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Acne- I am out of options
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KartveliT
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Re: Acne- I am out of options
Posted by dreamworld06
I have tried everything for my face and I can't get anything to work. I see a dermatologist (meds work for about 3 months) and I've had facials which were supposed to "clear everything out". I don't know what to do next. Nothing seems to be working....any advice
Just called a friend after reading your post. She used to have the same problem, severe acne. She said she tried everything and nothing helped , so she decided to try proactiv and it helped and she doesn't have the problem any more.
I know from my own experience(even though my acne wasn't that bad) I tried so many things including prescription meds and nothing helped other than proactive. Try it maybe it'll help, you never know. Good luck
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Posted 11/6/08 12:49 PM  |
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Re: Acne- I am out of options
Posted by Milk-n-Cookie
Posted by LSP2005
I had horrible cystic acne and my dad got me proactive. I had tried everything short of acutane. The proactive worked. I love it. I feel like I am now the "after" photo because of it. It was truely magic for me. I had acne until I was 25. I am sorry you are going through it.
Proactive worked for me as well but I don't think my acne was so severe. I still use it if my skin starts to look bad. For some reason after I use it, my skin gets a glow.
How long did you use it for before you started to see results? My brother has cystic acne & I told him to try proactive & I think he tried it for 3 days before he decided that it wasn't working 
Proactive worked for me but you have to use it religiously and it is a 3 step process so it can be time consuming. when I got pregnant I was having skin issues and clindamyacin topical liquid worked for me as well.
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| Posted 11/6/08 2:46 PM |
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johnsae
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Re: Acne- I am out of options
Posted by Chatham-Chick
Posted by johnsae
Sorry, Accutane was not a permanent solution for me. My skin was great for about 2 years and then back to the way it was and I've had issues with scarring after Accutane....like a pimple takes MUCH longer to go away and it leaves a scar when it does.
Maybe you just need to do another treatment, possibly a theraputic treatment (3 months, low dose)? Derms will tell you that you may need more than one treatment.
What kind of scarring are you getting? Pitting? Or redness/pink areas? Is it just your face or your entire body? Do you use any topicals when you do get a pimple? Please don't take this as an insult, but as we get older, our skin doesn't heal like it used to, so maybe your scarring is related to that and not the Accutane.
I know when I finished Accutane, I didn't have any pimples to give me scarring. My skin was glowing! I never went out in public w/o makeup until Accutane.
I was on Accutane when I was about 19 and had issues with scarring about a year afterwards. My skin just reacted differently...my friend also had the same problem. I just had the scarring issue on my face. I still have a slight mark from a bad pimple I got when I was first dating DH...that was about 3 years after Accutane...I was only in my early 20s.
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| Posted 11/6/08 3:54 PM |
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LSP2005
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Re: Acne- I am out of options
Posted by melijane
Posted by Milk-n-Cookie
Posted by LSP2005
I had horrible cystic acne and my dad got me proactive. I had tried everything short of acutane. The proactive worked. I love it. I feel like I am now the "after" photo because of it. It was truely magic for me. I had acne until I was 25. I am sorry you are going through it.
Proactive worked for me as well but I don't think my acne was so severe. I still use it if my skin starts to look bad. For some reason after I use it, my skin gets a glow.
How long did you use it for before you started to see results? My brother has cystic acne & I told him to try proactive & I think he tried it for 3 days before he decided that it wasn't working
Proactive worked for me but you have to use it religiously and it is a 3 step process so it can be time consuming. when I got pregnant I was having skin issues and clindamyacin topical liquid worked for me as well.
I agree - it took me a month of using it every day for it to really feel like it was working. By three months the acne was really reduced and by six months it was gone.
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| Posted 11/6/08 4:26 PM |
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dreamworld06
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Re: Acne- I am out of options
Thanks for all the advice. Now I just have to figure out which option is best for me. I like the dermatologist I have but maybe I'll try a different dermatologist and see how that goes....now I just have to find a new one
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| Posted 11/6/08 6:10 PM |
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