adult acne

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hi folks well what can i say acne is making my life unbearable i have just turned 30 and my acne is getting really bad now i have had it on and off since i was about 12 an have tried everything i can think of i cant use topical creams an such as i suffer from eczema as well an they tend to flare it up i have been on erythromycin for about 5 years now and it is doing nothing got put on minocyclin about a month ago but had to stop after 2 weeks as my eyes got really swollen am back on erythromycin now and am in a worse state i have went fron mild acne to really bad and i feel dreadfull i dont want to leave the house i am miserable have been refered to the dermatologist but as its on the nhs i could wait for months to be seen i dont think i can go on much longer i am at the docs at least once a week but they say they cant do anything else for me i really dont know what to do anymore has any one got any suggestions please
 
Hi Weebara

We are in the same boat. I am 29 and have acne since 14. Its SO aggravating. It gets much beytter in the middle with antibiotics, spiro etc. again, I am breaking out badly. I have horrible red splotches (hyperpigmentation) from acne. Two weeks ago, I managed tos omehow burn myself with BP!! Now I have a weird discoloration on my cheek in addition to the acne... My husband keeps saying "not bad at all!!" but I know how bad it is and that I cover my face with my hair... I am back on spiro. Last time it stopped working. Derm upped my dosage. I have also just started 1000mg of Vitamin C per day. I heard it really helps in adult acne. And I know what you mean by not wantng to leave the house...I feel the same way. Feel depressed like I am gonna cry, My husband says "Come on! You are NOTTT a teenager! You shouldnt be acting like this!!!" He gets annoyed... But it SUX to look at my face!!!

There are many out there like us...
 
Hi i get acne from my medication so i take zinc tablets to help them to go away and it works, it also seem to help keep colRAB and the flu away as well.

zinc is herbal
 
Try black currant oil....you can get this at Vitamin Shop or any healthfood stores, it comes in pills....about 1000mg a day. This should help. Also, check all the things you use on or near your face and hanRAB. I use Aveeno Baby Wash ONLY on my face. That's it. I too tried all the topical stuff from the derm, even Accutane (which made me horribly depressed). I found that the less stuff I use the better I am. For moisturizer I use Aveeno Baby Lotion...it has no fragrance or color and soaks in well. Burt's Bees has a Wild Lettuce soap and Garden Tomatoe toner that are ideal for skin that breaks out. I use those two in the heat of the summer.
 
hi sahunja12 thanks for the reply. my husband says the same things to me as well but if you can see how bad it is in the mirror then you know that other people can see it as well people who have never really suffered from it dont understand how it effects us and something as simple as going to the shop is a nerve racking experiance. well i was back at the docs today and have now been put on anti depressants
 
Funny how it can cause so much depression huh?? Me too... I mean, I am an attorney and I am so erabarassed whne I come to work. I think for me, the after affects of the leftover dark spots is worse. I hate having to layer on concealer every day to look decent. Funny thing is I stopped breaking out for quite a while in between and my skin was so good! bright, not splotchy! Again, back to square 1... Breakouts make me use products which make it worse...

Yeah, my husband just gets irritated if I ask him too many times..Are you working?? I am hoping this oral Vitamin C might help also...
 
Try getting off dairy products. I am 33 and I have been breaking out since I was 30, real bad. The Dr. has given me many different meRAB, external and internal, to take and nothing worked. I cried daily over it. That is when I began doing my own research myself I tried getting of milk. I noticed a huge change in just a week. Now, I am off all dairy and meRAB and I do not break out.

Stupid me , thinking I was cured, drank milk this week and BANG - breakout real bad again. SO - off for good for me...it proved to me that dairy is what does it to me. Evidently there is a hormone in milk that causes females to break out badly if they have sensitive skin. Try it for a couple of weeks and see how you do....it can't hurt...even if that is not what is causing you to break out.
 
1. Wash twice a day using "Hibiclens" instead of soap

2. Apply Nutrogena Rapid Clear Acne Moisturiser once or twice a day (this shouldnt worry your skin troubles like the harsher peroxide creams)

3. Consider a course of RoAcutane
 
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