Acne coming back weeks after finishing Isotretinoin treatment : / Please help?
I took minocycline for 3 months then isotretinoin for 5 months at 40mg a day, to get rid of my VERY bad acne.
At the end of the treatment I had virtually no spots at all.
As soon as I finished I started washing with cidal soap every morning and benzoyl peroxide every night, so the nasties wouldn't come back. Unfortunately about 2 weeks after stopping treatment, despite my cleaning efforts I've started to get breakouts for the last 2 weeks. (I've been off for a monthish now). I hope this wasn't some how triggered by using benzoyl peroxide when I had no spots :S? It is no where near as bad as before I started treatment. Spots are smaller and less juicy but still quite a few. The benzoyl has made my skin dry too. I don't want it to get any worse. I even stopped drinking milk and coffee and started drinking green tea and reducing alcohol intake. (I heard these don't help?) I don't want to have to take more isotretinoin, but I might have to?
Any advice on what to do would be great
Thanks
Oh yes and I've had my A level exams the last couple of weeks. I've heard this stress won't help. Could this be a large contributing factor?