Aussie Scientist

Jimdevl See how you go for another few days with the canesten and terbenafine creams. If no response then you will either need to use nystatin, which you can obtain in the UK as a powder (I can adv...

poorbunny Thanks for geting back to me. Your whitish tongue (indicates candida fungus) and scalp condition (indicates candida or malasezzia fungus) indicate that you have fungal condition. Wh...

Food for thought You are totally right that not everyone on this board has fungal acne. I am very careful who I respond to - I only respond to people who have chronic acne which has not improved wi...

Kok Itchiness and red skin are strong signs of fungal acne. Do not exfoliate as doing so removes your natural skin barrier and allows fungus invade your skin pores. Fungal acne looks like ordin...

Food for Thought read my mind! Kook Your condition DOES very much look like fungal acne, which is exacerbated by hot, humid conditions. Have you taken antibiotics or other meds ? Antibioti...

Make sure you have ordinary acne BEFORE you take any meds. If epiduo forte is not controlling your acne, you may have fungal acne, NOT ordinary acne. Have you taken antibiotics or other meds ? Anti...

Faithyoo and others on this thread You most likely have fungal acne. Antidandruff shampoos on their own will rarely clear fungal acne/bumpson their own, but they do help. The main cause of funga...

English Rose You most likely now have fungal acne, not ordinary acne. Fungal acne is caused by taking antibiotics and other meds, possibly including accutane. treatments for ordinary acne make f...

poorbunny Fungal skin infections/conditions have several appearances. Skin bumps such as yours are one indicatio of a fungal skin condition. Fungal acne is another indication. Exfoliating skin c...

It will take 1-2 weeks, noting that you may also use another antifungal cream along with the clotrimazole cream. I can provide information on other antifungal creams to use, if the clotrimazole cre...

In that case, Olivia, you have fungal acne for sure. And you do not have ordinary acne. Do the following Do NOT take antibiotics unless you have a life threatening situation. Antibootics shoul...

Clear Skin You are not annoying me. No-one should eat (much) gluten - it is inflammatory. Breads are LOADED with gluten - they contain much more gluten that bread did in the past. A bit of spelt...

Jimdevl Thee are some ways of getting nystatin powder legally in the UK, I think. You can mix the nystatin powder into the other antifungal creams. But before we go down that pathway - can I ask...

Mr Bakery You should see results in 1-2 weeks. But note that you may need to use another antifungal cream as well as clotrimazole. Start with using clotrimazole and see how you go. I can provide in...

Purging is largely a myth. Purging is usually fungal acne breaking out or simply skin irritation. Nab and Liv and Evergreen Are you using moisturisers on your cheeks and not on your foreheads ? ...

4496 Yes, doctors do prescribe isotretinoin to treat gram negative follicultis, and yes tretinoin is accutane. However, I would ONLY use oral accutane as a last resort, because it is dangerous, bec...

These bumps are probably causes by malasezzia or candida fungus. Skin problems from fungus are caused by taking antibiotics and some other meds. I suggest you do the following - 1. Buy clotrimaz...

These bumps are most likely caused by fungus - either malasezzia or candida. Skin fungal problems/"bumps".. etc. are caused by taking antibiotics and some other meds, possibly including accutane. ...

These skin bumps are probably caused by malasezzia or candif fugus. Skin fungal problems are caused by taking antibiotics and some other meds, possibly including accutane. I suggest you do the f...

Oxidised squalene is the cause of ORDINARY ACNE. Oxidised squalene is NOT NOT NOT the cause of fungal acne. Fungal acne is CAUSED by taking antibiotics and some other meds.

Anna Pls follow my advice. Antifungal soap will NOT fix your problem. You need to apply antifungal cream.

4496 It all comes together !! You don't necesarily want to bring back the gram positive bacteria on your skin as some of these cause ordinary acne BUT yes, do take PRObiotics. They will help res...

Clear Skin JUST USE THE AZALEIC ACID togethe with the Lamisil. It will be fine - don't worry about the ingredients in it. It works. And can I suggest you start eating a normal diet, but avoid hi...

449629 Thanks for your reply. You very likely have gram negative bacterial acne (sometimes called gram negative follicultis), not fungal acne, and certainly not ordinary acne. Gram negative fung...

Chiabrb Do NOT exfoliate your skin. Exfoliating skin destroys the skin barrier and allows fungus (and bacteria) to invade the pores. Azaleic acid cream/lotion should get rid of the bumps and wil...