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[Lilly75]

I'm not on the Acne.org regimen but have been using benzoyl peroxide products for at least 5 years fairly consistently. It has never cleared my acne, over the years it's become worse but I wouldn't attribute it to BP i don't think, BP has helped to control my acne very slightly i think.

I'm currently having a horrible breakout - especially on chin and cheeks - large painful spots. I had been thinking about getting on the acne.org regimen but at the same time I don't know if I should keep using BP.

I've never had massive success with BP.
I'm concerned with research that says BP is linked to free radicals, increases cancer risk and can accelerate ageing / lead to premature ageing. None of these are exactly desired things.

I wanted to know your opinions of BP and these 'side effects' and whether I should stop BP use. If I were to stop - I don't know what else to try... please let me know of other things I could do/use - products or other - to hopefully clear my acne.

Thank you!

[KATE75]

I never had much success with BP before either. The BP I used was "Panoxyl" and" Oxy 10" which were very overpowering and would just leave my skin bright red and peeling but do very little in actually preventing breakouts.

I was unsure that the acne.org regimen would work for me too but the acne I had on my chin was getting me down so much that I decided to give it a go. It took quite a few months before it started to work but that was over 4 years ago now and my chin is now clear most of the time. I do sometimes have a slight premenstrual breakout but apart from that, Dan's BP has worked really well for me. It's just feels less harsh on my skin and that allows me to use a lot more of it than I could with the 10% stuff. I think being able to use the BP in larger quantities and on a regular basis is the key to success with it.

I would at least give it a go and see how it works on you. It does take quite a few months to see results (like most acne treatments). If it really isn't working after that you can then look into other options knowing you at least tried it.

[Lilly75]

Thanks for the reply!

I think you're right - I should probably give it a go to see how it works for me.

Are you (or anyone else who may see this) concerned at all by the supposed 'risks' or side effects from long term BP use? Or do you think there's any truth to them?

[Choux]

I've never had massive success with BP.
I'm concerned with research that says BP is linked to free radicals, increases cancer risk and can accelerate ageing / lead to premature ageing. None of these are exactly desired things.

What? Really? Now i know why my cheeks look terrible. I used Panoxyl with BP 5% 5 years ago. 1st tube worked pretty well. When i stopped using it, acnes came back. So i bought the 2nd tube. But this time it didn't work anymore. The worst thing was It makes my skin very ugly until now, even there is no more acne on my cheeks. My cheeks where i used to apply BP look little bit whiter and older than other parts of my face. I just wish i had never used that thing

[Lilly75]

I've never had massive success with BP.
I'm concerned with research that says BP is linked to free radicals, increases cancer risk and can accelerate ageing / lead to premature ageing. None of these are exactly desired things.

What? Really? Now i know why my cheeks look terrible. I used Panoxyl with BP 5% 5 years ago. 1st tube worked pretty well. When i stopped using it, acnes came back. So i bought the 2nd tube. But this time it didn't work anymore. The worst thing was It makes my skin very ugly until now, even there is no more acne on my cheeks. My cheeks where i used to apply BP look little bit whiter and older than other parts of my face. I just wish i had never used that thing

Sorry to hear you've had a bad experience with it.

BP obviously works wonderfully for some people. Maybe it just isn't for me... Possibly the technique of using BP may effect results with it - not sure.
My skin would definitely be worse without using BP though.
Still trying to find some solid evidence about these 'side effects' of using BP - I don't know how valid the claims are but I think there is some truth behind it.

[marissa8161]

Try going off it. I was using it in combination with Differin for about 7-8 months. I stopped using it about a month ago because I got a job and started getting home really late at night and I didn't want to take the time to apply Differin, spot-treat with Duac, and then wait for it to dry before getting in bed. So I just rubbed on the Differin and called it good...

Since I've gone off it, those annoying little white/clear under-the-skin bumps have all but disappeared and my skin texture has improved markedly. Not nearly as much redness/roughness and my face is so much less OILY! If I ever do get a real zit again (KNOCK BANG ON WOOD!!) I would probably dab a little bit on one, because BP does seem to get to the "root" of a zit and bring it up to a head really fast. Another thing its good for is when I purge my nose of all its annoying little blackheads. I rub BP on it before I go to sleep and I can feel it really clean out the open pores and stop any real zits from forming from any "leftovers".

[redpimples]

Stop it asap. BP definitely broke me out more than neccessary. Just as soon as I'd clear up in one spot I'd start breaking out in another. It was definitely the bp drying my skin deep down. Try washing with water just one time a day when you shower. DO NOT soak your face in it and DO NOT use hot water, just luke warm and just enough to quickly cover your face. When you get out of the shower grab a fresh piece of paper towel and pad your face to get the water and oil off. I guarantee your skin complexion with improve drastically. You will see that your skin is not dry anymore and not irritated. Then look into holistic methods like fixing your digestion. Almost every person I know with acne has digestive issues. Stop eating french fries and incorportate more fiber into your diet through a supplement like psyllium husks. You should also try eating more probiotic foods like yogurts or kefir or supplement with a product called "Jarrow Dophilus" that you can find at the VitaminShoppe. The probiotics are room temperature stable and they have helped me a bunch. Good luck and give this idea a TRY and most importantly, TIME.

