Accutane, acne medicine, bad for cholesterol?

When going through that certain stage of life when everyone's face starts showing signs of maturity, sometimes all you want to do is crawl into a dark cave and wait it out. Washing your face with soap won't always do the trick either, so it's no surprise that many people have opted for the controversial medicine called Accutane.

It's usually the last resort after alternative acne treatments have failed. As with most drugs of this nature, it can have some adverse affects (like drying of skin), and a new study is conveying that it could also raise your cholesterol.

About 14,000 people who were on the drug were tested, but the good news is that blood levels went back down to pretreatment levels in most after they got off it. Researchers are still trying to scope out the long-term affects though to see if there are any cardiovascular implications. As someone who has personally taken this medicine, I can say that I hope they find some good results in that area.