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need advice + opinions for orange peel skin texture.

I had a similar problem with microneedling where it left orange peel texture and crepy skin texture and made my skin look older. My skin looks much better now with about a 70 to 80% reduction or more ...

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3 years ago
Spontaneous Scarring Condition - AMVC - Atrophia Maculosa Varioliformis Cutis - Pitted Scars Suddenly Appearing - Not Acne

On 4/5/2021 at 10:08 PM, boafriend said: I haven't had metals put in my body and have undergone a shit ton of tests that have found nothing. I have random twitching in my body and my face/scalp...

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3 years ago
My GP’s advice

You have to use your judgement for your skin... only you know your skin best. I know people who never wash their face and never break out. For me, I need to wash my face because its gets oily and can ...

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4 years ago
Punch Excision on acne scarring

On 7/4/2016 at 9:04 AM, Sryleeh said: I went to a plastic surgeon to see what I could do about my scars. I am so tired of having them. He was very honest and told me that punch excision would b...

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4 years ago
Considering Accutane.... But Worried About Side-Effects

I've been on it and it's not as bad as you think. Most people will experience dryness of skin and a bloody nose once in a while. You will need to do blood tests once in a while as a routine to make su...

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4 years ago
Help! I need something to get rid of red acne marks and is not expensive!

On 3/11/2018 at 10:17 AM, kegduende said: I have been struggling with acne and acne scarring since I was about 10 years old. As you can see in the pictures, I barely have actual pimples and the...

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4 years ago
BP/long term/HELP

On 8/22/2020 at 7:44 AM, CheeryFeast said: So I’ve been on the acne.org regime for about 7 years now. I currently only use the wash in the benzyl peroxide I use benzyl peroxide every mornin...

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4 years ago
How do I treat my scars?

are they indented, or is it just the discoloration that you want to remove? It's kind of difficult to see in the photos. Excel V and Vbeam lasers are vascular lasers used to treat redness. If they ...

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4 years ago
Orange peel texture - chemical peel/Laser?

On 7/21/2020 at 12:56 AM, Trieclipse said: Hi Mark. The same thing is happening to me after CO2 laser (see pictures). It's getting worse every day. I'm researching my options, talki...

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4 years ago
Choice between microneedling or erbium laser with Dr. Rullan?

6 hours ago, squeezeMcQueen said: That’s interesting. I thought that microneedling would be the safer option than laser. I know there are a lot of risks associated with laser like hyperpigmenta...

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4 years ago
Choice between microneedling or erbium laser with Dr. Rullan?

I'd go with the erbium if I had to choose between the microneedling and erbium. Microneedling wrecked my skin. I had it done by a professional, and it did nothing for my scars. Maybe if you are under ...

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4 years ago
Lemon Vs. Lime Juice

8 hours ago, Sirius Lee said: Are you serious? This thread was posted in 2004! Possibly older than some of you. LOL there's no email notification option on the posts... at least by defa...

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4 years ago
What is this?

That appears to be cystic acne. I don't think clindamycin is that effective. How is your skin now?... the same, improved, or worse?

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4 years ago
Post RF microneedling hyperpigmentation, scarring, maybe even burning?

It looks like you have scabbing still after 3 to 4 weeks. The area on the tip of the nose looks like a burn almost where it has caused some peeling of the skin or atrophy from what looks to be like a ...

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4 years ago
Large Cyst Under Skin Won't Go Away

This will most likely need surgical removal. It's basically buried underneath the skin without any passage for release.

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4 years ago
8 years suffering (Acne scar)

To get rid of the bumps on the nose "instantly" is to go see an aesthetician and get them manually extracted, if they're whitehead pimples that they appear to be. Most of them will be gone instantly. ...

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4 years ago
Saline Subcision a waste of money?

I've had a saline injection only without subcision. I was told that the saline injected into the acne rolling scar would break up the tethered band that's holding it down. So we did it on a test area ...

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4 years ago
My Journey with Dr. Weiner

are you noticing any differences in the indentations so far? Although it is still early in the process

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4 years ago
After 5 session of bison fractional co2 laser

Are both of the photos taken after the procedures? If so, do you have before photos of what your skin looked like before the procedures were done?

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4 years ago
Really Sick of my Acne Scars. Improvement advice required. (Picture attached)

Thanks for the response.. I know of people who eat unhealthy foods all the time but they never break out, so everything is still a mystery. As for your acne scars, I'm in thee U.S. and am not fami...

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4 years ago
Really Sick of my Acne Scars. Improvement advice required. (Picture attached)

For the control of cystic acne, you may want to look into this... it's almost as effective as accutane... it's called Pantotenic Acid B5 supplements... I'm 42. Occasionally I get small wh...

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4 years ago
My little daughter with Infantile Acne Scars

These are icepick scars. These can be treated with TCA cross or Phenol Cross. I have not done any of these procedures myself, but these procedures have risks even for adults based on my search. TCA cr...

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4 years ago
A Pimple on my Nose. Is there any Treatment for this Problem?

A large cyst or large whitehead pimple can be removed by extraction or surgery. This probably what they will do. You can watch the videos and see if it looks like a reasonable solution for your situat...

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4 years ago
How severe is my acne scars? What to do about it?

Treating the scars can be a never-ending journey. The various treatments can be a hit or a miss and you won't know unless you try them. But take things one things at a time first. I'd treat the exi...

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4 years ago
Deeper Scars and Lumps From Aggressive Nokor Subcision

Ivan, Did the indented areas improve at all though?

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4 years ago