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Day 22 Skin is still awful. Painful large spots now and I'm off tomorrow to a festival for the weekend. I'm determined not to let my skin dictate how much fun I have but I know I'm going to be horrib...

Re. the GP, exactly! I said something to him and he was writing something down and just said "yeah" without even looking. I don't know, I'm going to see how it develops over the next week but to be h...

Will do. I'm just glad I've got an appointment with a derm because when I first went to the GP it was just the usual red marks which he claimed was a fungal infection (I knew it wasn't, it was acne re...

Did it make you feel bad then?   Next Wednesday. I've actually not seen a derm for a long long time

No, he gave me Duac. I've not got any fungal cream left so will have to ask for another try maybe.   Sorry, I don't think I made it clear that I hav 2 different types of problem! On the left han...

Oh and if the white patch is scar tissue, it is very strange as I've had no acne there for years and it has suddenly appeared

That is a bit strange if you're not having blood tests done but to be honest mine were fine every month and I drank when on the drug (I know you shouldn't)

I've been on Roaccutane 3 times now but never done a log so that wasn't me. My GP prescribed me some fungal cream and to be honest, I was lazy with it so didn't use it properly. He also said the redne...

Yeah, it's down one side of my face and breaks out whenever I'm not on Roaccutane or had sunlight! I have an appointment in 2 weeks with the derm so will ask about red light (is it available in UK?) ...

Have you got any signs of scarring? It took me ages to get Roaccutane (seems they give it out a lot easier these days) and I wish I'd got it earlier!

I don't think so because it feels like a smooth rubbery red patch i.e. a different texture to the rest of my skin. Whenever I come off Accutane it flares up into acne and it's only that one part of my...

I know it's said 1000 times but don't mess with them! I did and have regretted it as my scarring is visible now (not as bad as it could have been though!) My skin cleared up 95% but you're only on d...

Good luck with it... It's the only thing that worked for me. Keep Vaseline with you at all times for your lips but as long as you don't over think or get paranoid about the other side effects (none of...

Hi, I've suffered with acne all of my life (I'm now 29) and have been on Roaccutane a few times. My skin is now smooth but I have smooth red marks. I haven't posted this in the scar section as these ...

Had my appointment come through for 19th June... I'm hoping they can sort this red patch on my face. Every time I stop using Duac these days, I break out

Well I've been referred to a derm now as I had a bit of acne when I went to the doctors so he referred me straight away... when will this end!!

How did you get on pr1? I've broken out badly... Got an appointment Monday and I'm going to ask for a referral although h has said he's going to try some anti flammotary tablets which I don't think wi...

Hi,well i did manage to find a skin specialist in newcastle who seems to really know his stuff & he was very understanding & emailed me back straight away (dr langtry i think his name was) How...

Daktacort is the 2nd cream he gave me?!

Well, I went to the GP and he prescribed me hydrocortisone cream which did nothing and he then gave me the same sort of cream with another ingredient. This has again, done nothing. I knew it wouldn'...

It seems you need treatments like laser to go alongside these treatments... I'd really like to know about fillers off people on here as private clinics just want to sell you the derma roller!!

Why not try subcision first? Because of the downtime... I can't (because of my job) afford a long downtime I wondered if Dermal Fillers on their own made any difference?

Anyone?

Hi,   Can anoyone share their experiences of dermal fillers?   I am in the UK and keep hearing good things about fillers? I have sunken cheeks and hope they may help..

I have got another appointment in March with my GP. My skin is still very red so I am going to insist on seeing a derm