Any actual proof of accutane stunting growth?

[Deleted member 2661]

I was forced to visit a derma and he prescribed me 20mg a day roaccutane/isotretinoin. Is it just people coping for bad genes?

 

[SayNoToRotting]

he prescribed me 20mg a day

 

[betamanlet]

It's difficult to prove. I can only say that I no longer grew after starting it at the age of 14 and was left 3 inches shorter than my father.

 

[AbandonShip]

It decreases key growth hormones. Depends on the dosage too

The effect of different doses of isotretinoin on pituitary hormones - PubMed

ISO affects pituitary hormones at all of these three doses. The differences in pituitary hormones are more pronounced in high-dose treatment. The weakest effect was observed in the intermittent-dose group. Choosing lower doses of ISO may decrease side effects, however the effectiveness of the...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

"After 3 months of treatment with ISO, luteinizing hormone (LH) (p < 0.001), prolactin (p < 0.001), total testosterone (p < 0.001), adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) (p < 0.001), cortisol (p < 0.001), insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 3 (p < 0.001), insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) (p = 0.002), growth hormone (GH) (p = 0.002) and free T3 (fT3) (p < 0.001) levels had decreased significantly"

 

[Deleted member 2095]

In theory it should (to some extent) but I saw many guys who still grew taller. I took it when I was 16 years and 7 months old and never grew taller afterwards but can’t figure out to this day whether I stopped growing naturally or if it was accutane. I’m 12 cm taller than my dad.
ACTUALLY: I remember reading a study where kids who took LArge doses of accutane for cancer were checked for accelerated bone maturation and they only found evidence of accelerated maturation in less than 20% of the kids. Again: they took extremely large doses (way higher than for acne)

 

[Deleted member 2352]

I still grew after

 

[middayshowers]

in 'murica they blast accutane (jfl) which gives unneeded heavy sides such as potential early growth plate closure

you're on a low and relatively safe dose of 20mg , you should be fine ngl