>take antibiotics >skin looks fabulous >doctor gets mad and says ive been taking them too long >turn into a pizza faced beta recluse without them
how am i supposed to contribute to society if I'm constantly needing to pop pills just to look normal?
did anybody ever defeat the acne meme? mine is so bad that the meme stuff like pillowcases and no dairy doesnt work. only thing that works for me are antibiotics
Nolan Barnes
med student here
oral antibiotics are like third line therapy, should be trying cleansers, then benzoyl peroxide, then topical antibiotics and retinoids
if those all don't work then being on doxycycline longterm shouldn't be a huge deal
if that still doesn't work then acutane baby
Jack Wood
Get accutane cunt. I'm self prescribing right now. 10/10 would recommend
Carter Cooper
>doctor
Lol nigga go to a dermatologist. Doctors just want to write you a prescription and send you off. Derms actually know about skin. There's a plethora of treatments available for acne you may not know about that could work for you
Ethan Long
Arent doctors supposed to shill you medicine and shit? Whys he telling you to stop? Did he refer you to a surgeon instead for bigger margins?
Asher Martinez
another med student here try to find the source of your problem At first I thought I was allergic to fragrances in detergents, but realized it was just drying out my skin. Half gallon of water a day fixed by bad bacne in 2 months
Andrew Richardson
nigger i went to the dermatologist
>user its been two months u should be using a cleanser now!
nigger NONE of those topical work. they are ALL memes. not a single topical I have tried over my 10 years of acne has worked
Jaxon Watson
>try to find the source of your problem
my skin is oily as fuck. my face is oily as fuck. my back is oily as fuck. i'm an oily cunt.
these shit tier italian genetics are a double edged sword
i dont understand why the skin on my legs and feet and everywhere except for my back and face can look normal and not produce oil but my face is this oil producing monster
Jonathan Thompson
should i ask my derm to switch to doxy? currently on bactrim
Landon Gonzalez
for me it was: drink more water lotion on dry face after showers cut sugars, carb-y junk food eat lots of fruits and vegetables
Nolan Reyes
yeah less longterm issues with doxy than with bactrim honestly
some rare but significant kidney issues with bactrim as well as some bone marrow suppression
Isaac Gutierrez
alright thanks
what about accutane. would that be better than antibiotics
Kevin Parker
accutane basically works without exception for most people but has some weird side effects
they'll just need to monitor your liver, you can't drink booze, and you can get some weird side effects like depression, really vivid dreams, weird body pain/sensations, etc
up to you but accutane definitely works the best it's just kinda like at what cost
Henry Martin
Antibiotics are useless, you stop taking them acne comes back and worse than before. Accutane is the only and best cure, it's really a miracle drug if you are willing to brave the side effects.
Jack Ward
suffered with acne most of highschool never affected social life but always felt self conscious, summer before college it all cleared up then suddendly came back, idk what the fuck to do all i drink is water, eat clean as fuck, use bactrim and benzol along with other home remedies FUCK HOW DO I GET RID OF THIS
Christopher Wright
well my question is this
would long term doxycycline be safer than accutane?
William Davis
sorry for quoting 3 times
Ryder Walker
accutane isn't really meant to be long-term honestly
doxycycline can be used longterm
Henry Watson
only problem with being on doxy, mino, or tetra is that you can grow an immunity to it eventually. not good if you need it for another bacterial infection or sorts
Jaxon Sanders
well thanks i guess ill finish up this bactrim course then ask to switch to that
it was either this or accutane but i honestly 't want to deal with that
peace
Hudson Ramirez
how old are you guys? doc prescribed me the same thing and it also did wonders for my acne. that was a few years ago and now im 21. still have acne but not as bad. mainly i need to use 10% glycolic acid and my tretinoin to make skin gains (i use tretinoin right now, gotta by the glycolic acid)
anyway, he said acne should clear up by my early-mid twenties. basically when "puberty" ends
Cooper Peterson
Op, I'm 22
adult acne is a bitch
Gavin Martin
yep, especially when the majority of your peers have good skin
Lucas Anderson
which at that age is pretty much everybody desu
Jaxon Jackson
laser hair removal, ivory soap and a tretinoin/clindamycin cream
Christopher Taylor
Change your diet. Dairy and high GI diets are linked to bad acne. There's a big spike in acne when dairy and western-style high calorie diets are introduced to a population (such as in japan). Cut out milk products, junk food and bread. I know it's shitty, but not as shitty as acne.
Juan Turner
STOP washing your face with soap so often. Use just water for all bathing. Really exfoliate it. Use something with salicylic acid as well.
Lincoln Martin
Drink more water and stop eating a ton of fat and cholesterol you greasy son of a bitch