Cystic acne breakouts on teen ?
I wash my face twice a day, to try to get rid of my acne, and it hardly works. I am 13, going on fourteen. I recently learned that most acne soap will hardly have any affect on cystic acne. They say it is from hormones, but is there any way to help control it.
i usually break out a few days before my period if that helps?
I had problems with this when I was your age (eighteen now) and was given the same answer: hormones. To balance things out, my health department prescribed the pill for me. Of course I didn’t need it for the usual reason, but it did work wonders for cystic - and just plain ol’ - acne. Aside from that, I recommend switching face washes for sure. I use Biore’s line and wash with their Pore Minimizing Refining Exfoliator and Blemish Fighting Ice Cleanser. Their exfoliator will turn you quite pink the first couple of times you use it if you put any oomph into scrubbing, but don’t worry - that goes away in a couple of hours (use before bed I suppose) and leaves you with silky soft skin when you wake up the next morning. Also, I highly suggest seeing a dermatologist and asking them whether or not Ampicillin would do you any good. I take it myself (2 - 500 mg capsules once daily) and love the results it yields. It’s cheap, too; only $22/month at my local CVS.
Take some oral zinc, vitamin e and a and c -
You need to do a regime with the wash, cream and exfoliate -
if you find it’s really bad I’d head to the MD for medicine.
Find a solid regime like Acne free and do it twice a day.
Accutane-Info
Accutane is a retinoid medication, related chemically to Vitamin A. It reduces the amount of oil that is released by the skin, and increases the rate at which skin renews.
What I should know about Accutane?
* Accutane is used to treat severe cystic acne that refuses to responded to other forms of treatment, including antibiotics.
* Accutane can cause serious side effects. Discuss the severity of you acne and the possible effects on your health before considering using accutane as acne treatment.
* You will be required to read and sign a form indicating that you understand the risks associated with Accutane.
* You should not use laser/wax hair removing or dermabrasion while using accutane. This may promote
* Do not take Accutane if you are pregnant or if you may become pregnant during treatment or for one month after taking Accutane. Accutane is known to cause severe birth defects in an unborn baby.
* Patients have experienced depression (including feelings of sadness, irritability, unusual tiredness, trouble concentrating, and loss of appetite) and suicidal thoughts and/or behavior during, and after stopping, treatment with Accutane.
* You must not take vitamin supplements during a course of accutane as it may increase the risk of side effects.
* You may not donate blood during or for one month after taking a course of accutane.
* Accutane cause miscarriage, premature birth, or death of the baby.
Findout more about Accutane visit this site…
http://www.acne-treatment.com
try having a balanced diet, and keep yourself clean and health as much as possible. Try
http://www.skinsosilky.com/acneblemish/4-bestacneblemishtreatment.htm
http://www.skinsosilky.com/acneblemish/5-howtogetridofacne.htm
Good luck to you!
I used to have an acute case of acne when I was younger for many years; it covered
my face, back, chest and posterior. I eventually healed myself without the use of
drugs. I cured myself through DIET.
-This is what you should ELIMINATE!!! quit eating eating it:
fried foods
White bread/flour
starch combinations during the same meal (e.g. potatoes and pasta)
soda/carbonated drinks
sugar/corn syrup
meat/dairy
soft foods (processed foods)
hydrogenated oils (in processed foods)
fast food
(my sister had eczema for a # of years; and I also told her to change her diet, but
she wouldn’t listen. eventually, she took a massage course and it talked about the
importance of diet, so she just tried quiting fast food and soda, when she did
that, her eczema cleared up. now she listens to my advice.)
-you should increase your intake of:
fruits/vegetables, preferably organic (you should have a salad a day, at the least)
8 glasses of water a day
whole foods
black and/or brown bread (whole grains)
nuts
-you should have a balance, of 80% alkaline (mostly FRESH fruits and vegetables)
forming foods, to 20% acid forming foods.
going vegetarian/vegan/raw foodist would help. it helps set strict goals and rules
to follow. I had to adhere to these rules strictly, but mine was a severe case.
eating this way comes naturally to me now.
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Basically, your eliminations are poor/sluggish; thats is why some people can get
away with eating badly, but you may not. The reason changing your diet to the foods
below will help is because your eating foods that are much easier to digest and
elminate than those above. exercising will help, also.
I would check out Edgar Cayce; without his advice I would probably still suffer
today.
He also said you can help yourself through exercise and osteopathic adjustments to
your spine, he said this can create imbalances in your nervous system (if it isn’t
in proper adjustment) which will affect everything else. I haven’t done this yet,
as it is expensive; but I assume when I do, I will be able to better digest the
aforementioned foods. Through DIET ALONE I have been cured for a number of years.
Don’t believe the people who say it doesn’t effect it, I swear to god this will
help. It helped me. =) good luck!
Just so others are aware, I’m copy/pasting this to others, so they can get advice,
because I have been there. i’m not selling or advertising for anyone or anything,
i’m not spamming. don’t think that, if you see this advice elsewhere.