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Triderma Anti Redness facial lotion goes on well under make-up and is creamy without being greasy. Olay Complete for Sensitive Skin has also been decent for me. I would also look at Neutrogena's Sensi...

Spiro is an antiandrogen, but it's not birth control, per se. I have hormonal and follicular acne and absolutely hated it--it made me hyperkalemic and I bruised on it and experienced the worse skin h...

What type of birth control? I was on aldactone, absolutely hated it, and worry Yaz will make me lose (more) hair (it thinned to a major extent the three years I was on aldactone) and cause a level o...

I haven't tried metaformin--that might be the next step. There's a part of me that knows I might have to go off birth control, but the idea of being on a drug I can't get off of without going back t...

There are two general types of antibiotics, bacteriostatic and bactericidal. Doxycycline (monodox) is bacteriostatic, which means it only stops the growth of the bacteria, it won't kill it. The purpo...

I'm in my 20s and have had hormonal acne for 10 years. Retinoids only worked for me when I was on Accutane, but even then...I hated them. Over the course of the years I've been on various antibiotics...

bizz, I already mentioned this on your bromelain thread, but I would seriously look into the stomach acid issue. Low stomach acid can lead to all sorts of issues. Hormonal, autoimmune, digestive, you ...

After a shower I wrap a washcloth around one finger and gently pry the blackhead out with clean fingers .(Doesn't always work.) Supposedly Mario Badescu silver powder helps with this, too. I also use...

I have adult hormonal acne and have been on and off Monodox for four or five months, with interludes to take Bactrim (ugh) and now Doryx but Monodox eventually lost its efficacy. When it worked, I im...

From May 2009 to fall 2012, I was on spiro, between 50 mg to 100, on and off. All in all, it was a horrible experience. For the first year, I know I was hyperkalemic, it made my hair limp, gross, th...

    Have you had a Heidelberg test for your stomach?   I've been taking bromelain to heal a little from surgery and it SEEMS to have helped, but it could be my imagination. I'm w...

I've been taking bromelain to heal a little from surgery and it SEEMS to have helped, but it could be my imagination. I'm worried because I'd like to continue taking it because even though I take dox...

What have you tried? There's nothing with a similar concentration of BP in Canada? Clearasil Persagel 10 and Panoxyl are what we have that might help you; Oxy is a company that makes 5% BP cream as we...

@Inspired: I know you've discussed this on the board, but what led you to decide your course of treatment? How did you treat the acne and how long was the wait to start scar treatments? What types of ...

I wrote this out and missed that this was pinned; I'm just copying and pasting the list of what I've read myself here.

The rundown: I've been on aldactone (no less than 50 mg, 100 mg for a while) since September 2009. I am in the end-run of laser hair removal (taken up to help with acne, and just in general). I am h...

I see a lot of people here asking what to look at to treat acne scars/marks. Admittedly I've had severe cystic hormonal acne from age 13 onward; Accutane is all that help and even with four years on...

All of the "natural stuff" is fine but you need to know why--exfoliants and things meant to help with collagen/pigmentation. That's what you're trying to do, rebuild collagen. First, are you doing an...

I think you have what I do--it's either subdermal pitting and ice pick scars or pigmentation. Kojic acid, vitamin C, copper, retinoids...all supposed to help. I feel for you. This crap is as bad as ...

xopinkparadiseox7: I am in your spot. Exactly in your spot. Skin horribly thinned due to aldactone (only 50 mg, but I've been on it since 2009). Admittedly I started laser hair removal and I suspect t...

Don't be so quick to use make-up. There's a lot of crap in makeup that can make your otherwise decent skin worse. I'd invest my money in something to take care of your skin insead. (There's nothing wr...

Bumping this, going to try it again--leave it on all night.

But do any of you aldactone takers have something to share or similar experiences? Did you stop taking spiro, add to it, etc.? Hell, I've been using Clean and Clear Persagel (thin coat, no isopropyl...

I'm looking through the archives but I was hoping to get some advice through this. I've posted about this before, but I've been on 50 mg (100 for a while) since September 2009, when I was 23. Now I'...

Murad makes a multivitamin for acne but you could just take a Centrum with zinc and vitamin c in it.