HELP!! Bride to be!! New regime!

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Hey everyone!
Well, I have had acne issues since puberty. I have done everything, including accutane which worked but caused other side effects and what not..and the acne is somewhat back anyways.
I came off the birth control pill about 8 months ago as well. so i broke out a bit, but not too too bad.
I have scars from previous acne (the indent kind and creases) and i REALLY desperately want to diminish them before my wedding! they create shadows on the face and what not..not nice for wedding pictures
It seems that everything i try (cleansers, exfoliators etc) to try and help my acne just makes it worse.
I recently bought a crap load of products from paulas choice and i used the aha ONCE and now i am covered with tiny pimples.
I desperately need a new regime that will help my skin for my wedding
i also need to know the best treatment for the type of scars i have.
will chemical peels do the trick? or laser? im terrified of laser treatment for fear of it becoming worse. i have heard horror stories.
PLEASE PLEASE any help, suggestions, opinions, your stories!
THANK YOU!
 
after 35 years of having cystic acne along with my 2 sisters, I can def. tell you that it's hormonal and nothing but accutane , spiro and menopause are the only thing we have found that stops this. it's a gene that is inherited from what my endo. says and no topical can stop what happens from waY down in the deep pore that forms a cyst. only the 3 things will do it. it's been a struggle for everyone in my family. one has great skin now due to menopause, one from accutane and the other from spiro and accutane corabo. There is no known cure for hormonal acne unless you try these 3 ways. sorry to tell you but we have tried every detox, vitamin, herb. peel, laser and nothing works but this. the oily omega vitamins only add more oil. it's the excess sebum that forms the cysts. the accutane works inside to reduce the oil, the spiro dose even on someone with low blood pressue doesn't make you much lower. but it drys the oil up and blocks the testerone that we have different degrees of. No dermo can find a cure for this but this spiro is a miracle for many. alot of people use it without bcp. maybe it won't mess you up. good luck:) A good book to read is the hormonally vunerable woman
 
BUMP PLEASE!!
I am breaking out bad...chin area...
im so confused...i eat a very healthy diet, take supplments and vitamins that are suppose to be good for the skin..and i am still breaking out..
i desperately need some treatment options because i will be devastated if i look like this on my wedding day...
please help...
i have always been interested in spiro, but my blood pressure is really low and i worry about those risks..also, i dont want to mess up my cycles as i am trying to straighten them out....and i wont go on birth control..
please help!
 
you really need to be on birth control in order to take spiro. it will mess up your perioRAB. it is really a good med for cystic hormonal acne. you can actually go on a low dose of accutane corabined with spiro. fraxel will help your scars but it is a least 5 treatments to smooth away your scars. once a month is what is suggested. as for the pimples, it sounRAB like your product clogged your pores. thats a leave it alone breakout. you will just dry the heck out of your skin. keep it clean and use a mild astringent. clearasil works well. retin A is harsh too. When is your wedding? bc helps with cystic acne. it sounRAB like you have hormonal acne. spiro will help. good luck
 
Hi, since you have a year to go, you might want to go to a dermatologist or a plastic surgeon and have a series of mild peels and/or pore cleansing facials to see how you react to them. Keeping you face clean and your hanRAB off your face is very important too. I'm older and had C02 laser (very harsh but I needed it) and am now going every 4 to 6 weeks for skin maintenance, peels and facials and I use a good skin care program. Good luck!
 
thanks for the reply! I have read some amazing things about spiro...its just, I really dont want to be on birth control again....so i dont think thats an option for me...
im very much into natural remedies and dealing with the cause, not the symptoms...its just so exhausting physically and emotionally having to deal with this NON STOP!
There has to be another way besides accutane and spiro...
i just wish i didnt have to worry about this...it affects my life so negatively..
and i REALLY dont want to be worrying about this before my wedding..
my wedding is the end of next summer..so i mean, i have time...its just a matter of finding the right solution...i could do the quick fix with accutane, but ive been there and i dont want those side effects again..
does anyone know what i could do??? maybe topically or any natural remedies.. (i already take estrosense, flax oil, primrose oil, zinc, vit c, b12 folic acid, b complex, omega 2 oil, silicea, iron)
PLEASE!
 
when you say that you break out on the chin area, do you mean that you get cysts or just pimples? there's a big difference, pimples are easily treatable with topicals and peels but cystic acne is not.
 
after 35 years of having cystic acne along with my 2 sisters, I can def. tell you that it's hormonal and nothing but accutane , spiro and menopause are the only thing we have found that stops this. it's a gene that is inherited from what my endo. says and no topical can stop what happens from waY down in the deep pore that forms a cyst. only the 3 things will do it. it's been a struggle for everyone in my family. one has great skin now due to menopause, one from accutane and the other from spiro and accutane corabo. There is no known cure for hormonal acne unless you try these 3 waYs. sorry to tell you but we have tryed every detox, vitamin, herb. peel, laser and nothing works but this. No dermo can find a cure for this but this spiro is a miracle for many. alot of people use it without bcp. maybe it won't mess you up. good luck:)
 
I used to think that too, cause i'm right there with you on the hormonal roller coaster, cystic acne, fibroid, extreme pms, but i found a way to use topicals that actually worked for me. Yasmin worked, but i lost tons of hair due to the hormonal fluctuations, plus i'm late 30's mom had estrogen fed breast cancer and i was not entirely comfortable on the pill, which acts like spiro in that it tamper testosterone, which is the culprit for most of us, either we have too much or our bodies are just more sensitive to the amount we have. I'm copying this from another post i just made and all i can say is it worked for me.
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I' ve been where you ladies are at. Tried everything from accutane to yasmin (which works by the way I just started losing my hair from the shift in hormones), antibiotics, diet ( reducing refined sugars and trigger fooRAB will help control cystic acne, that's a very long post, trust me. The quick end is Loren Cordain wrote a very short book call the the dietary cure for acne, and it's spot on in explaining the hormonal roller coaster we are all on) you name it. This has been going on for more than 25 years. Before my wedding in OCt I tripped upon another website for acne and they're where some people having great succes with good ole BP and salycilic acid. The catch is in the application. I tried every bp product in the world till this point and they didin't work, but now I use it a little differently. I use an SA wash by OXY and then the OXY wash with 10% BP as a mask for 10-15 min in the morning and at night. The results have been great. I still get an occasional bugger around by period, but they resolve at some point. IN the past I needed to get cortizone injections they were so deep and inflamed. My best guess is that when bp is not layered on very thickly and given the appropriate amount of time to work, some of us have too stubborn bacteria or too much and it's not effective. THis allows the med to work longer. All I can say is I've been able to control my to where my life is no longer on hold. I also avoid refined sugar, I use stevia or xylitol to sweeten everything i make myself and i use splenda or other diet products when i'm out. I hate to use the latter because i'm not convinced they're healthy but i crave a diet coke with food sometimes. eating better will definitely help to some extent and dr perricone in his book the the clear skin prescription talks about coffee both reg and decaf having an effect on the adrenal glanRAB which ultimately effects testosterone, etc to have the effect on acne. Sorry this is so lengthy and sloppy, but i knew i hadn't been doing my part to help the cause.
 
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