Is it safe to do warm/cold compress on a cyst while on accutane?
Hey there- this is about to be a lot, lol. But I’m female 22yo, 130lbs on 40mg of accutane, a week and a half into treatment. So- for context, back in May, I developed this cyst under my eye that grew to the size of a quarter over the span of a couple of months. About 2 1/2 months went by, and it was so irritated from chemical peels, and was not going away or showing any signs of forming a whitehead, so I had to go get it cut out and drained by my dermatologist. Then, he got me started with accutane. The cyst was completely drained and flat, but he did warn me that it might fill back up and he’d have to put me on prednisone. Well, it’s definitely filling back up, and I’m terrified of it getting a lot worse. I know warm compress can help with swelling, but I was wondering if anyone had any advice with treating a cyst like this in the meantime while on accutane and if anyone knows of any preventative measures of it getting worse. If leaving it alone entirely is the key- that makes sense I’m just really impatient and so tired of this being on my face. It feels like it’s ruined my life. The first four pictures is from the day it got removed by my derm about a month ago, and last picture is what it looks like this very moment. It was completely flat a week ago.