[Rheks]

I had the same problem with BP, it made my skin absolutely messed up, I am still trying to recover from it now.

It seems as sooon as you stop using it, all the spots come popping back up like ten times worse, It dried my skin out to the next lvl and peeled really badly, and generally my skin wasn't happy at all.

I do use it occasianly directly on a spot, but never again will I use it more than that.

[Lilly75]

thanks for all the replies

yeah just finished my last tube of BP a few days ago and at this stage not planning on going out to get more.
still not sure what to do to to treat my skin topically - that's how long i've been using BP :-P

I'm very interested in treating it from the inside out - so I plan to find out any food intolerances I may have that may be triggering acne and work out an eating plan that will hopefully help.
I also want to try out that aztec healing clay (calcium bentonite) - i've heard some good things about that.
And today i bought a zinc supplement to take which I have done in the past but don't remember the effect it had. Willing to try it out again now but more consistently.

As some of you mentioned - you still use BP as a spot treatment - I think that will be how I use BP from now on. I'll at least see how it works out for me.

[Rheks]

thanks for all the replies

yeah just finished my last tube of BP a few days ago and at this stage not planning on going out to get more.
still not sure what to do to to treat my skin topically - that's how long i've been using BP :-P

I'm very interested in treating it from the inside out - so I plan to find out any food intolerances I may have that may be triggering acne and work out an eating plan that will hopefully help.
I also want to try out that aztec healing clay (calcium bentonite) - i've heard some good things about that.
And today i bought a zinc supplement to take which I have done in the past but don't remember the effect it had. Willing to try it out again now but more consistently.

As some of you mentioned - you still use BP as a spot treatment - I think that will be how I use BP from now on. I'll at least see how it works out for me.

I was thinking of doing the same, my treating it from inside. I am cutting out all sugar/dairy products and keeping away from foods that are supposedly bad and contribute to acne, basically being alot healthier.

I would say using BP as just a spot treatment is fine for the odd spot that has just come up, it does work great for them!

good luck(:

[smik]

I started using BP again this time, I've used it in the past and regretted it, but I'm using it again because I know for a fact those other times I used it I was also trying out several other things and didn't really stick to BP consistently or very long.

However, in your case, I sure as hell wouldn't go 5 years using something that wasn't working (or using it in a certain routine that wasn't working). What were you thinking anyways? I'm not trying to be rude, I'm honestly curious why you would use something for so very long that showed no significant results?

[Lilly75]

I started using BP again this time, I've used it in the past and regretted it, but I'm using it again because I know for a fact those other times I used it I was also trying out several other things and didn't really stick to BP consistently or very long.

However, in your case, I sure as hell wouldn't go 5 years using something that wasn't working (or using it in a certain routine that wasn't working). What were you thinking anyways? I'm not trying to be rude, I'm honestly curious why you would use something for so very long that showed no significant results?

I guess I didn't word that in the best way - I'll try again.

BP has worked for me to an extent. Without it my skin would be undoubtedly out of control. BP works to help control breakout a little but I still get breakouts and cyst like spots that it doesn't seem to work on. So it has had some good results. But also I don't know what else to try without going back on antibiotics which I don't love the idea of so I guess that's why I've continued BP. It does work. Just not as much as I want it to. Maybe it comes down to exactly how I use / apply it / what I use it with... i don't know. But I'd love to try something else and hopefully with amazing results compared to the pretty good results of BP for me. Also I was concerned with the possible links of BP use and faster ageing of the skin etc... another reason I wanted to stop using it...

[Faerie87]

I used to use a BP cream called Quinoderm, on prescription. It worked well the first time around, but when I had my acne products changed around by my doctor, the second time around all it did was make my skin really dry and scaly. It took a week to get rid of that awful dry skin! I'll never use it again.

[smik]

I started using BP again this time, I've used it in the past and regretted it, but I'm using it again because I know for a fact those other times I used it I was also trying out several other things and didn't really stick to BP consistently or very long.

However, in your case, I sure as hell wouldn't go 5 years using something that wasn't working (or using it in a certain routine that wasn't working). What were you thinking anyways? I'm not trying to be rude, I'm honestly curious why you would use something for so very long that showed no significant results?

I guess I didn't word that in the best way - I'll try again.

BP has worked for me to an extent. Without it my skin would be undoubtedly out of control. BP works to help control breakout a little but I still get breakouts and cyst like spots that it doesn't seem to work on. So it has had some good results. But also I don't know what else to try without going back on antibiotics which I don't love the idea of so I guess that's why I've continued BP. It does work. Just not as much as I want it to. Maybe it comes down to exactly how I use / apply it / what I use it with... i don't know. But I'd love to try something else and hopefully with amazing results compared to the pretty good results of BP for me. Also I was concerned with the possible links of BP use and faster ageing of the skin etc... another reason I wanted to stop using it...

