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[Jyh218]

Prescribed Jan 12 2009 for 3 months.

My skin - Mild Acne And pretty dry

Acne on Jawline neck cheeks chin... lol you get the story

Ill be updating every week...

Using - take 2 500 mg of tetracycline a day, Cetaphil face wash and neutrogena on the spot.



ALSO!! anyone else ever get prescribed tetracycline? howd it work out??

[Jyh218]

day 3

Ive gotten a few pimples on my lower neck... Waking up with more dry mouth every morning it seems. Nothing changed on face.

[yellowlorry]

I'd be interested to know how you make out with it. I was too scared to try tetracycline because it can stain your teeth (it's mostly a problem with young kids whose teeth are still growing but can affect some adults too).

[Jyh218]

I am 17 and have all my adult teeth so idk how that works if i got outta that problem but my teeth are already f ^^ enough lol.

Day 5

Body seemed to pick up on it got a break out on the neck and just a couple pimples on the face. Hopefully this is the start to a bright world.

After shower at night my neck becomes extremely itchy... dont know why

[Jyh218]

week 1 summary
Jan 20

skin seem to *purge* all of the pimples (atleast I hope it was purging) skin didnt really change but this breakout is hopefully the last!!

[acnex100]

i started taking tetracycline on jan 2, 2 500 mg pills a day/3 months. almost 3 weeks still havent seen a difference. i am also using retin-a. btw i had severe cystic acne like when i was 14 - 17 years old, now im 18 and its moderate severe. but now i have ALOT of hyperpigmentation and red marks. the retin-a is supposed to help fade this. i also have had a couple large pimples on my neck and back since beginning tetracycline. ill let you know how this works out.

[Jyh218]

^^ my doc said it takes about a month+ for actual results to come... but some people work different and he said if you dont see anything go on accutane. cheers

[Jyh218]

stop washing my face and just using pure water and sleeping with a humidifier- i think my skins problem is its sooo damaged from all the products and is just sooo dried out and stubborn. break outs slowlyyy going away but hopefully surely... also i soemone said i looked "pale" today in school - good news for less face redness i guess.

[frustratedgirl]

Hi JYH

I was prescribed tetracycline back in August and had a bad experience with it. I am only telling you this because you mentioned itching. I know there are many people out there for which this has worked wonders so It may work for you. I was taking (2) 500mg pills a day and only took them for a period of (4) days. Within in those days my neck broke out BAD (never had neck acne before this) but the weird thing was that I itched so bad. The itching was why I was told to stop taking it. My cheeks, neck and chest all itched so much by the 4th day that I was taking benadryl around the clock. Everything looked like acne (not hives). I broke out so bad. I was not prescribed this for acne but for a cyst behind my ear but the doc thought it would also help my moderate acne. Since stopping I am still broke out everywhere (pics in my photos). About 2 months ago the itching started getting better. In all these months I have seen Dr after DR because my skin is a wreck. If interested you can read in previouse posts what I have been going through since taking this and different things I was told from doctors. I am happy to stay that I feel much better now even though my appearance is not improved. If you have any questions, let me know. Just be aware of the itchiness. I plan to follow your progress. Maybe had I continued to take it, I would have cleared up. Maybe the itching was from it drying out my skin. Maybe it was yeast over growth from the med. I don't think I will ever know. Best of luck to you.

[Jyh218]

wow ever since i stopped with all the washes and BP my skin has improved... I can just hop outta the shower pat my face and be 'done'. Pimples are going away im guessing the remaining ones should be down in the upcoming week - no new pimples in 3 days!

new reg- sleep with humidifier, wake up take shower go to bed.

[Jyh218]

ughhhh i thought it was kicking in! very few pimples coming but they are still coming! also some is clearing up..... losing faith going to see the derm on monday though... i just want this shit to be gone im so depressed over it.

[Jyh218]

just started accutane today...

im a little nervous but a little happy and looking forward to the future. i hope one day im gunna come back to this post and be able to read this with a smile on my face.

[Jyh218]

face is drying out one of my cyst is going away dry lips a little dry skin not that much change yet.

[fluff]

the first thing i was prescribed was tetracycline and it did nothing for me in fact i had a bad reaction to it and stated getting really red lumps on my face they wernt even like cystic lumps just horrible red itchy lumps!!

i would not reccomend but thats just my experience it depends on the person

[Languages]

I don't mean to discourage you but I didn't like tetracycline. It didn't do much at all.

[lindeezy]

I was prescribed tetracycline and retin-a. Since I've had acne it worked better than anything I've ever used- I was just about completely clear 24/7. When I stopped taking it, however, my acne came back and I'm now resistent to antibiotics.

[Misslmh]

Hey
yep iv'e been here
i had mild acne when i was on tetracycline and it was very good for many months although after a while i got immune to it and im now on erythromycin however you spell it

It should be all good if you do not have very bad spots

good luck x


PS : as soon as you come off it your skin will probably have a raging fit like mine !

[Y.D]

i was on this stuff for two years- needlessto say i got immune to it within the first 6 months

i only came off it a few weeks ago because it was doing nothing
im so horrifically depressed- i feel like no one can help me- u waited 2 months for a hospital appointment and they cancelled it this week- it was supposed to be tues-_-