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[poisson]

Hi everyone, hope you're doing well.

I know some of us have tried every product for our acne and are frustrated with the results. Well, I have one suggestion that wouldn't hurt to try. use the antibiotic, anti-inflammatory cream called Polysporin (usually used to treat small cuts and burns) on your pimples. use them on new pimples and for up to a week. I have found that they make my pimple's life cycle much shorter and the scarring minimal. It is also a good way to avoid the dryness around a pimple when wearing foundation or concealer. But, be sure to use a small amount as it can look very greasy like vaseline.

I use the Polysporin TRIPLE antibiotic cream, with polymycin B sulfate 0.13%, bacitracin zinc 0.79% and gramicidin 0.03%. This is not an overnight drying spot treatment for acne but if you use it several times you can see if it makes a difference for yourself

[Timehealsall]

Hi everyone, hope you're doing well.

I know some of us have tried every product for our acne and are frustrated with the results. Well, I have one suggestion that wouldn't hurt to try. use the antibiotic, anti-inflammatory cream called Polysporin (usually used to treat small cuts and burns) on your pimples. use them on new pimples and for up to a week. I have found that they make my pimple's life cycle much shorter and the scarring minimal. It is also a good way to avoid the dryness around a pimple when wearing foundation or concealer. But, be sure to use a small amount as it can look very greasy like vaseline.

I use the Polysporin TRIPLE antibiotic cream, with polymycin B sulfate 0.13%, bacitracin zinc 0.79% and gramicidin 0.03%. This is not an overnight drying spot treatment for acne but if you use it several times you can see if it makes a difference for yourself

hey poisson, when you say "and make scarring minimal" are you talking about red spots or actual indented/pitted scarring?

I dont know if its a good idea to use these things to treat acne (i heard its good to put on popped pimples) but not overall acne.

[Wynne]

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[poisson]

hey poisson, when you say "and make scarring minimal" are you talking about red spots or actual indented/pitted scarring?

I dont know if its a good idea to use these things to treat acne (i heard its good to put on popped pimples) but not overall acne.

It should help for both kinds of scars. Usually indented scars happen because of cysts that overstretch the skin and cause a pitted surface, or due to overpicking. If you can get polysporin on it soon enough, and often enough, it will minimalize the scarring that you would have gotten without it.

The tip above was for active pimples, though, so it won't be likely be of much help to old scars. If you see your old scars fading, it's probably the natural fading process. Using sunscreen or a "bleaching" or skin lightening agent on old scars can help. I've used Derma E's Skin Lighten with some success. I am not using that product right now because I am about 1.5 months into a dermatologist-recommended regime, so I didn't want to continue using my old creams.

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[Timehealsall]

poisson, on 28 September 2010 - 04:24 PM, said:

QUOTE (Timehealsall @ Sep 28 2010, 01:07 AM)
hey poisson, when you say "and make scarring minimal" are you talking about red spots or actual indented/pitted scarring?

I dont know if its a good idea to use these things to treat acne (i heard its good to put on popped pimples) but not overall acne.

It should help for both kinds of scars. Usually indented scars happen because of cysts that overstretch the skin and cause a pitted surface, or due to overpicking. If you can get polysporin on it soon enough, and often enough, it will minimalize the scarring that you would have gotten without it.

The tip above was for active pimples, though, so it won't be likely be of much help to old scars. If you see your old scars fading, it's probably the natural fading process. Using sunscreen or a "bleaching" or skin lightening agent on old scars can help. I've used Derma E's Skin Lighten with some success. I am not using that product right now because I am about 1.5 months into a dermatologist-recommended regime, so I didn't want to continue using my old creams.


QUOTE (Wynne @ Sep 28 2010, 01:41 AM)
Nice tip. See the link in my signature that starts "What to do..."

Great minds think alike

poisson, on 28 September 2010 - 04:24 PM, said:

QUOTE (Timehealsall @ Sep 28 2010, 01:07 AM)
hey poisson, when you say "and make scarring minimal" are you talking about red spots or actual indented/pitted scarring?

I dont know if its a good idea to use these things to treat acne (i heard its good to put on popped pimples) but not overall acne.

It should help for both kinds of scars. Usually indented scars happen because of cysts that overstretch the skin and cause a pitted surface, or due to overpicking. If you can get polysporin on it soon enough, and often enough, it will minimalize the scarring that you would have gotten without it.

The tip above was for active pimples, though, so it won't be likely be of much help to old scars. If you see your old scars fading, it's probably the natural fading process. Using sunscreen or a "bleaching" or skin lightening agent on old scars can help. I've used Derma E's Skin Lighten with some success. I am not using that product right now because I am about 1.5 months into a dermatologist-recommended regime, so I didn't want to continue using my old creams.


QUOTE (Wynne @ Sep 28 2010, 01:41 AM)
Nice tip. See the link in my signature that starts "What to do..."

Great minds think alike

Isn't it true though that if you keep using polysporin on acne bacteria, that it can eventually change the acne (because the bacteria become resistant to the polysporin antibiotic), and thus you could/can develop super acne?