LionQueen

I suggest you check with your pharmacist.

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I'm stumped. I didn't realize that the tests would not have distinguished between sebum and epidermal lipids .... so maybe this line of thinking is a blind alley.   Oh, well. If you run across an...

My understanding is that sebum is not necessary to epidermal barrier function, because the epidermal lipids are sufficient.   That must be true. I keep going back to the palms of the hands, whi...

Question for you, Bryan: are the sebaceous glands the only source of skin oils?   Nope. Some skin oil is of purely epidermal origin. If I recall correctly, something like 95% of skin oil is fr...

But it did make sense to me to not strip the skin of the oils, which tells the body to pump more oil. So if by using oil to cleanse and moisturize maybe that will trick the body not to pump so much ex...

I would find a classy girl who doesn't play stupid games. Really, who needs the drama?

Well, it looks like plain old comedonal acne. If it is ... the Diacneal should start making a difference in 4-6 weeks, maybe less.   Do you have a good esthetician? A couple rounds of extractions...

  Mike, I suggest looking into propylene glycol. If you search for the term on this board, you'll find posts by people who have used it against folliculitis.   It isn't drying or irritating ...

I am so concerned about the red/brown marks...I feel so guilty for picking and squeezing my bumps. But I couldn't help it. Still can't. It feels like compulsion. Now I pass a mirror and I stare fo...

  I think it is extremely unlikely that candida is causing my folliculitis .... seems like candida gets blamed for everything these days. I did a bit of reading, and I don't feel that I have a sy...

  Quite pricey, I'm afraid. $1500 US for a series of 5 photofacials and 5 microdermabrasions (I get one treatment every 2 weeks, alternating between the 2).

Hi LionQueen, where did you say you got those photo-facials again? I'd like to try them, but never heard of them in the U.K? Do they only do the face, or could they do the neck aswell?   Thanks ...

  I haven't had any PF bumps on my face for a couple of weeks now.   I'm not sure if it's the laser facials taking effect, or the propylene glycol in my Vitamin C serum .... but something is...

Anyone know if accutane can cure folliculitis aswell? I'm starting tane in about a month to get rid of my acne for good, would be nice if it got rid of folliculitis aswell   It helps .... basic...

  Sure, I'd like to see the info.   I keep reminding myself that PF is not as bad as acne. But it maddens me just the same.   Do you notice it moving around? My first outbreaks were all...

I'm doing a series of 5 photofacials and 5 microdermabrasions at a private laser clinic. The cost for the whole series is $1500.   I can't say yet whether it's going to work or not. As of today, ...

  It's an Rx cream.

  I'm doing a series of 5 photofacials and 5 microdermabrasions at a private laser clinic. The cost for the whole series is $1500.   I can't say yet whether it's going to work or not. As of ...

  No new PF spots since I had the photofacial three days ago.   Old spots are completely dried up and starting to flake off; redness was gone the morning after the facial.   It's way to...

  I think the "red, raw, excruciating pain" bit might be where you lose me on that method.   However .... it makes a lot of sense, now that I think about it, to layer ketoconazole cream on...

  I went on a sugar binge last week (trapped in house with sick kids, bored and a bit depressed) ..... and two areas of my face flared up worse than usual with PF. Note to self: must stay away fr...

I woke up this morning with small blisters over a certain area where I applied it (the area was already irritated from ZNP, ketoconazole etc...) but I used it on my face aswell and it was fine... just...

^^^^ I've never heard of it ..... but I'm going to google!     UPDATE: Probably not the solution for most of us.   First, it's not licensed for use in the United States.   Second,...

"Folliculitis" is definitely a hazy term .... there are so many different things that can irritate the follicles! I don't know what's going on with your legs, Siouxsie, but you might try using some...