it.
And I feel I have a bigger appetite now
If your appetite is bigger, you may be eating more. Try tracking your calorie intake with an app like LoseIt or MyFitnessPal. Figure out your TDEE (there are calculators available online) and make sure you’re not eating above that. If you are, you’re gaining weight.
I’ve just started week 10 of treatment and I’ve found my appetite to be big for sugary snacky type food when ordinarily I eat healthily but that may be because I feel a bit tired/low a lot of the time because of Accutane. Not sure if I have put any weight on though as my usual diet is still fine
When I was on Accutane I found that it killed my appetite, which initially caused me to lose a lot of weight. Then I would find that I was never hungry until a sudden wave of excruciating pain came upon me. It would take me a few hours of eating little bites (because if I ate all at once I would throw it up) to feel better. After that, I would force myself to eat at certain times but I was never sure about how much to eat which led me to overeat even though I wasn’t hungry so I ended up gaining weight.
I didn’t notice any weight gain with any of my treatments. If you are a female, did you start birth control when you started Accutane? if you weren’t using hormonal bc before that can cause weight gain
I noticed huge weight loss, from 70 kgs to 63 kgs. I avoided all fat food products during the treatment. In the 2nd month of treatment, I started to feel heavy body pain and bone pain. So I quit it. Took me 1 week to flush out isotretinoin from my body.