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Doxycycline is an oral antibiotic that works by fighting bacteria in the body, including in the skin, and also reduces inflammation. It should...

Doxycycline is an oral antibiotic that works by fighting bacteria in the body, including in the skin, and also reduces inflammation. It should be used only short term (max. 3 months).

It is usually prescribed at a dose of 50 to 100 mg once or twice per day.

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October 12, 2011

Pros:

None

Cons:

Getting sick if taking with little food
Gave me lots of cysts
Headaches

I used it two times in my life and both times I broke out horribly with these pills. My acne got so bad like never before and after about 2 months I stopped using these pills. It also made me feel very sick if taken with little food, felt like throwing up and could not stand.
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October 11, 2011

Pros:

Cheap and pills are small and easy to take.

Cons:

Didn't work. Made my face peel and burn. Extreme sensativity to the sun. Made acne worse. Made skin so sensative to the sun that it burnt my hands and fingers and left permanent scars.

Don't waste your time on this product. I was on it for 4 months and never did it really work. The burns are still here and it is october. I started the treatment in March and ended in June.
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September 23, 2011

Pros:

Got rid of blackheads

Cons:

Gave me worse acne. Cysts, whiteheads, the whole shebang. Made me tired. Scarring.

I tried it for 2 weeks with Ziana and a benzoyl peroxide wash. When my acne got worse, I quit using the topic stuff. I was just on the pill for 3 weeks and my acne got worse. I quit it and my face is still recovering. Gotta go hit up my derm yo.
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September 9, 2011

Pros:

None

Cons:

Horrible yeast infections

It didn't clear my acne at all and caused yeast infections that i had to fight for at least 6 months. The worst time of my life. Maybe it does help somebody, but I would never ever recommend it to anyone. Bactrim, in contrast, cleared my acne overnight. But unfortunately, it's also an antibiotic.
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September 7, 2011

Pros:

Absolutely none.

Cons:

Made my acne a million time worse.

It did NOT work for me. I took it twice a day for 3 months and it made my acne awful. At the end of the 3 months, it wasn't as bad, but it was still bad.
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September 6, 2011

Pros:

Cleared a lot of acne in the short amount of time I was taking it.

Cons:

Side effects were brutal

This antibiotic worked great for the 4 days I was taking it. I saw many of my pimple vanish. On the 3rd day I developed a blinding, nauseating headache. at first I didn't attribute it to the Doxycycline. I took my next dose along with some tylenol for the headache. despite multiple doses of tylenol (which always gets rid of my headaches) I had the headache all day, it was incapacitating. The next day I woke up unable to swallow anything but small sips of water. I went to the ER and they scoped my esophagus and I had ulcerations from top to bottom. They sent me home, but I returned 2 days later weak and dehydrated because it hurt too much to swallow that I couldn't drink enough water. I had to stay in the hospital for 2 days with an IV. I still couldn't drink much or eat. The symptoms lasted 10 days. 10 days of eating practically nothing and only taking a sip of water at a time and even then it was in agony. Beware the side effects of this medication.
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September 2, 2011

Pros:

None

Cons:

Hard to take. Must be taken twice a day, without a meal, and can't be taken within 2 hours of a meal.

I took Doxy with Differin for two months. It made my acne a lot worse so my derm switched me to Mino afterwards. Both did absolutely nothing for me but make my skin worse.
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August 4, 2011

Pros:

Cheap with insurance.

Cons:

Vomiting, nausea and no results.

I wanted Accutane or Spironalacton and instead got this hot mess. I would always vomit or get nausea after I took this dreadful pill and I would not recommend this for someone with moderately severe/severe acne.
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July 6, 2011

Pros:

none

Cons:

it didn't have any effect on my acne

I've been on doxycycline for a month, and my skin is still breaking out. I took it everyday, used a benzoyl peroxide wash and a moisturizer, and still NOTHING. I really wanted it to work, but sadly it didn't.
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June 30, 2011

Pros:

Cheap

Cons:

Didn't clear up acne/blemishes
Pill is HUGE, almost choked on it
Made me sensitive to sun, gave me nausea

I wouldn't recommend this product, I was and still am kind of scared of accutane side effects, so my dermatologist gave me this, wasn't helpful at all
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