I apologize for the posting the same topic twice. It was a mistake...

I know how frustrating it is for you because I'm going through it too. What sort of acne is it on your back I can't really make it out from the pictures? And again because I am in a similar situation, your wife is saying it dosnt bother her because it actually dosnt bother her. Anyway I can't really give you any pointers until i know a bit more about it so feel free to let me know and i will do my best .

Thanka for the response. Means a lot. I will try to post a pic that's a bit closer and of better quality later to maybe get some type of feedback. I've gone to 3 dermatologists and they've all recommended clyndamycin I believe it's called. Tried it...didn't work and made it worst. I never received a term for the type of acne and any advice on natural components to help... No lifestyle changes...They just diagnosed it as acne and pretty much said nothing will help but the prescription.

Ok no problem. How long was you on it for? It might have been an initial purge stage as antibiotics usually worsen your skin before making it better. But this is why I also don't like taking them

Hey there! I can totally relate...I've sabotaged good relationships because I thought my guy was just being nice or felt sorry for me because of the way I looked, thought him dumping me would be inevitable so I ended up driving a few good prospects away. If your wife loves you, she'll love you no matter what you look like! I'm sure the photo is very forgiving...but it really doesn't look all that bad to me. I saw photos of a young boy on here with back, shoulder, and chest acne so bad that look they like someone took a knife to him...made me cry the scars were so bad...and the boy is my son's age who's just starting to get moderate acne. My point is...there's always someone out there with worse skin. Adult acne sucks...acne is supposed to be a teen rite of passage yet so many of us like you are still dealing with it through their 20's, 30's, 40's...it's discouraging and it's not fair! But please don't unconsciously drive your wife away out of shame...I'm sure she still finds you sexy and attractive even if you're not feeling that way right now. Plus I'll bet it isn't just your looks that attracted her to you, and those are things acne can never touch!

Hang in there!

Not sure if these pics will give anyone a better idea of what I am dealing with. Will any life style changes actually help or is all of that just a waste of time? Like I've said before... I haven't had regular sleep and good sleeping habits for a long time... Dating back to my teen years. I regularly function on 3-4 hours of sleep. I was on the med for 2 weeks and it just made it worse.... again this is the worse it's ever beenand with no end in siggt it's extrremly depressing..

Pics are coming out sideways on my phone. Apologize for that. Last pic is of my front stomach area and some of the slight breakout I'm getting there now as well

To answer your question yes acne can be caused by lifestyle issues.

Firstly your acne isn't severe which is a great start as it will be a lot easier to clear up. Your sleep pattern really needs sorting though, theres no way your skin will be able to recover if your living on 3-4 hours sleep each night as your body isn't getting getting chance to heal its cells. Im assuming this is going to be down to stress? Have a look in to what you might think will be causing your stress try remove certain things that might be causing it and see if you can work something out.

As for your current acne on your back though try some dead sea salt and tea tree oil baths. You can pick them both up quite cheap on amazon. I was having these baths every other day for about 20 minutes and they reduced the inflammation and redness quite largely. However don't expect to see results over night. Persevere

As for anything else try and up your water intake and consider taking some vitamin tablets. From the sounds of it your acne is caused by lifestyle changes so I don't reckon you would have much luck with medicine or acne products as the core problem will still be there but please try get more sleep because no matter what you do if your not giving your body chance to heal then the root problem will not go away.

Sleep more! Drink more water and consider taking some vitamin supplements.

Good luck as well I hope you get it sorted. Nothing worse than being in the frame of mind you are in.

Let me know how it goes.

Again thanks for the responses. I think sometimes in today's day and age people take for granted how good it feels just to have your concerns heard... So thanks for all the feedback. I'm stressed all day on an almost daily basis largely in part because of this and other factors in my personal life so I'm guessing that doesn't help. I didn't mention this earlier but I'm also a notorious scratcher and picker so that probably isn't doing me any favors. I've never heard of the Dead Sea salt baths before. You recommend them one a day daily or every other day?

Again thanks for the responses. I think sometimes in today's day and age people take for granted how good it feels just to have your concerns heard... So thanks for all the feedback. I'm stressed all day on an almost daily basis largely in part because of this and other factors in my personal life so I'm guessing that doesn't help. I didn't mention this earlier but I'm also a notorious scratcher and picker so that probably isn't doing me any favors. I've never heard of the Dead Sea salt baths before. You recommend them one a day daily or every other day?

More than welcome. your in the right place anyway for wanting feedback. The scratching and picking is going to be common with everyone. I was really bad with it until I saw the long term damage it was doing to my skin. Scars and lots of hyperpigmentation. Which then forced me to stop but before noticing this, It didn't bother me so I was picking a lot.

As for the baths you could do them either way. I did them every other day because Im not a big fan of sitting still for 20 minutes. Make sure the waters not boiling hot but I think it recommends being about 40 degrees for the best temperature. Chuck some salt in (again up to you how much) but make sure the salt to water ratio is rather high so its more effective. I filled mine about 30 cm high with about 2 cups of sea salt. Make sure you give the salt a mix when its in the bath because it tends to just go straight to the bottom.

Thats about it but the rest is really up to you on how often you want to take them. Try throw in a bit of tea tree oil as that helped me a lot too. Careful with the amount though i put too much in on numerous times and started burning my skin. Give it a couple weeks and you should hopefully see some results but thats only if your sleep pattern improves I'm afraid.

Good luck.

You may very well have folliculitis. It can be bacterial or fungal, and you must know which one in order to treat it. We all have bacteria and fungas on us naturally. They both compete for the same real estate and sort of keep each other in check. If you use antibacterial products (like clindamycin) on a fungal problem it will worsen it because bacteria will be killed off and will allow fungas to proliferate more. You may need to take an antifungal approach to the problem (like fluconazole oral med and ketoconazale cleanser). I have personally been through the scenario I've described. You should go back to a dermatologist and have a small biopsy done to determine if the issue is bacterial or fungal. Then treat accordingly. Hang in there. You'll get it worked out.