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Is Clindamycin Actually Making My Red Marks Worse?

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(@miss-mimic)

Posted : 08/16/2015 3:00 pm

Does Clindamycin Phosphate Gel help fade red acne marks/inflammatory acne, or is it used for other types of acne?

 

I use Tazorac at nighttime and it works really well to reduce redness overnight, but as SOON as I wash my face and apply Clindamycin, it ruins everything. I will say it DOES work for clearing up whiteheads on my forehead (my forehead is almost 100% clear im so happy :Siava: )

 

...but for my cheeks it just makes it this awful blood-red color, plus this horrendous itching that won't go away until I wash my face at night to apply my second medication.

 

So once again, is Clindamycin not used for PIH/red marks? Should I just use Tazorac for my cheeks? Please help, I would greatly appreciate it! :D

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(@localcommumist)

Posted : 11/17/2016 10:53 pm

Hey, I also use clindamycin but after many years of using different acne treatments i gave up and decided to stick to just clindamycin so far so good but I also noticed it makes the redness im my face worse idk if it comes from having sensitive skin or what :-/ I wonder if using it exclusively in certain areas would reduce its effectiveness though ?

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