anyone have cystic acne (but not regular acne)? how do you deal with it? 20yo niece staying with us - has become very self-conscious. Her skin is mostly beautiful - no "regular" acne at...
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all - but she always has a couple cystic acne bumps. I sent her to a dermatologist, but dr was hesitant to do much b/c her skin is otherwise nice. He said usually cystic acne is more severe and warrants more aggressive treatment.
posted April 19th, 2010 at 3:34pm in
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- send her to another derm. There has to be something they can do 4-19-2010 3:34pm
- My sister gets injectionsI think 4-19-2010 3:34pm
- ditto, cortizon injections 4-19-2010 3:35pm
- ita with him. the primary medication for this is accutane, which i wouldn't encourage young women to take. 4-19-2010 3:34pm
- i had cystic acne--i needed accutane to get rid of it. Get your neice on it before she gets scars. I started accutane too late and have scars from the cysts. 4-19-2010 3:35pm
- ps, i never had more than a few bumps at a time, they ruined my face slowly thanks to well-meaning derms that wanted me on other meds that never worked 4-19-2010 3:36pm
- thanks. maybe I'll try to find a different dr for her. Feel so bad for her - she's shy as it is, and now is so self-conscious. No scarring yet, exactly, but she has dark spots from the...(more) 4-19-2010 3:39pm
- did the problem ever return once you took accutane? have a friend who did it in mid-20s, and it seemed like the effects lasted only a couple of years 4-19-2010 3:36pm
- nope, gone for good. i still get a breakout once in a while, but just a normal pimple 4-19-2010 3:37pm
- my friend like this went on accutane-cleared it up for her 4-19-2010 3:35pm
- I limit my dairy and no artificial sweetner. Seems to be helping. 4-19-2010 3:35pm
- are they limited to her chin area? or other places? 4-19-2010 3:36pm
- they've appeared all over (not all at the same time - usually 1-2 at a time). 4-19-2010 3:37pm
- interesting. i've never really known anyone for whom it wasn't a more severe issue. 4-19-2010 3:38pm
- that's what the derm said too - and her skin is really pretty otherwise. With makeup, it often looks flawless. But I guess some of the spots are harder to hide. 4-19-2010 3:40pm
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