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Hello all!! I've been suffering with acne for quite some time... I'm a 35 year old female with 2 small kiddos. I know the basis of my acne is hormonal- it fluctuates, but never really disappears. I get cystic acne on my chin and occasionally on my cheeks and horrible back acne; which has started to spread to my shoulders and my upper arms are starting to clog up... I'm so fed up with this nonsense!! I get a reasonable amount of non-inflamed acne on my face as well. I don't have sensitive skin. I am very religious about my skin care routine and I WILL not skip it for anything- day or night... I am on an oral antibiotic and I use Dan's face wash, Paula's Choice salicylic acid, Lumiplexion 10% benzoyl peroxide, Dan's 10% alpha hydroxy acid and prescription 1% Retin-A (couple times per week). I manually exfoliate morning and night. Sounds like a lot right- well it has worked very well for the non-inflamed acne... BUT the cysts still persist and my back is another topic... The back drives me crazy- nothing works... I contacted my General Physician and my Nurse Practitioner in the Dermatology Dept at Kaiser (where I'm insured). I'm trying to get a prescription to try SPIRONOLACTONE. I've researched and have read great reviews on it for hormonal acne... But, apparently it is not FDA approved for acne- therefore, neither of them will prescribe it... Both think I should go on Accutane- for personal reasons, I really don't want to go that route at this time... side effects and birth defect issues... My question- how do people get prescribed this medication for acne???!!! If any one has some clarity on the situation, I'd greatly appreciate it...
Thanks a bunch,
Kimberly
I second that. I would go to a different derm if they're not willing to give you what you need. I actually got my first Spiro prescription from my gyno... and then when I relocated, I got a derm and asked if they would continue prescribing me Spiro. She agreed without hesitation and said they regularly prescribe it to females struggling with hormonal acne in her practice. I definitely think it's worth giving a try! I haven't gotten a cyst in 4 years since I've been on it and my body acne completely vanished and never returned.
I've moved this thread to the 'prescription acne medications' forum where you may receive more replies to your question. Good luck.
It helps to bring in something printed. This webpage lists how spironolactone is used for hormonal acne and cites medical journal references at the bottom. You can also say that you have a friend who spiro worked well for.
http://acne.about.com/od/acnetreatments/a/spironolactone.htm