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Q: accutane and UV light

asked by: mstcr02 on November 19th, 2008

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Are you able to tan at all while taking accutane, i just started 2 days ago and was just wondering...

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kfkohio

replied on November 21st, 2008

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Accutane can make your skin more sensitive to sunlight so I'm not so sure it's a good idea to be tanning.

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