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[Baking Soda]

Hi everyone.

Here's basically my story. I'm currently 15 years old, and I have cystic acne. I took Accutane from June 2011 to March of this year. It cleared my skin up pretty well. Although, it's now starting to come back. I already have two small(ish) cysts on my face. I really don't want to go on Accutane again. My cousin takes Minocycline, and it seems to work out for him. Does anyone know anything about it? Has it worked for you? I'm considering trying it, but I don't think it will work for me.








I should add that my father has the same sort of skin. He has been on Accutane five different times, and he still has cystic acne. He's 40 years old, and still has it. I guess I'm going down the same path. :/

[viasidd]

Are you eating healthy? Try to go for a more holistic approach, go diary free and exercise more. Eat more veggies and fruits. I believe we need to clean our bodies inside out first.

[Green Gables]

Accutane is clearly not your cure. Read this: http://www.huffingto...a_b_822163.html

[lovesparks314]

I tried one of those antibiotics and it only worked for a while. I recommend Lerossett Clay Mask. Here's the post I wrote on someone's thread:

I can safely say my acne was just like yours, I had cysts all over my chin and I'd seriously cry over the pain, because after a while I was more frustrated with the pain than anything else. I tried two things that have basically cleared my skin. The first was Lerossett Clay Mask. I'd never thought it'd work and I was so tired of wasting so much money on my skin. But my mom always trying to help me out with this torment bought it. I can honestly say it was my cure. It sounds like an infomercial and I'm really trying for it not to lol. In less than a week the change was amazing. All my huge cysts were gone and even my hyper pigmentation looked better. No more pain, I was basically clear. Seeing as that mask can get pretty expensive (applying twice a day it lasts like 3 weeks or less for $34) so I stopped it. I saw that one of the ingredients (only has two ingredients) was Rasul clay, so I bought some off of eBay. But it didn't work and all my acne was coming back. Thank God it was summer and I didn't have to show my skin at school. Anyway, summer was ending and I still looked like a mess, so I bought it again. It literally ( I counted!) took me 11 days for it all to go away, I don't even know how to explain it. Another thing that really helped me was calamine lotion, which you can buy anywhere and it helps the more stubborn pimples. I was on this website diligently a few years ago and it really helped me and always looking at these boards with people suffering they deserved to know that at least something worked for me, and it might work for a lot of you. Also, I recommend a sugar scrub(gently) about twice a week, you can increase to 3x a week when your skin is healed. And I'd say after 3-4 bottles of the clay you can lower the usage to once a day and save some money.

Btw, if you decide to give the mask a try the coupon I always use for 15% off is 1151. Just be positive and DECLARE that it WILL work for you.
Good luck!