Eburt 0 Share Posted October 23, 2003 I have been on the regimen for about a month now and my acne is getting to a very bad state. Almost to the point of when i had it the worst. These are the meds i have been on; eurethromycin, tetracyclene, minocycline, sulfa-something, retin-a, differin, and calindamycin. The only thing that ever worked was the minocycline but it stopped working after a couple of months. I tried the do-nothing method w/ no avail. When i started the regimen my skin cleared up a bit and i was actually optomistic and happy with my skin, this was like the first week. But ever since then it has been getting gradually worse and worse. I have a show in 3 days (im a musician) and would like to look at least a little clear. I follow it religiously and do everything dan says and dont ever touch my face. What should i do? stop the reg. or keep on going ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maral 0 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Keep going. You might try what the acne cure calls icing. Put the bp in the fridge then at night wash with salicylic acid (neutrogena has an oil free acne wash with sa) take a dime size amount add a couple drops of water and put on face in circular motion. Wait a couple minutes. Rinse off. Take an ice cube and rub on your face, then use it to cool your fingers. Rub cool bp on face and keep ice on face for 10 minutes. I put ice in a wash cloth and lay down with this on my face. This method is supposed to reduce the inflamation around the pimples and cysts so that the bp can get down into them to fight the infection. This took away my cysts but I also add lots more bp after the icing. I think Dan is right on when he says you need lots of bp to stop the acne. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blunder 0 Share Posted October 24, 2003 damn thats a sh__load of medicines. why don't u try accutane Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mercer 4 Share Posted October 24, 2003 Well, just to give you a glimmer of hope - it took me about three months to get completely clear on the regimen. I've been on it for a year and it's stayed that way. So, I say keep going! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eburt 0 Author Share Posted October 24, 2003 damn thats a sh__load of medicines. why don't u try accutane Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenaphile 3 Share Posted October 25, 2003 That information is not completley accurate, Eburt. Accutane has helped lots of people, and the "depression" side effects are a little blown out of proportion by the media...any doctor will tell you as much. If you are currently depressed, or have suicidal ideations, they might be extra-cautious prescribing it to you, but if you have no current problems, it shouldn't be an issue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
