Acne

Anonymous

Anyone know any miracle cures for acne? I've been using benzol peroxide for over a month now and if anything it seems to be making the problem worse! :frown:

Are there any good herbal remedies that have worked for anyone?

Quinoderm is a Benzoyl Peroxide-based topical application, though nevertheless reputed as being considerably more effective than the preponderancy of such remedies.

Additionally; drink water, and lots of it.

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Or change your diet, theres loads of food that can trigger acne though i have no idea what they are off the top of my head, do some googling!

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TKR

persevere with bp for at least 2 months and make sure you are doing it right.

using too high a strength/dose will not clear up your spots any quicker, and will only dry out your skin loads

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Anonymous #1

OP

TKR

persevere with bp for at least 2 months and make sure you are doing it right.

using too high a strength/dose will not clear up your spots any quicker, and will only dry out your skin loads

I'm using the 2.5% and i am definately doing it right, i've read the instructions.

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3232

Or change your diet, theres loads of food that can trigger acne though i have no idea what they are off the top of my head, do some googling!

Anonymous

I'm using the 2.5% and i am definately doing it right, i've read the instructions.

You may wish to persevere with a higher concentration: both 5% and 10% specifications should be readily available over-the-counter from any reputable pharmacist.

Profesh

Meh, that'll teach me to believe something i read in The Sun...

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notts

oxytetracycline sorts mine out for me.

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street

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my miracle cure was accutane. stopped taking it 6 months ago now and not had a single breakout. Before i started taking it my acne was severe.

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Lucy_88

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notts

oxytetracycline sorts mine out for me.

Where can i get this?

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Anonymous #1

OP

Where are these things from? Do you have to get them from a doctor?

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TKR

oxytetracycline and accutane are both prescription medications

oxytet shouldnt be too hard to get a prescr for... you'll find it very hard to get accutane unless you're acne is severe (pustules wider than 5mm in diameter). some doctors wont prescribe it at all due to concerns about possible side effects

Semen works wonders.

Anonymous

Where are these things from? Do you have to get them from a doctor?

Quinoderm requires no prescription, and I should recommend it prior to an exploration of either roaccutane (which is steroidal) or alternative remedies whose efficacy has been more often than not called into question (e.g. oxytetracycline; anti-biotics; other B.P. applications).

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TKR

:dito:

im totally unconvinced as to whether the insanely weak anti-biotics they prescribe work on more than about 30% of people

they did absolutely zilch for me

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nota bene

As for food causing acne being a myth...

I do not agree, though in some cases it of course is a myth, but e.g. a friend of mine drank excessive amounts of coke and then stopped (after advise from a dietitian), and within some weeks almost all was gone. So sugar can be a cause of acne.

But in general acne is not that often caused by something in the food, and if it is not, then changing food will not help.

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notts

Lucy_88

Where can i get this?

i went to my DR, took my shirt off and said "fix me" he said "here you go" and gave me a prescription.

when i went to uni the DR didnt even ask to look at my back, she just gave me the prescription straight away.

you should bear in mind it did mildly upset my stomach for about the first week i took it. nothing too bad, just went to the loo a bit more than normal.

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TKR

:dito:

im totally unconvinced as to whether the insanely weak anti-biotics they prescribe work on more than about 30% of people

they did absolutely zilch for me

Ironically, their principal benefit was in curing a persistent toe-infection (stemming from a rather nasty cuticle-wound) that had resolutely defied all previous attempts at treatment, and probably would not have been deemed to warrant a prescription by or in itself.

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