How does Accutane work? Why does it have the side effects it does, and why are some of them permanent?

Question

I’ve recently been put on the drug and I think it would ease my mind if I knew how it actually worked.

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Answer 1

Took accutane in HS. Got rid of my acne.

While on the medication i was extremely sensitive to UV, and debatably still am.

I also ended up with a permanent side effect of extremely high hemoglobin too. Weird.