It seems to be a random event. Despite the emotional response, few of his patients have been interested in stopping the treatments. So Neils treats the side effect. Isotretinoin, marketed under the name Accutane, is a powerful medication related to vitamin A that dries up the sebaceous glands that produce sebum, or the oil that causes acne. It's the only treatment that can alter the natural course of acne.
Healthy skin is only one of many reasons why vitamin A is essential to the body.
However, because of the relationship of Accutane to vitamin A, patients are advised against taking vitamin supplements containing vitamin A to avoid additive toxic effects. Both doctors have been treating patients with Accutane since it came on the market in the early 1980s. The drug is designed to help people with severe cystic acne, a form of acne caused by the bacterial infection of cysts deep within the skin. Those suffering from cystic acne develop boil-like lesions in the affected areas. Without treatment cystic acne may result in scarring.