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I'm 17 years old and the last 6 months I've started to get problem with my acne. I don't have really serious acne but my biggest problem is my compulsive skin picking to my face. I'm going to use this thread to keep track on my acne problems and as a diary to help myself from picking my skin.
My treatment routine is:
Evening:
Washing my face with mild soap and washing my hair. Important to keep your hair clean so it doesn't make your face oily. Also important to change the linens of your sleeping pillow to keep your face clean while sleeping.
After shower i apply Epiduo (adapalene and bensoylperoxide) to all of my face.
Morning: In the morning I apply basiderm mosturizer (SPF 30).
Also I'm soon going to the doctor to get some antibiotics and hopefully that will do some good aswell.
Day one: Only picked 2 small spots. My goal is to stop touch my face at all.
I would love some guidance to stop picking my skin(link).
peace
UPDATE: Went to my local med center to meet a doctor. He said directly that antibiotics would not be a long term solution and therefore, he couldn't help me any further. He sent me to a dermatologist and fortunately I got an appointment the day after!
The dermatologist directly proposed accutane, since it would be a probably more long term solution than any topical or antibiotics and that going through every step would just be a waste of time. I decided to get on accutane and after checking my blood tests I started accutane 40mg/day, and I weight around 70kg (male)
I've now been using accutane for 2 days and my lips has started to get a little bit dry but hasn't experienced anything else. The fact that I'm starting accutane mid-summer isn't a problem since the sun isn't very strong in scandinavia....
If any mod reads this I would appreciate if this thread could be moved to the accutane logs category.
I've now soon finished my first week on accutane. After the three first days I got a breakout and my face look worse than ever before. I did get like somewhere around 10 very large whiteheads. My skin is beginning to recover from that breakout and my whole face is flaking. My lips has started become very dry and also my eyes are very dry. This can hopefully be fixed with some eyedrops.
Also no sign of improvement in acne, which I didn't either expect since most patients show improvement during the end of the second(?) month.
