Lymecycline antibiotics and zineryt lotion worked well for me. I've never had Accutane and I hope I never do but I have read a lot about it..the common phrase which goes a long with it is, it gets worse before it gets better.

Google "Alan's acne story" which shows his journey with Accutane. I would read into it a lot before and know what it entails before taking it.

Ahh yes.... I'm just scared of all about it, but at the same time I'm just tired of my acne effects myself confidence so much... I feel like it was the antibiotics who "started" my real acne and made it worse! I'm just wondering if someone has the same experience with antibiotics and who after got helped by accutane

Hi, I took antibiotics and at first they worked really well for a few weeks but then my skin was terrible (worse breakouts I'd had for years).

im on week 6 of accutane and my skin had already cleared very well. I had a bit of a breakout in week 2/3 but nothing too bad.

however, I've not found accutane easy. My skin is constantly red and I always feel very hot. Skin at first was very itchy and joints are a bit stiff. That said, if my skin stays this clear and the redness calms down when I finish my course, I'll be very happy

2 hours ago, BigM84 said:

Hi, I took antibiotics and at first they worked really well for a few weeks but then my skin was terrible (worse breakouts I'd had for years).

im on week 6 of accutane and my skin had already cleared very well. I had a bit of a breakout in week 2/3 but nothing too bad.

however, I've not found accutane easy. My skin is constantly red and I always feel very hot. Skin at first was very itchy and joints are a bit stiff. That said, if my skin stays this clear and the redness calms down when I finish my course, I'll be very happy

And that bad breakout you had was happening on the time that you still were on antibiotics??

12 hours ago, Sebbs19 said:

14 hours ago, BigM84 said:

Hi, I took antibiotics and at first they worked really well for a few weeks but then my skin was terrible (worse breakouts I'd had for years).

im on week 6 of accutane and my skin had already cleared very well. I had a bit of a breakout in week 2/3 but nothing too bad.

however, I've not found accutane easy. My skin is constantly red and I always feel very hot. Skin at first was very itchy and joints are a bit stiff. That said, if my skin stays this clear and the redness calms down when I finish my course, I'll be very happy

And that bad breakout you had was happening on the time that you still were on antibiotics??

Yeah the breakout was while I was on antibiotics.

Hi
The same thing happened to me. I finally decided to ask for antibiotics for my mild acne and was put on Oxytetracycline. It worked wonders for 6 months and although I wasn't 100% clear my skin was so much better. However, around month 6 I broke out and continued to do so and my acne was the worst it had ever been. I was switched to Lymacycline but all that did was sort of calm the acne so I finally agreed to Roaccutane. I'm now half way through month 5, completely clear and have never regretted it. I had a small initial breakout, mainly on my neck, but nothing like what happened whilst on the antibiotics.

On 2017-09-23 at 6:55 PM, Coffeeaddict said:

Hi
The same thing happened to me. I finally decided to ask for antibiotics for my mild acne and was put on Oxytetracycline. It worked wonders for 6 months and although I wasn't 100% clear my skin was so much better. However, around month 6 I broke out and continued to do so and my acne was the worst it had ever been. I was switched to Lymacycline but all that did was sort of calm the acne so I finally agreed to Roaccutane. I'm now half way through month 5, completely clear and have never regretted it. I had a small initial breakout, mainly on my neck, but nothing like what happened whilst on the antibiotics.

Thanks for sharing your experience!!! Means a lot !

Antibiotics do not cause a initial breakout, because antibiotics kill the bacteria. It must have been something else that made you break out.