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[severalwolves]

Hey all.

I have been doing, on the whole, pretty fantastic with my face since last November or so. In fact, this summer I've been off my antibiotics (was on Monodox/Doxycycline) since early April. No cysts! Just some whiteheads here and there but nothing painful or unmanagable. I am still using my Tazorac .1% gel and that gets rid of the little guys pretty quickly.

In the past two weeks I have developed three cysts all of a sudden. One has completely resolved, one is hanging onto the surface of my skin but is not painful and I have hope for its impending retreat, but another has JUST SURFACED...literally overnight...and is absolutely paralyzing my chin. How frustrating I have to deal with very bad scars from my previous breakouts, I really thought I was in the clear and could be healthy sans antibiotics.

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Here is a pattern I have noticed
My bad cysts ALWAYS emerge in early september through october. Every horrible scar on my face can be traced back to this exact same moment each year. For the past couple years, I have gone on an antibiotic at this time (Bactrim or Doxy) and I am able to ween off of it around March/April.

So, is it the seasons changing? I live in Northern Ohio. We aren't *cold* yet but I wonder if there is some explanation for this shift in my skin's reliability and presentability.

Do you have issues with your cystic acne based on the seasons?
Anything significant like I have noticed?
Any tips on surviving the cold?

[AcneBeGone115]

If you can afford it, see if you can take a vitamin d test. There are a lot of people under the vitamin/supplements review that said vitamin d alone helped get rid of their acne. In the summer you are exposed to the sun, and of course in the winter, you aren't as much. This could be your problem. It is worth a try, so you don't have to take those horrible antibiotics which may be hurting your long term health. Good luck )

[Tike77]

Hi im new... i think its caused by having a forced air heating system. I have bad nasty cystic acne all winter long and years ago i lived in a home that had hot water radiator heat in winter and i was always clear had nice skin then. Past 3 years winter hurts me. I like to here other peoples veiws on this...