Anyone try using no topicals? How did it work for you? I'm hearing a lot of people improving their acne with no topicals.

I have a problem with a flush face. I guess it is rosacea. At least, that's what a few doctors have told me. I have noticed when I smoking my face is flush in photos. But when I give up smoking my face look pretty much normal. Does smoking have an effect on rosacea? My guess is yes. Time for me to quit.

Hi everyone - I have been reading silently and tried to post a few weeks ago but my post never showed... I had perfect skin right up to age 23 (actually used to be a model from age 18 to 22)...never more than a tiny zit once a month or so and then - WHAM! I had my third child, got my tubes tied, and my face and neck just gradually went bananas...by 26 or so I was wearing foundation makeup again after years of not having to...just to hide the ugly little buggers.. The chinline and neck was a...

Why haven't my white blood cells developed resistance to P.Acnes after a decade of fighting them on the barren, pockmarked battlefield that is my face? Why does the dead lifeless bodies of our heroic white cells still erupt in mass graves of pus-filled heaps? Why haven't my body won the war against the evil bug Propionibacterium acnes? Why?

OK, I went down to GNC today and got some B5. I have read some mixed opinions on that brand, but I decided to give it a try. I have been using Zinc + B6 solution to block DHT, and it really works. Should I stop using it altogether since the B6 will interfere with the B5? I hope this stuff works. I'm starting at 2 grams....

Hey guys I recently was prescribed accutane, and have been on 40 mg per day for 3 days so far. Me being the fool I am went and researched all these terrifying forums around the internet with all these people posting about how accutane made them lose their hair, even when they stopped treatment, how accutane has caused permanent joint and inflamation damage, how its ruined their vision and made everything blurry, how its taking their

Hey guys Today is my first day of accutane - I weigh 130 lbs and was given a dosage of 40 mg - Once per day. Question 1: Does it matter when I take this pill? I currently am taking it at dinnertime with food and lots of water and all that jazz. Question 2: Can I take supplements like Vitamin C and Vitamin E - how many IU's of each, and WHEN? Because I have heard that if you take

Hope someone can help me. I'm 25 and when I was 17 I went on Roaccutane because I had really bad skin. After a period on Roaccutane, the derm took me off it although it hadn't completely cleared it up. He couldn't (or wouldn't) give me anymore and said the rest would probably clear up in a few years. Well he was wrong and although it isn't really bad acne now, it is still acne and I want rid of it for good. The hospital (I live in the UK) won't give anything now because it's not that severe. I...

Hi I am asking a question for a friend. My friend who is a student has acne, has learned from this group about some medicines to take, vitamins and procedures. The student talked to a pharmacist and asked for Vitamin B5 because they heard on here it was beneficial for their acne. The pharmacist sold the student a bottle of 90 tablets, 100mg, of D'Pantothenic Acid. Is this beneficial for helping the student tackle their acne? Any help would be great.

I have a lot of redness on my face. How do I get rid of it? Should I use a moisturizer? Which ones are good? I need one that won't make my breakout. Can anyone help? Thanks, Jim

I was wondering if any of you have tried "Photodynamic Therapy" I'm going in for one in a few weeks and I want to know what I should expect. My dermatologist says after two or three sessions my acne should be significantly reduced and I will no longer have to use topicals.

Hi I have been battling with acne since I was about 16 or so. I get the acne from my Dad, and my skin is oily with red marks on the cheeks and forehead being my biggest problem I would think. And of course I still have several active pustules or small cysts around the face. My derm put me on Minocycline this past Friday. 100mg in the morning and 100mg at night.

I have little white bumps ALLL over my face you can't really see them until I strech my skin (move my chin from left and right). They get larger into they turn into cysts and other annoying things. How do I get rid of these little white dots, they are impossible to get rid of!! I just started B5 about 2 and a half weeks ago, I'll post how well that went later. You can feel them when I do strech my skin and they make my face look bumpy. It they are this small I figured they would be easy to get...

Does anyone know what cause's the red spot after a pimples goes away to stick around for a long time before finally going away? I seem to have that problem and it drives me crazy. My face is 100% clear right now, if you touch it, it is smooth. But you can see the red marks where the old pimples use to be. They will stay on my face a long time before they will finally disappear? Anyone else have this or heard of this, and is there anything you can do to help get rid of them? Melissa Ann @~~~~

Here in Seattle it's pretty cold, with average temperatures in the low 40's (I know that's not cold for most people, but we live in a very moderate climate.) We just got done with a really hot summer (hottest we've had in awhile with also very very little rain), and the weather tapered off probably around the middle of October. During the summertime, I think the humidity was in the 80's and now it's about 73% (today). That seems like a fairly high humidity to me. About a month ago I started...

If you don't mind me asking, what does everyone in here do for a living? Im a Preschool Teacher. Melissa Ann @~~~~

How many times a day does everyone wash their face? I use to wash my face three times a day but Dr said it was too much. Now twice ( morning and at night) but I wonder if I added a third time and applied the cream to my face would it really hurt? I doubt it.... Melissa Ann @~~~~

I've never posted here before, but something really bad happened down the street from where I live. This guy had really bad acne and was getting serious scars. Everyone always picked on him and called him crater face and stuff like that. The other night he killed himself. It has been told that when police officers arrived they found almost every acne medication available on his bed. Apparently he used them all at once and his skin broke out really bad. They say that's the reason he killed...

I've always had acne, but it was somewhat under control until I moved to San Francisco. I've heard Sf has hard water. Can that aggravate acne?

Does Accutane really work for acne? Then how come I haven't seen results after I finished my 2nd week. I'm talking about 2 LONG weeks. That's a very long time and to not see an improvment? Just getting worse? That's why I ask.....are you SURE accutane works for acne? If it really does then I don't see why after finishing 2 LONG LONG weeks, which is a very long time, there is no improvment...It just gets worse. Maybe accutane doesn't work?