Really? What makes you think so? I linked the thread on reddit and most people who took isotretinoin seem to have grown bigger after the treatment so I don’t know what to think of this…
I think since accutane lowers DHT, IGF-1 and HGH, growth stunting of the penis could actually occur, or am i wrong? Its just hard to know if one who took it at age 16 was done growing anyway or not…
I had no lack of growth or another issues.
Another friend of mine used oral isotretinoin at same age (we were schoolmate). No problem.
Well maybe my height growth wasn’t stunted, but I believe my sex characteristics weren’t fully developed because I took isotretinoin at such a young age and it messed up my hormones somehow. Now I have a body of a tall boy, but not a man’s body.
Well there are people who took finasteride and didn’t get PFS. No need to come here to tell no-brainers.
I shared my experience. Nothing else.
Let’s keep things friendly guys.
Hi Pido,
Welcome to the board. Would be great if you can share your situation over here: https://forum.propeciahelp.com/c/member-stories
How about your height? Did your height grow while you were on the treatment and also, after the treatment?
I took only 4 pills of Accutane 4 years ago. I have persisting low semen volume and duller orgasm issues. I was 15 years old when i took those pills. Im concerned for my height… Im 1.78 but maybe, if i didnt use that poison, i might be like 1.83 or so… I guess i will never learn the truth… Also have you experienced persisting side effects on Accutane?
Hi @Cooper,
My height is 1.82m, I took accutane slightly before my sixteen.
My accutane dosage was 40mg/day for six months (only one cycle).
I had a severe acne and nothing worked for me.
I had a terrible face and pain during sleep due to nodules.
Accutane changed my life and saved my adolescence and my social relationships.
My skin is absolutely perfect. No scars. It’s amazing.
I grew up about 2 cm after accutane.
At sixteen your height growth is substantially finished (maybe a 1-2 cm).
The growth stunt in teenagers only occurred in patients who took very high doses of isotretinoin for a very long amount of time (2mg/kg/day for several years).
Your doubt is right but you can stay relaxed. You grew up normally.
I had a complete development of secondary sex characteristics (also a strong and very deep voice).
No mental, physical or sexual problems due to accutane.
I had only a very dry lips during treatment and for a couple of years after withdrawal.
Also my schoolmate during high school was under accutane (30mg/day for 3 months). No problems.
For low semen volume you can use hCG. Ask to your doc.
Andrea - It’s good to see you looking a lot better. For a while you looked a bit bloated, jaundiced, and with straw like, thinning hair. Making Andrea Great Again!
hey, I had this issue. I took isotretinoin when I was 14/15 for an year, 40mg/day and my dick stopped growing and gaining girth. I saw that peak growth is between 12-16. I also have few body hair, a girly face and my beard started growing around 17. my family have more “normal” chacteristics, and it is very likely that isotretinoin affected my hormones.
Do you have any “PFS-like” symptoms, like ED, very low sex drive, genital numbness, depression and/or emotional numbness, sleep issues, etc, that developed during or shortly after your use of Accutane?
Have you had your hormones checked to rule out a hormonal problem?
Anyone have their human growth hormone (HGH) levels tested?
Having taken Accutane in my teen years, my biggest what if would more so have to do with brain and neurological development.
25 years seems to be a number that alot agree on.
“Although brain development is subject to significant individual variation, most experts suggest that the brain is fully developed by age 25.”
I took at the age of 16 too… i have the same concerns as you. I guess i will never know what would my penis look like if i never took the poison. My penis is even smaller now. But i now it is reversible, one day. I hope it didn’t lowered the growth rate of my penis… because as i read, it can grow up to 18… i had some low semen volume issues on it and quit few days after. My semen volume is still low since that horrible day. I just hope it just damaged my prostate and not my penis… i didn’t have libido symptoms…
Just found my first post in an Off-topic thread about Accutane in a technology forum in my Country. It hurt a lot. Im amazed how much i forgot these times. I couldn’t even remember when i took it. Turns out i was actually near 16. I calculated the date on my post which states that the semen volume problem showed itself that day. I took the poison at the age of 15 years, 11 months, 28 days. I just hope inside that i was a clever boy enough that time to make sure about myself that i didn’t have any issues besides low semen volume… I just hope now, that it didn’t stop my penile growth… just hoping.
This is just horrible, i will never know what kind of a man i would be if i never took this drug… thats the hardest part of all. I am crying. This is just so fucking unbearable.
Anyone can help and comment on this?
I’m sorry but the best advice anyone can give you here at the moment is to meet a therapist and figure out how to better handle how this makes you feel. It should be reversible in the future, but in the meanwhile, this is clearly causing you some severe distress and learning to handle your mind is something you should do to reduce the amount of suffering you’re experiencing.
You claim to be one of the mildest cases here, and although this disease isn’t that easy on any end , it can be easier than it is for you right now if you work on what you can.
Good luck Cooper.
I am sorry you were hit by Accutane, @cooper. Unfortunately, so was I. I think @borax has given some solid advice and it is worth paying attention to.
But you didn’t experience PAS. That’s the difference. You didn’t crash. But i did with just 4 pills. So is there a possibility that it damaged my penis growth? I thnik it stopped my peak sexuality. I wonder what size it would be if i never took the drug. Because it surely damaged my prostate. Although the mental libido was fine i have still experience low semen volume since that day.
Guys anyone knows is there a chance to express your genetical potential once you recover?
Like if Accutane/PAS damaged my penile development, if i recover back at 22, can my penis grow to its genetical potential back? Like a mini- second puberty?
Anyone who knows how genes and hormones work, please help me to understand. Thanks.
Hey pete, sorry if this comes out of nowhere. But may i ask at what age you took Accutane and most importantly:
I ask this question for anyone and everyone here,
At what age your penis stopped developing in length and girth?
Has anyone noticed or measured an increase on erect penis size after the ages 15- 16? (pls state at what age you hit puberty too.)
Thank you all.