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I've taken it before...at two separate times in my life. Once for years, and once for a month or so. It never affected my acne. I really don't see how it could but I guess you never know! Hope thi...

Yes, there was BP in the Benzamycin I used along with the oral antibiotic. BP will just provide additional bacterial control.

what sort of nasty side effects did you have with YAZ?

Loestrin is different than Yaz. Different progestin. Loestrin has a progestin called norethindrone acetate. Yaz has a progestin called drospirenone. But those pills have the same kind of dosing sc...

I have a bunch of red marks that are about 5 months old now. Sucks, but all you can do is wait! It should fade eventually.

If it's making you break out, it is probably doing it's job well. You should really give it more time. You will probably experience the same thing if you switch to Differin right now. But in answer...

i heard you should never touch scars untill about a year due to the risk of keloids that is i think scar tissue that keeps growing Keloid scarring is an abnormal healing process. I'm not sure how yo...

Scars can remodel themselves for up to two years. One year is sufficient waiting time, though. In the interim there are non-invasive things one can do to help them; topical retinoids, gentle massage...

My derm will not discuss scar treatments until a year has passed. She said some scars take up to a year to remodel themselves. I have elected to not touch them and let them heal naturally for a year...

Here's the way my derm tested me. No medical testing involved.   She got the acne under control with antibiotics. Then asked me to watch when I broke out. If you break out around your period, y...

I am a social drinker. I drink about once a week, and I get buzzed at times but rarely get drunk. When my acne was bad, I noticed that it made it worse. I'd go out to a club Friday and on Saturday o...

Just remember that it can take a loooong time for scars to fill in. I have some that are about 5 months old and only now starting to fill in some. It can take up to a year. So give it more time bef...

You're welcome! I also noticed that my back cleared before my face did. But I had only a few pimples on my back, whereas my face was covered. So maybe that's part of it. I don't know. Oh and one ...

Don't switch drugs without talking to your doctor! And don't expect it to have worked already. My derm said BEST CASE would be 4 weeks to see improvement from an oral antibiotic, but for most people...

Wow that was a great post. Very informative.

I took OTC lo for 2 months, I'm fairly sure that's what caused the severe acne I had. I'm now on my 2nd month of Lo/Ovral (so this is month 4 on BC) and have been using Benzamycin for 7 weeks. I jus...

I've been on Solodyn about a week and a half. It seems like it's helping the breakouts I get to heal faster, but that's it so far. I'm still breaking out. I credit most of my skin's improvement to ...