Joe Zit

Question: Have you ever had cortisone injections for your cysts? Also, the cysts on different parts of your body could indicated several medical conditions including folliculitis. How frequently hav...

It looks like it's healing really well. To be honest, if I saw you out on the street I wouldn't notice a thing.   I agree.   Joe Zit  

The medical community has pretty much debunked the idea that sex esp masturbation causes acne, yet anecdotally some on these boards swear there is a connection. You have observed a cause and effect bu...

This from Ordinary Girl: " Yes, accutane helps but that is like birth control. it's only effective when you keep using it! Unfortunately, that is pretty pricey and not worth it."   Given the fact...

Matt,   It looks like you have acne conglobata which is the most severe acne that you can deal with and which you alluded to in your post. The only way to arrest it is accutane. Headaches may or...

Go to a derm and get the contents expressed (drained) and/or get a cortisone shot as well. That should take care of the cyst. Right now there is a little left because the contents are never totally r...

It has been well said previously by another poster, that injections can be tricky. Sometimes a derm has to not only inject but also drain the cyst especially if the pus and debris are very deep. In an...

ummmm...what do u mean by cyst? u mean a cystic pimple? because i dont think they excise those....they only excise scars... for huge cysts u have to get cortisone shots....just go to ur derm and a...

in different ways.......but never stopped it.   Dermatologists could not help.......stopped going after they would eventually prescribe Accutane.   Now let me see, you stopped going when t...

To Acne Conquerer:   Since September 11, 2001 I have devoted much of my professional life (far too much in my opinion) having to deal with hate-filled zealots. I do not like to deal with hate fil...

Well said Joe Zit, but while having personally succumbed to the proven track record of accutane twice now and being greatful for the relative clarity it afforded me, the drug is none the less a very s...

I refused to try acutane due to the whole depression side effect and I've tried every type of anti-biotic and cream to no avail. I don't want acne my whole life! Good luck to everyone. What a curse a...

[As a veteran user of tane. I can only tell you tane is a derms escape drug. Its the perfect well theirs nothing left for you to try lets give you another round of tane. It almost becomes comical. T...