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Does anyone here apply Tazorac and Duac(Tazorac, first) at night? This works better for me compared to putting on Tazorac at night and Duac in the day.

Just putting on Duac itself stings, but with Duac and Tazorac it stings waay more, to the point where I just feel like laying in bed and moaning in pain. But although it stings a hell of a lot when more when I put on both, I take all of the pain at night, instead of waking up in the morning knowing that I have to put Duac on and start my day with my face stinging. Does anyone know what I mean? and Is there a way I could at least get the stinging to go away a little more?

Skin Feels Less Oily

I use Tazorac at night and Duac in the morning, but when I usually put Duac on, my face stings a lot. I told my dermatologist about the stinging and he told me to suck it up.

Sometimes, I skip using my Duac because I know it's gonna sting a lot, but I realized that when I don't use Duac in the moring, my face feels better and less oily during the day and by the end of the day, my face doesn't look "wet" from all the oil. By the middle of the day, I have to dab my face with a napkin so that my face doesn't look so oily, but when I don't put Duac on, I don't need to dab my face with a napkin or wash it again in the middle of the day. My face just feels better and less oily. Has anyone else felt this too?

milk=acne?

At my last visit to the dermatologist, my dermatologist told me that since I drink milk, it might be making my acne worse. I heard of this before, but I never went into researching the topic. He said it was because the cows are given hormones and that it can give us more ance because hormones cause acne. Is this the reason why milk causes acne?

So, instead of drinking milk, my dermatologist told me to drink soy milk. He told me it tasted good because it tasted like vanilla. My mom bought soy milk yesterday, and I drank it expecting it to taste like vanilla ice cream or something...but i was wrong. But it actually isn't that bad. Maybe after a few months of drinking soy milk instead of skim milk, I can at leastprevent more acne. But I really don't think this soy milk can work miricles and take my acne scars off.

Duac

Heres what i do,

Morning
-Cera Ve Hydrating Cleanser
-Duac

Night
-Cera Ve Hydrating Cleanser
-Tazorac

My dermatologist told me before to put Duac on at night also, over Tazorac, but I tried it, and it stung so much, so when I went back to my derm, he told me to go back to using Duac in the morning and Tazorac at night. It stings less when I use Duac by itself in the morning, but it still stings. Is this a normal feeling?

I have a little acne on my forehead and chin, and nose. But mostly, I have acne on my cheeks. They are purplish dots that aren't raised. Actually most of the acne on my face are scars that are purplish and not raised. But everyday, I have 1-3 whiteheads small to medium sized, usually on my cheeks and occasionally on my chin. I live in Hawaii so it's sunny mostly all year, so when I go out in the sun, I put on Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch Sunblock SPF 70 with Helioplex 3 Ounces. Whenever I put it over my Duac, I have that same stinging feeling. Is this also normal?

I have dry skin on the sides of my lips, but its not really bad. It's just a bit flakey sometimes. I see a lot of people on this board talking about moisturizing and stuff, but I never really thought I needed to put lotion on my face. At home, I have Cera Ve Moiturizing Lotion, but I only use it on my legs. Should I moisturize even though its only a small part of my face that is flakey? Or maybe should I moisturize to prevent dry skin? I don't know what to do, but if i should moisturize, when should I moisturize? cuz I don't know if I'm supposed to put moisturizing lotion over my topical medication.

Sorry if this is confusing.

just another new member

Well I'm obviously new to this message board. I'm Kim and I'm 15 and I have acne..I'm not quite sure what kind, but it's on mostly my cheeks and chin. I'm glad that there's many many people that I can talk to people that are experiencing the same thing as me and can relate to how I feel and stuff. I hope by joining that my self esteem can get a little boost.