Valerie44

Your not alone! 43 here and been struggling since the age 14. I'm slowly getting clear with the help of Spironolactone.

Omg that does look soooooo yummy!!! But I must admit I gave in to and ate a piece of chocolate yesterday I'm weak lol. Now I'm also waiting to see if I break out. *fingers crossed* that we both don'...

It seems your using a great bleach cream, I can barely notice any scars at all, that's awesome! I will be scheduling another series of Microdermabrasions soon to fade mine. Now that I'm on my 3rd mont...

Skin is looking good Maria So happy for you!!

Was using Taz 2 years ago after being on Retin-a for 12 years and Taz will give you that IB. I got an initial break out around the 3rd month and last a few weeks but after that it was smooth sailing. ...

I use Dermablend concealer it works great on me for covering those annoying red marks. I do use foundation on occasion and its also from Dermablend, if you do try the foundation you will find that a l...

I'm 43 and I had moderate acne, mostly all hormonal. Hope you like the Origins powder

I absolutely love Origins! Ive been using their silk screen powders for 14 years now, as for the spf 30 moisturizer I have never used it, I use Neutrogena Oil Free Moisturizer and that seems to be wor...

Aczone in the morning and Retin-A at night

Shopping always makes me happy lol....I love sparkly nail polish too and also sparkly lipsticks Good to see your in good spirits! What mascara did u buy? I'm looking for a new one, the one I'm using ...

I was suffering with horrible cystic break outs mostly during my periods all around my chin and mouth, the rest of the month I would only get 1 or 2 pimples but nothing serious. My dermatologist said ...

I'm at the end of my 3rd month on 50 mg of Spiro and its finally kicking in !!! Last month at this time I had a horrible cystic break out and now I only have 1 pimple on my chin that's so small. My do...

Well as of today I'm feeling a whole lot better since I haven't had a break out in a month now. I thought for sure I would of gotten one around my time of month but I only got one pimple so I'm guess...

Bactrim cleared me 100%, it was a life savor while I was on it but a week after stopping it I broke out like I did before I used Bactrim. I tried to get my derm to prescribe it again but he wouldn't l...

What movie did u go see? We went and saw The Hobbit, it was an awesome movie Sorry its taking you longer to see results, I'm not too sure if I'm past my breaking out phase because I have been clear a...

My dermatologist told me to never use MAC cause it has a lot of clog pore ingredients. I've never tried any of there products, I have always used Origins, it doesn't break me out at all and it has goo...

After reading this I went to my local Walmart and bought it. I asked the Pharmacist if this stuff would work on cystic acne and he said it should since it works for things like boils. Now I have it in...

I was put on that combo a few years back and it did wonders! I was clear with those meds for years but then it stopped working for me so now I'm taking Spiro, minocycline and retin-a

Hang in there Maria199!! I know its so frustrating to be ok one day and then flare up the next day

Today I'm feeling good about my face, no new pimples have formed and the ones the dermatologist injected have gone away so YAY to that!!! I'm still taking the 50 mg of Spiro and in two weeks it will b...

  Well after my last post I had 2 more pimples show up on my face, the 3 cysts I had already were bad enough so today my derm fit me in and gave me some cortizone shots and told me to hang in t...

Well after my last post I had 2 more pimples show up on my face, the 3 cysts I had already were bad enough so today my derm fit me in and gave me some cortizone shots and told me to hang in there with...

Don't get discouraged Maria199! Hang in there! I'm trying my best not to freak out about my skin right now, I really think the Spiro is what's breaking me out right now even tho I'm taking an antibiot...

Oh wow so sorry to hear about your friend! That's awful!! My condolences. Thank you for your encouraging words, I'm going to try my best not to let this break out ruin my time with my son. On 11/...

Looks like I spoke to soon! I now have 1 cyst near my chin where I always seem to get them and about 3 very small pimples on the right side of my nose! I've been clear 4 freaken months so why now!!! A...