See a doctor if you haven't already, if you have, see them again and express your concerns (seriosuly, the went to college for this stuff.) My personal opinon though? i remember taking tetrasomething when I was like 14 for acne and I *still* wonder that if i never took it if my acne would be gone by now...

[arqa22]

thanks for all the replies

yeah just finished my last tube of BP a few days ago and at this stage not planning on going out to get more.
still not sure what to do to to treat my skin topically - that's how long i've been using BP :-P

I'm very interested in treating it from the inside out - so I plan to find out any food intolerances I may have that may be triggering acne and work out an eating plan that will hopefully help.
I also want to try out that aztec healing clay (calcium bentonite) - i've heard some good things about that.
And today i bought a zinc supplement to take which I have done in the past but don't remember the effect it had. Willing to try it out again now but more consistently.

As some of you mentioned - you still use BP as a spot treatment - I think that will be how I use BP from now on. I'll at least see how it works out for me.

you know why zinc deficiency supposly cause acne?[even though i think its total bullsh1t]
when male ejucate he loses 5mg of zinc each time, so in the long run if he ejucate alot and dont eat foods with alot of zinc he might have zinc deficiency.
whats the role of zinc in our skin? make sure its clean and repair it. how the hell is that connected to acne formation? i dont know
so if you dont have a dick and your not starving yourself you dont need to be worried about zinc deficiency.

[Lilly75]

I started using BP again this time, I've used it in the past and regretted it, but I'm using it again because I know for a fact those other times I used it I was also trying out several other things and didn't really stick to BP consistently or very long.

However, in your case, I sure as hell wouldn't go 5 years using something that wasn't working (or using it in a certain routine that wasn't working). What were you thinking anyways? I'm not trying to be rude, I'm honestly curious why you would use something for so very long that showed no significant results?

I guess I didn't word that in the best way - I'll try again.

BP has worked for me to an extent. Without it my skin would be undoubtedly out of control. BP works to help control breakout a little but I still get breakouts and cyst like spots that it doesn't seem to work on. So it has had some good results. But also I don't know what else to try without going back on antibiotics which I don't love the idea of so I guess that's why I've continued BP. It does work. Just not as much as I want it to. Maybe it comes down to exactly how I use / apply it / what I use it with... i don't know. But I'd love to try something else and hopefully with amazing results compared to the pretty good results of BP for me. Also I was concerned with the possible links of BP use and faster ageing of the skin etc... another reason I wanted to stop using it...

See a doctor if you haven't already, if you have, see them again and express your concerns (seriosuly, the went to college for this stuff.) My personal opinon though? i remember taking tetrasomething when I was like 14 for acne and I *still* wonder that if i never took it if my acne would be gone by now...

Yeah I want to go see my doctor again soon. Even though I don't like the idea of long term antibiotic use, I think it's time I try something else again.
In the past I've taken doxycycline and bactrim (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim) each for about 3 months and probably about 6 - 8 months apart and that would have been about 2 years since doxy and a bit over 1 year ago since bactrim. The effects of bactrim lasted longer than doxy but here I am with acne again. The other thing I want to do is work out triggers - food or whatever - even though a lot of people think there is no connection with diet and acne, at the same time a lot of others do, and if there's a possibility it'll help me then I'll try it.
The one you took was probably tertracycline. I often wonder too what my skin would be like if I never treated it. My brother is going through his early teen years know and gets a few pimples but nothing like i have or did at his age and all he does is wash with water and is relatively clear...

I'll still go talk to my doctor and at least see what my options are

thanks for all the replies

yeah just finished my last tube of BP a few days ago and at this stage not planning on going out to get more.
still not sure what to do to to treat my skin topically - that's how long i've been using BP :-P

I'm very interested in treating it from the inside out - so I plan to find out any food intolerances I may have that may be triggering acne and work out an eating plan that will hopefully help.
I also want to try out that aztec healing clay (calcium bentonite) - i've heard some good things about that.
And today i bought a zinc supplement to take which I have done in the past but don't remember the effect it had. Willing to try it out again now but more consistently.

As some of you mentioned - you still use BP as a spot treatment - I think that will be how I use BP from now on. I'll at least see how it works out for me.

you know why zinc deficiency supposly cause acne?[even though i think its total bullsh1t]
when male ejucate he loses 5mg of zinc each time, so in the long run if he ejucate alot and dont eat foods with alot of zinc he might have zinc deficiency.
whats the role of zinc in our skin? make sure its clean and repair it. how the hell is that connected to acne formation? i dont know
so if you dont have a dick and your not starving yourself you dont need to be worried about zinc deficiency.

Well I'm not male so that wouldn't be my reason for zinc deficiency
I don't think I am zinc deficient but I think it is the additional intake of zinc that may provide some benefit to the skin.
I've taken zinc in the past but I took it really inconsistently so I don't remember exactly how it worked for me which is why I wanted to take it again and see if I find any benefits or improvement to my skin