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Are they closed comedones?

Rubytran · 2015-11-27T07:28:34Z

Hello guys. Please help me. Im at the worst of my life now. 2 more weeks to my wedding and all these out of nowhere on my face. And im gonna be the ugliest bride ever! A bit abt my history:Â Â - Im 22 years old now. Last time I had only here and there pimples and a few tiny pimples on my forehead when it was near my cycle.Â Â - 2 years ago I was frustrated with those tiny on my forehead Â and I went to a private derm in Vietnam. She presribed me oral antibioticsÂ and a gel containing tretionin and erythomycin. It made my face break out in pimples on my cheek but not a lot. My second appointment, she prescribed me accutane 20mg x 2 per day. My face was very smooth after eating accutane for 2 months. Then she quit me off it, 2 weeks later, my face broke out those tiny pimples almost whole my face which I never has before. Then I stopÂ making appointment with her. - since then, my face has been covered with those tiny bumps all over my face. But I sought that dermÂ one more time and that dermÂ put me on the gel containing tretionin and eryth, oral antibiotics and spironolactoneÂ for 1 year (medicine for 4 months and keep applying the gel afterwards), my face was quite smooth until 2 months ago, i have been prepared for my wedding and all of sudden it broke out whole my face again. I officially bye bye her alr. - i came to singapore and the derm diagnosedÂ they are comedones, whiteheads, blackheads and presribed me differin for night and dalacinT topical solution. I dont use Dalacin T solution becoz he told me to use spot treatment to big pimples which I dont have. He said my comedones dont need oral antibiotic and my skin isnt prone to cystic acne. - The thing I dont know is why it spreads very fast to my forehead, chin, temples, cheeks, even my back where I never have acne before,Â everywhere got space surely have comedonesÂ like just overnight. And last time my skin had beenÂ quite ok until I soughtÂ my derm in Vietnam. i think the accutane change my body inside. By the way, Im Vietnamese and gonna relocate to Singapore.Â Im very sad now whenever I look at mirror. Everybody please gives me some advice and Im appreciative for it. Â

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Rubytran

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Posted : 02/11/2016 8:22 pm

My doctor told me to wash my face with two cleanser.

One is prescribed by him triclosan 0.1% in the morning which I feel OK after washing.

The other is Biore smooth baby face which makes my face feel really tight after washing. And clindamycin 0.1% solution told to apply on big pimples which I don't have so I never use it.

I tried to washed with cetaphil sample but I didnt like it, it makes my face kinda sticky.

Yesterday I went to my derm, he said he can see redness and flakiness on my face, he switched me to differin 0.1 cream even when I asked him for tretionin. My derm is kinda very cautious, he said he's scared of side effect. I wish he prescribed me tretionin.

Dunno why no differin 0.3 available here in Singapore.

I bought an Innisfree serum mixed with Turbo booster vitamin C powder in the hopes of fading my red marks too.

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Posted : 02/12/2016 1:49 am

Differin is generally less irritating to the skin than tretinoin. If your skin was red and flaky because of Differin , it would've have been worse with Tretinoin. I guess that's why he didnt prescribe you Tretinoin.

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Miss Sac 17

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Posted : 06/17/2016 8:16 am

How is your skin now?

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Rubytran

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Posted : 07/06/2016 12:35 am

Hi everybody
It's been close to 8 months now, my skin is still recovering positively.
Now my facial skin isnt as oily as last time when I got comedones all over my face. It used to get oily 1 hour after washing my face, but now it's not. That good news, I dont feel oily anymore.
For my Differin progress, my face recovers slowly becoz I dont wanna use any topical antibiotic, just Differin itself.
Currently I apply differin occasionally every other day. On the day I dont apply Differin, I wash my face only at night, and only water in the morning. I find out that washing with facial foam 2 times a day is too much.
I would say now I'm not stressed over my acne anymore. Hopefully it will continually get better over time.

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Posted : 07/09/2016 12:13 am

I second what wiki said above! Even though you're not on the Acne.org regimen, the principals behind it are key I think to any successful acne treatment. Be super gentle, feather-like touch. Only wash for 10 seconds. No scrubs or cleansing tools. And your skin is looking much better!

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Posted : 08/24/2016 11:01 pm

wow, I can definitely see a huge improvement! keep at it, your skin is looking great!

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