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I know i personally have been on birh control for years. Ortho tri cyclin kind of cleared me in the past . I did find I have some GI issues and started to clean up my diet and saw huge improvement. Ho...

I'm in the same boat. My derm has tried a few oral antibiotics with me because i have moderate acne on my cheeks, chest and back. The antibiotics and retin-a really dont do so much for me. He suggests...

Dr. Brian Horvath Horvath Dermatology 110 Fort Couch Road #203 Pittsburgh, PA 15241

I just saw another post by someone who got blood work done and said everything was normal except for high HDL cholesterol, so it sounds like it's a bit of a trend in acne sufferers. From all that I h...

Personally, I always wash and moisturize again, but I do not treat more than twice a day. I would think you need to wash to get the sweat or chemicals off your face, and you will probably need to m...

I just got a myriad of blood work done, mainly in the hopes that I would somehow find the cause of my acne. The only thing unusual about my results was that I have high cholesterol (202) - but my LDL...

Thanks so much for your responses - hearing others' experiences really helps! Have you tried spiro? I'd try that before accutane. I have not tried spiro yet. I asked my dermatologist if I could. ...

  I am terrified! Especially because I have a friend who had a very bad experience with it. I'm a girl, so I'm currently in the mandatory 30 day waiting period between pregnancy tests. I am ...

I can relate, I had my first meeting with a new dermatologist today! When he saw my treatment history, (several topicals and 5 oral antibiotics over the course of 10 years), his first question was "Wh...

First, thank you so much in advance for anyone who takes the time to read this and respond. History: I am a 25 year old female with moderate acne – always numerous papules and pustules, with the occa...

Ha, funny, I feel intense guilt for the opposite reason. I see a dermatologist and have been taking antibiotics for the last 5 years. Knowing the dangers of long term antibiotic use, I often feel in...

Help, please! I want to incorporate sweet potatoes into my diet. I read online that baking in the skin best preserves the vitamins, but then I stumbled upon this statement: "A boiled sweet potato has...

Is the antibiotic oral? If so, what I would do is take the oral antibiotic and start the Regimen. The first month on the Regimen is really about getting your skin used to the benzoyl peroxide, not get...

honey is nt effective treatment for acne. at all. and noone should wait those 2 million months just to tell it doesnt work for another unnecessary time rly Two months is the recommended time to wait...

^Seconded. Diet is very important and your skin will be better when you eat better. However, I feel like I have tried everything I could with regards to changing my diet and am still not 100% clear. ...

I did the Regimen for a year in 2008. I have dark brown hair, so the hair near my face became bleached. That, coupled with the fact that the Regimen only got me about 60-70% clear, convinced me to giv...

As far as topicals go, I think the Regimen is pretty unbeatable. Topical clindamycin (an antibiotic) works for a while, but your acne eventually becomes resistant to it, so it's a temporary solution. ...

Three possibilities: 1. How old are you? This could just be a recently occurring hormone problem. 2. Have you been eating more McDonalds food as a result of working there? It's greasy and very high ...

I posted a topic about this a while ago, asking if anyone could explain why and didn't get a response. But, yes, I have experienced this. I have made many diet changes over the last year attempting t...

Thanks! That is helpful.

I tried The Regimen when I was 19 and a freshman in college for my moderate/severe acne. I used it for an entire year and followed it precisely. I saw improvement in my skin, but nowhere near the clea...

Yes, there's an explanation, it's called placebo effect. The placebo effect lasts about a week until you realize that none of those things have nothing to do with acne. I appreciate you taking the t...

For the last few months, I have been trying to clear my skin through dietary changes. Many of the things I try result in short term relief (1-3 weeks) but my skin eventually returns to it's terrible s...

I'm working on similar dietary changes now. How long did it take for your diet to effect your skin? When did you start seeing results? When did you achieve being mostly clear?

Have you recently made any changes to your diet? Do you shower after working out at the gym? Did you increase your water intake when you increased your physical activity? Also, am I right in reading...