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Q: Accutane treatment ?

asked by: thisisvb on October 15th, 2005

New User

Hey!

I'm a new user, and wanted to get some advice on my acne situation. I have been having acne ever since I turned 19-20. I'm 22 now.
I never had acne while I was a teenager, etc. It all started about 2 years ago.

Earlier, I tried neutrogena, cetaphil facewashes, but nothing worked. I also tried steivamyicin. I then tried minocycline (50mg) and benzaclin. I have been using vitamin a acid cream(treition 0.05%) for about 2-3 months now.

The results have shown, but it has been 2 long years..

Recently, about a week ago, I started doxycycline (100 mg) and still using the vitamin a acid cream (tretinoin 0.05%). My dermatologist says to visit him in another 60 days. According to him, if this doesn't work, i'll have to think about acutane.

I don't have 'break-outs' anymore, but the acne is clearly visible.

Is there any hope? Or will I always be taking medicines/applying cremes for the rest of my life? Also, i'm a little skeptical about acutane. Does everyone need it, to completely get rid of their acne?!

Please help..

Thanks!

Replies(4)

Geeder

replied on October 22nd, 2005

New User

If female, the patient to use accutane must be on contraceptive because it can cause malformations in pregnancies. Did you try benzoyl peroxide (panoxyl)? It is also for stubborn acne cases.

A friend of mine was given a hormonal preparation called diane35. Her skin condition improved.

thisisvb

replied on October 24th, 2005

New User

Thanks for your advice tuesdaymorning, geeder. The 'patient' is a male (myself).

I will certainly look into your reccomendations.

Thanks once again!

jumpinhorsez

replied on November 13th, 2005

New User

I could be totally off but it sounds a little bit like a hormone imbalance. I have some acne that never would go away. I washed my face every day, tried every cream, and nothing worked. Come to find out my adrenal gland is over producing hormones and the hormonal imbalance is the source of the acne. See what your doctor thinks.

arizcats9987

replied on November 15th, 2005

New User

Re: ..

jdmcow wrote:

exposedskincare.com/cgi-bin/category .cgi?category=actives
....Try that product, it has worked better then proactiv.

this link didnt work for me. Can you check it and repost it. Thanks

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