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Scar Diagnosis Please

they will be regular plain ass acne scars, visable from some angles and not others. Once the redness fades and your skin looks healthy (assuming you KEEP it healthy) it wont look terrible. My adivice...

In forum Acne Scars

12 years ago
Smoking Cigarettes And Acne

not really, but if you smoke for years, certain horomones can be affected and when you quit smoking this can negativley impact acne in some.     Smoking does however cause a huge surge of ox...

In forum Acne

12 years ago
Leathery Red Mark From Retin-A

Because you dont know what it is, I see only 2 options. 1)Do Nothing (dont know what it is? DONT - PUT - SHIT ON IT) 2)Go to a derm or doctor, get advice make choice from there. Option 2 in prefera...

In forum Acne

12 years ago
Does Caveman Regimen Work?

Depends. Not right away it wont, most likely. Again, depends. How long have you been using products, and what products have you been using? I'm not asking you these for me, im not a derm or a nutritio...

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12 years ago
Stopped Washing My Face

Spectro jel > Cetaphil.   No SLS in spectro and less ingredients overall.   ...only available in Canada...   I agree to wash your face once everyday or 2. Your face isn't use to be...

In forum Acne

12 years ago
Facial Redness Help

Really won't affect it much in terms of oilyness, the skin along your jaw where your beard grows produces less oil then everywhere else on your face. So no, it wouldn't be harder at all. Be sure to us...

In forum Acne Scars

12 years ago
(Picture) Red Mottled Skin Covered In Blackheads And Pimples

You can use probiotics to help aid digestion, or possibly, maybe, help your native microbiome a chance to properly flourish (I have my own opinion on that) so they do have a good chance of helping. Bu...

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12 years ago
(Picture) Red Mottled Skin Covered In Blackheads And Pimples

Ill second what the previous posted said. "EEK" with the antibiotics. No one (that im aware of) has ever been CURED of acne from them (for some they work while they are on it, and thats it) for many, ...

In forum Diet & holistic health

12 years ago
Facial Redness Help

no problem. I'd also advise, untill you get a Dermatologist's opinion to avoid any sun exposure (get 20-30 minutes UNprotected sun everyday, spaced out in intervals of 5 minutes, then 2-3 hours no su...

In forum Acne Scars

12 years ago
Facial Redness Help

Go see a dermatologist they can properly diagnose whatever that is. My guess would be very mild rosecea. Is there any dryness? Peeling or flaking? That could indicate seb derm. Either way , unless som...

In forum Acne Scars

12 years ago
What The Hell Happened? Suicidal Now...

The regimen will do absolutely nothing, my acne is internal, and my skin is suddenly very dry and peeling, also have aged 10 years overnight. The regimen will do nothing but damage my skin further. I ...

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12 years ago
What The Hell Happened? Suicidal Now...

also, why has my skin gone from super oily to super dry. funny, enlarged pores are connected with oily skin, yet when my skin was oily i didnt have acne OR pores. Now its dry i Have loads of acne and ...

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12 years ago
What The Hell Happened? Suicidal Now...

for the last 3 months Ive only been washing my face with Spectro gel (purple), as its ever more gentle that cetaphil. I wash my face 5-6 times a week (never more than once a day) and Im not seeing any...

In forum Acne

12 years ago
Debate About Retinoids Causing Scarring

I have the same thing going on, except it was more dramatic, like, overnight. My poison of sin was Derma E microdermabrasion and neutrogena 3-1 hydrating acne moisturizer. I woke up to enlarged black ...

In forum Prescription acne medications

12 years ago
What The Hell Happened? Suicidal Now...

I'll try and get some pictures posted. I took amox 500mg 3x/day for 10 days for a "possible" ear infection. Didnt do anything but give me some zits. About a month and a half later, I took Amox 1000m...

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12 years ago
What The Hell Happened? Suicidal Now...

Please bear with me, and thanks for reading this as it it kinda long.... I've always had super oily skin. but it was always smooth, no visable pores unless I got REALLY close to the mirror, then i co...

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12 years ago
Don't Know What To Do Anymore

I was never on antibiotics for acne. Took for ear infection / abcessed tooth / strep throat, all in less than 6 months. 500mg Amox 3x a day for 10 days / 1000 mg amox 2x a day for 14 days / 600Mg IV c...

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12 years ago
Older With Acne! When Will It End?!

yes, the soft soap is mildly antibacterial, unfortunatley. but only minorly so, and its not irratating or drying. no water softener? distilled water is cheap, 1.50 a gallon, good for 3-4 face washes. ...

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12 years ago
Will I Break Out If I Stop Taking Doxycycline?

Ever hear on the Microbiome project? they are linking autism, chrons, diabetes, parkinsons, IBS, IBD and a list of things the length of my arm on antibiotic use, killing bacteria that we NEED to surv...

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12 years ago
Older With Acne! When Will It End?!

Look into liver detox and blood detox, acne is internal for the most part, and antibiotics are not a long term solution. They also bring many ill benefits to health by disrupting your microbiotia. Try...

In forum Emotional and psychological effects of acne

12 years ago
Minocycline 50Mg

Antibiotics can cause serious harm. Not always, but it is possible. You are on a very low dose, so this may not be a problem, and also so because the tetracycline family is more potent than mino. That...

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12 years ago
Regeneration

whats the latest news in this now? Any advancements or reviews? has it been approved?

In forum Acne Scars

12 years ago
My Regimen Did Not Work Out After All 🙁 But Found New Regimen 😉

Can't guarantee,but looks like folliculitis. get your dermatologist to do a culture.

In forum Acne

12 years ago
Long Term Antibiotics

Convince your doctor that the antibiotics have destroyed your gut flora, and push him to help you get set up for a series of fecal transplants. These little buggers will actually thive and repopulate ...

In forum Diet & holistic health

12 years ago
My Type Of Acne (Uploaded Pics!) Gonna Start Regimen

Accutane has less serious side effects than antibiotics, which destroy your intestinal tract, good job on going for the tane.

In forum Acne

12 years ago