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Helpmejohn
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Posted : 01/03/2013 2:24 pm

Hello,

 

As a start I would like to say how loveley this site is, if you're suffering.

 

I have had back and chest acne for about 2,5 years now. I have been going through defferent kind of medication from my doctor, but finally I got sendt to a dermatologist about 3 month ago. He promised me that my acne would go completely away over time, but im confused over how long I have to wait. He told me it could take some month before it would start working, and yes I've startet to see a little different.

 

Im really self-conscious of it, and I(sadly) have taken myself in avoiding people, especially girls...

 

Ohh and I got some medicine called "Isotretionoin" 20mg.

 

So my question(s) is: how long before my body acne will be gone(almost gone)... I know I got some bad scaring, will it get better or am i stuck with them? And those deep red marks, are they scars or what would it be called?

 

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Love, and thanks

John.

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C W 24
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Posted : 01/03/2013 4:05 pm

Isotretionoin is the best treatment for acne so it may take a while especially because your on such a low dose of it 20mg but Im guessing around month 4 youll no longer have any new breakouts. I was on 70 mg and it took 2 months to start clearing me up

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O M G Charlie Darwin
O M G Charlie Darwin
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Posted : 01/05/2013 6:44 am

Your back looks very similar to mine. I feel your pain.

I hope your meds work for you.

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Helpmejohn
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Posted : 01/15/2013 5:32 pm

Ohh forgot to say I take three pills of 20mg per Day, so 60mg in total once a Day.

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C W 24
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Posted : 01/15/2013 5:57 pm

My body acne was the last to clear. Around the end of month 2 I saw improvement

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whoartthou 1
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Posted : 01/15/2013 11:05 pm

any updates?

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snehal
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Posted : 01/18/2013 1:18 am

Use 'AcnelaK' body soap. I hope it works for you.

I don't know if "medimix' soap is available in your country. But I can say that it's the best soap to treat body acne. And even 'safi' is good. It's a blood purifier. I live in India and these two products are available here.

God Bless! :)

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Gi Br Is
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Posted : 01/18/2013 11:56 am

You have marks like me, they're very similars, I read about that and I realized they're hypertrophic scars mostly, In my case with time, they have gone disappearing, obviusly not entirely

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Helpmejohn
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Posted : 03/27/2013 5:45 am

The redness has started to fade, but the scaring is still horrible.. My doctor Said it would take about 1/2 a year to fade

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whoartthou 1
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Posted : 03/28/2013 2:45 am

did you ever take protein supplements or shakes?

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Helpmejohn
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Posted : 03/29/2013 2:27 pm

Yeah one year and 4 moth ago I took some protein supplements, but not anymore

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whoartthou 1
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Posted : 04/18/2013 2:23 am

how long did you take them for?

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