Acne Tips

Hi, I am up bright and early this morning checking the progress on my face.
Man, I saw a new zit. Okay, I will stay encouraged. I know that it is going to
get better.

I may be exaggerating or just wishful looking…I
can swear that the one day of the med shrunk some of
the cysts I had on my face. And the whiteheads were
completely gone. My husband noticed the difference and
thought that if it is doing that so soon then I should be
clear before my med is finished. I don’t
understand…you take the med and it helps then you stop and then
you are stuck with those awful zits again…maybe
with me going to the gym and focusing on my body I
won’t be so intuned to the grossness that lies upon my
face…

Karyn…why is Erythromycin not your doctors first choice….?????????

Yeah, I have to take my meds on an empty stomach.
Although I don’t have any side affects. the thing is is
that I am always hungry. Actually it is not hunger, it
is the cramping from not having anything on my
stomach and having to take the meds. But I will get over
it. My husband and I joined the gym today. Maybe with
my new health kick and me eating properly will help
me out a bit as well.

thanks for the advice. i’m gonna try minocin
because taking tetracycline is stressful plus i have been
sick to my stomach. i also go to the derm knowing what
i want. i asked for tetracycline<br>and got it. the
same should apply with minocin.<br>bryan

Bryan–<br><br> I took the tetracycline as my
first antibiotic drug and it worked, but I agree the 3
hours before or one after was really difficult, and I
got sick to my stomach, secondary infections,
headaches, it was not cool. Minocin is basically the same,
but you can take it with food. Erythromycin is not my
doctor’s first choice, but that’s another general
antibiotic drug. Retin-A is good too, I had Retin-A Micro,
and that works well if your skin is oily. I feel very
knowledgeable about this topic… I’m sure between all of us
here we could make note of the 149 medications out
there…. I hope this helps you, because I always like to
go to the derm’s knowing what I want to say, what
isn’t happening, and what we can try, some of the time
at least. Take care, <br> Karyn

sounds like you have a great supportive
husband.<br>my wife is the same way. she thinks i look great
regardless of acne. she gets maybe 2 a month and even when
she had a huge red cyst last month i didn’t think she
was less attractive at all.it’s good to have
supportive people around. she sees my creams and pills but
acne is never even talked about in the house cuzz it’s
no big deal.<br> about your new medicine, i hope it
works great.<br>i’m taking tetracycline and it was
wonderful for 3 weeks. then i took it on a full
stomach….and i had zits again. now everything is looking good,
but i’m not going to take it next month. the planning
that goes into making sure you take it 3 hours after a
meal and 1 hour prior is stressful.<br>i don’t like
it. i may ask for an anti-biotic that i can take with
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about accutane, i know people who had to use two
<br>"treatments/ courses" of it for it to work! i would try it
again if i were you. accutane shrinks the oil glands,
the real cause of acne, and this takes time. i have
seen amazing results from people that have used
accutane, so try it again.<br>bryan

I just went back to my Derm. and got another
prescription for Benzac wash. I had used it before with
minocin and it worked great. I’ve been off minocin for a
year and a half now and the only thing I get now are
small zits that drive me crazy! LOL! The face wash is
great for me because it makes my skin very
smooth-looking and smooth-feeling. It takes away any blackheads
I may have, even those really small ones on my
nose. My face ends up looking like I was born with this
skin. The problem I have is dealing with big pores.
With this wash, it minimizes the pores and makes my
face look softer. I’m lucky I don’t have any scars
because I used to pick at my face all the time, but I’m
telling you, with this wash, there’s nothing left for me
to pick. I wish I could post a pic but I don’t have
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bryan….that is exactly how I feel. I have been
going to the drug stores and purchasing bp for years.
Different strengths and all of that good stuff. None has
helped me. It just makes my face draw up and I look like
a tight prune. I have noticed too, my face used to
be young and full of life and when I started using
all of the different products on my face i begin to
see early signs of aging…man what a bummer…I can
fix that though, just use some moisturizer and that
should keep me balanced.<br><br>But, about the pro
active commercial…I watched them all. And then there
was the woman in the hospital and I saw her face and
saw how she went from zitty to clear…I was shocked
and thought, "This is the product for me!!!" But when
they said that it contains bp, I thought, no that
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