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Antibiotics for skin
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I know there's quite a few people on here who suffer from different types of skin problems e.g acne etc. and just wondered if anybody had been down the antibiotics route with their doctors and what sort of results they had? I realise everyone's different but would be interested to find how people went on them. I've only just started them as i plucked up the courage to go to the docs and she was really quite cool.
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I've tried most of them so am happy to let you know my experiences, but there's a fair few options within the antibiotic category.
For me its ok but hasn't given me the results i wanted.
A new thing im trying is liquid oxygen acne wash, my friend introduced it to me, although it leaves your skin feeling nice the results are no better than benzyl peroxide. So what else is there?
Oh and if anyone is interested in the liquid oxygen wash is can be purchased from http://www.oxyhealth.co.uk/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=8 Its called neaclear, i definitely recommend it as it leaves you feeling fresh.
Drink plenty of water and eat fruit and veg, my skin flares worse than usual if I don't drink enough.
After that you're onto the GP stuff, topical retanoids work well on a lot of people if you can put up with the flare when you first start using them. Topical or oral antibiotics, the pill if you're a girl.
I find i flare up the worse if i eat chocolate or any kind of crap !
Im not too keen on antibiotic tabs, i don't want to give my liver any more stress at the moment.
The docs have put me on doxycycline if that means anything. 50mg once a day for a three month trial.
Carolina, give the doxy a good shot, like it probably says on the packet take it with food and plenty of liquid, and stay the right way up for at least half an hour after taking it. That should help stop the antibiotics upsetting your stomach.
I know how very very hard it is to persuade yourself to go out with your mates, who to you seem to have nigh on perfect skin but you need to try. Staying at home getting more and more pissed off with it won't do you any good and it won't help the acne either.
It will always always always look far far worse to you than it does to anyone, get out there and have fun.
xx
Not a very helpful post, more of a good luck...
I also used Dalacin with another cream the chemist made up for me, it cleared up the skin but i was still getting new pimples. Zineryt is also good if you use it with benozyl peroxide.
Retin A and roaccutane were the only things which got rid of the acne, but i went through hell trying to get my dermotologist to put me on it and if you do go on it (and are sexually active) they WILL put you on the pill.
Im not a very good measure though because i dont have bad acne, and also im completely obsessive about my skin. The slightest blemish and i go mad, i cannot bare imperfections and will scratch and dig at my skin to try and get rid of whatever it is but only make it worse!
I just rely on Rimmel Recover foundation!
There's no reason not to do it, but you can't have unrealistic hopes.