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[alwayspepsicola]

is there anything that helps hormonal, cystic acne on the chin only?
im not looking to take accutane, birth control or any antibiotics.

is there anything else i can do to treat them topically so that they stop coming!

[Ennuh]

Topical stuff almost never works. Try to fight the underlaying caus!
Have you tried vitamin B6?
Are you sure it's hormonal and not an allergy to some food?

[alwayspepsicola]

Topical stuff almost never works. Try to fight the underlaying caus!
Have you tried vitamin B6?
Are you sure it's hormonal and not an allergy to some food?

i'm not sure if its an allergy. i read a lot about dairy on here. is that ALL dairy or just non-organic dairy because of the iodine.

what other food could cause cysts?

[suzy_rondelle]

birth control is the only thing that helped mine.


just saying.

[Ennuh]

For me it is definitely soy flour. I can eat what I want and stay clear but if there is a little bit of soy flour in it it will give me at least one hive somewhere on the chest and/or on the shoulders.

[sophiena1143]

Spiro for sure

[cinderella_girl]

Milk products cause acne for me.

[intoskin]

Topical stuff almost never works. Try to fight the underlaying caus!
Have you tried vitamin B6?
Are you sure it's hormonal and not an allergy to some food?

Go to your gyno. Chineses diagnosis for acnes is that jaw above the upper lip and chin is hormones. Im going tomorrow cause I know mine is hormone related.

[demi s]

Treat any cyst with herbs that cool and soothe the skin. Anything with aloe vera and green tea extract will provide relief to tender cystic acne. Look for products that contain these ingredients to cleanse the face as well as moisturize afterwards. More helpful information on acne here *Moderator edit, URL removed - read the board rules. *

[alternativista]

Topical stuff almost never works. Try to fight the underlaying caus!
Have you tried vitamin B6?
Are you sure it's hormonal and not an allergy to some food?

i'm not sure if its an allergy. i read a lot about dairy on here. is that ALL dairy or just non-organic dairy because of the iodine.

what other food could cause cysts?

Dairy, gluten, eggs, citrus, soy are about the most common. Also, nuts, peanuts, stone fruit, nightshades, strawberries, legumes, any grains, etc. Not just because of allergies. There are other types of food intolerances such as lacking the enzymes to digest something like dairy, legumes and grains. Don't eat foods you have difficulty digesting. If they cause things like bloating, gas or heartburn or whatever, don't eat them or take steps to prepare them properly so they are more digestible. Like soaking. Also, not everything we think of as nuts are nuts and not everything we treat as a grain is a grain, so you can have a problem with one but not others. And goat or sheep dairy products are less problematic than cow, so it's possibly you could still have them even if dairy breaks you out.

Anyway, for me it's citrus that causes me to break out in cysts. And I figured out that from a coworker who also broke out in cysts on her chin only after drinking/eating oranges but otherwise had perfect skin.

Good Thread:
http://www.acne.org/messageboard/IgE-vs-Ig...le-t200416.html

[Polska Laska]

Hey!

I'm in the exact same boat as you. I generally have clear skin except all of a sudden, a breakout of 4-5 cysts just happens. I'm also not looking to try anything too harsh like antibiotics. What I do when I get a cyst, and this works for me 95% of the time is:

1. AS SOON as you feel a SLIGHT bump - ICE ICE ICE it! Put an ice cube in a thin towel and hold it against the bump for about 20 seconds on and 20 seconds off for about 15 mins. This will bring down the swelling and redness and tell your body to absorb the bacteria instead of letting it build up. After you ice it, apply a small dab of benzol peroxide (you can even get this at a local mall at any proactiv kiosk - it's labelled repair lotion, but it's actually just BP with a fancy name) . And just leave it alone. If you want, you could also take advil or aleve, or anything thats an acetopminophen. Which will also bring down the swelling/redness. Follow the dosage on the bottle, and NEVER use for longer than 5 -7 days because it will thin out your blood and cause further problems. I usually only take 1/day and that seems to be fine.

Do the icing/ BP / advil method for as many days (usually it only takes 3-5 days for the cyst to go away completely). If you get a little red mark left behind, put a tiny dab of polysporin (ointment/antibacterial) on your red mark every night before bed, and in about 2-4 days, no more red mark.

I literally do this every time I feel a cyst coming on, and it hardly ever gets really big and ugly. If you were going to pick only one step from what I listed above, the most important thing would definately be...

ICE.

Hope this helps, let me know how it goes !

[Milhouse23]

I had my acne under control and clear as day. I now have about 6 cysts on my chin. I just finished sobbing over it, I feel so ugly and it hurts a lot. I will try the ice thing. I was on birth control pills and they helped keep my acne under control, I also had a BP I used and it was the best...however, they discontinued it and ever since my skin has been going nuts. I am just now getting back on my BC pills, but I can not find a good BP.

[Sugarkissh20]

birth control was the only thing that really helped me. I am dependent on it though unfortuantly. If i go off of it my skin gets out of control.