It does. My son has been stuck at 5'7 since 13 or 14 years old.
I don't remember all the affects, but they are horrible and a new one is always popping up. When you read that list of side effects, you think to yourself that this will never happen to ME... but accutane is an equal opportunity life ruiner. It gets everybody.
Please go to the Candida Forum and search for accutane... you need to start the repair process NOW before it turns into Crohn's. You don't want that... these people I know are 28-35 and they suffer like 90 year olds.