How do I eliminate dark or blacks spots caused by acne?
Every pimple I get turns into a dark spot and I've tried everything you can imagine to stop this from occurring from Proactive to seeing a dermatologist and getting topical creams, but nothing has worked. Now I'm getting a series of microdermabrasion and chemical peel treatments and that doesn't seem to be doing much either. Does anyone have a suggestion?
I have tried everything to help my acne-its ridiculous; PLEASE HELP!?
I have tried topical creams,facial scrubs,face washes, and some around-the-house "remedies", and even tried Pronixen, supposedly the 2nd best acne treatment of 2009.. I'm done spending money on this stuff that doesn't work so what is some things that work that I probably have around the house?
I'm 16, my acne type would probably be considered severe and consists of SEVERE blackheads on my nose and white heads,pimples all around my cheeks and chin. I'm currently using Stridex face-was pads twice a day and it isn't working well.
This acne drains my self-confidence more then anything ever could and I would do anything to get rid of it.
ea, been to derm23 yr old male, long sufferer of rosacea many times, I need new insight and my own experience?
Had Rosacea since senior high. Ever since I've been seeing derm with some success but I always end up coming back, either the product stopped being effective, or product had recieved a ban from the FDA. Also did light therapy session with little improvement.
I've used atleast 6 different topical cream just for rosacea, all if not most contain some sort of steroid and other chemicals I am afraid to have on my skin in the long term.
My rosacea can get ugly, with not just flushing but also bumps and blemishes. The most difficult part to treat is the ones located under my lower eyelid because using certain topical creams can thin the skin, you know what that means, ladies.
September 2008 is when I took a risk. I switched all my skin-care products to all-natural including shaving. Either it was going to get better or worse. It did get better, in 10 minutes saw noticeable result on the mirror! I felt the debris from the roscea just slide away, I can feel it on the tip of my fingers. This natural regimen caught the rosacea at its very early stage before it became full-blown, overnight. Obviously, I am also aware about other conditions that may play a role in causing rosacea to appear.
But fast forward to today, combination of getting fever, exposure to wind all day, physical stress made me breakout into a more widesprea area under the lower eye. It seems uncontrollable with the stuff I've been using for more than 6 months. It's as if my rosacea adapted to this new forumala, like a virus mutating into someting else that resist current treatments. I dont know this is happening.
I just need to know if someone out there has had any success formulating their own regimen using natural products. I have very sensitive skin and also prone to acne and other skin-related issues like eczema and seborrea.
The products that I used for my face: Dessert Essence: Jojoba Oil, Burt's Bees: Tomato Soap, Dessert Essence: Tea Tree oil.
For my hair, I use various Burt's Bees hair products, they are 98-100% natural and provided some relief with seborea on the scalp. I could not risk using chemicals that tend to flow over my face as I shower.
Again if you found something that works for you that is all-natural skin-care products or have tips on how to deal with rosacea that not commonly found over the Internet, kindly share them.
Genuine Health Perfect Skin supplements and ortho Tri Cyclen Lo?
Okay, so I have struggled with moderate acne for about 5 years now - I'm currently 19 years old. I found the most effective treatment so far (and I have tried everything from OTC and doctor prescribed topical creams and anti-biotics expect accutane, but I want to leave that to the absolute last resort!) is ortho tri cyclen lo. I stopped almost 2 years ago because I felt I was gaining weight. As of this morning I took my first Genuine Health Perfect Skin supplement because I watched a video review of it on youtube
Genuine Health Perfect Skin video review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eswX_sd5Qdk
I want to give this Perfect Skin stuff a try for at least two months, although it took her 6 months to see a difference, but my question is if I wanted to give BCPs another shot, do you think it would be okay to combine with the Perfect Skin supplements?
Also I should mention, I was taking Zinc supplements but decided to switch to Perfect Skin because it has Zinc and other acne fighting ingredients in it, too. ...and I did find the zinc made a difference but the effectiveness kind of wore off.
Sorry one more thing, have you tried Spectro Jel cleansers?? I have super sensitive skin and I have heard great things about this product. I'm using a scrub from Alba but I heard using a scrub everyday, twice a day, is bad for your skin
Thanks to everyone who answered, I appreciate it so much!!
I just read that the weight gain was probably from retaining water since I was only on BCP for about 3 months...
What's The Best Acne Medication?
I have extremely severe acne on my face. I've been to the dermatologist 3 times already, and all they have prescribed me is topical creams such as Duac, Differin, and Ziana. I'm getting really discouragd because none of these have worked. What sort of acne medications have worked for your guys? I don't want someone posting that only has a minor breakout here and there, I'm talking about the people who, like me, have it everyday and the acne never seems to subside. I've also tried Acne Free, and Clean and Clear. Neither of those have worked. I was looking into Skin Id, Proactiv, and Clearisil. Has anyone with severe acne tried those and found it to work? Please let me know. I would also like any information on foods to stay away from, and foods to look for.
Sorry I also forgot to mention that I have heard and would like to go on acutane. However, my mom is worried that it will damage my liver as that is a known possible side effect. I have had an allergic reaction to previous oral medications, resulting in an ulcer, which is the main reason we are trying to stay away from Acutane or other oral medications.