more teen acne questions

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Anonymous wrote:Our son was having terrible breakouts and we were just about to go to Accutane. He had one cystic acne pimple that put a hole in his face. However, a friend suggested Mario Badescu products and we decided to give the topicals one more try for a month since the Accutane was available. He used the acne wash, the drying cream (which has sulfur). Yes, he smelled of sulfur (he put it on at night and then less in the AM on certain breakouts). He also used the drying lotion for cystic acne (he could feel the deeper ones coming). We were both surprised that it worked amazingly well and broke the cycle of redness, dryness, more breakouts etc. He never needed the Accutane. He was 15 and is now 19 and everyone comments on his amazing skin. He continues to use the acne wash. He lives at home and is going to a local college. The other night, he asked if I could help him with a cystic pimple coming on his back. It was the first in a very long time. Used the MB drying lotion and it was 1/3 size the next morning and completely gone 2 days later.

Over an 8 month period, he tried Neutrogena, Clinique, Proactive, St. Ives and maybe another topical and was ready to give up. I can only share his experience and I am grateful to my NY friend for suggesting it. I do not work for Mario Badescu, but the products really worked. It did take 5 weeks, but he the improvement was obvious by the end of the first week and by the second week, his face was much calmer and less painful. www.mariobadescu.com

I just posted. Mario Badescu works FANTASTIC for me, for breakouts and general hygiene. It didn't for my kid's acne.

Can you share all of the products he used?

My teen has moderate acne on his back, and we have tried a topical antibiotic and benzoyl peroxide. Helps a little but not that much. Will try Mario Badescu today. Has anyone else had luck with this? Also, would you avoid topical antibiotics, ingested antibiotics, accutane, etc?

[Anonymous]

My dd has been on spironolactone (2 50 mg polls a day). I see a huge difference in one week of use.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dd has been on spironolactone (2 50 mg polls a day). I see a huge difference in one week of use.

^ me again. She is 19 btw

[Anonymous]

Our DD is 14. She started to breakout around 13 and the doctor started her on Winlevi. It worked well for a few months and then kind of stopped working. Her acne wasn't terrible but it really bothered DD. we are on month 3 of Accutane and her skin is almost perfect.

Our dermatologist was basically like Accutane is the only thing that works long term so we went with it. She is on a 2omg dose and besides dry lips- she hasn't had any other side effects.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our DD is 14. She started to breakout around 13 and the doctor started her on Winlevi. It worked well for a few months and then kind of stopped working. Her acne wasn't terrible but it really bothered DD. we are on month 3 of Accutane and her skin is almost perfect.

Our dermatologist was basically like Accutane is the only thing that works long term so we went with it. She is on a 2omg dose and besides dry lips- she hasn't had any other side effects.

My daughter just started to get acne at 13 but her older sister had gone through a tough round of severe acne, tons of antibiotics, topicals, etc. ending in accutane. The dermatologist went immediately to accutane at age 14 for my second daughter and she now has the most gorgeous skin. Age 17. Like not even a blemish. It looks like a 4 year old’s skin. So glad we did it and didn’t wait for it to get really bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My dd has been on spironolactone (2 50 mg polls a day). I see a huge difference in one week of use.

^ me again. She is 19 btw

My daughter was on accutane at age 14.5. She had really bad cystic acne. Her face cleared up slowly and looked pretty good all through high school. Now she is 19 and the acne is back. Tried winlevi and just started spironlactone. On month 2. Still visible acne, but seems to be clearing up. I hope it really kicks in soon. Also using 2 50mg a day.

[Anonymous]

my daughter has the worst on her forehead, basically nowhere on her face, and a few spots on her back. I'm trying to decide between accutane and aviclear (the new laser). any advice??

understanding the accutane side effects I'm still wondering if it's a better choice because of the whole body attack on sebaceous glands. I would appreciate hearing from others that were considering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Accutane... it's the answer

This!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my daughter has the worst on her forehead, basically nowhere on her face, and a few spots on her back. I'm trying to decide between accutane and aviclear (the new laser). any advice??

understanding the accutane side effects I'm still wondering if it's a better choice because of the whole body attack on sebaceous glands. I would appreciate hearing from others that were considering.

I looked into aviclear, but my insurance doesn’t cover it. It is really expensive and only lasts one year on average (I think?). My insurance pays for accutane and it is has longer lasting effects.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know there was a post on teen acne recently but I have some different questions. DS has been on a dermatologist prescribed regimen of daily antibiotic plus prescription face creams for almost a year. The dosages have been tweaked about every 3 months in that time because he still has a good amount of acne although his skin has improved. We tried a new dermatologist recently due to dissatisfaction with the progression plus inconvenient geography, and the new dermatologist wants to wean my son off of the antibiotic because she thinks long term use bad, and change up his skin creams and add a sulfur face wash.

I am very worried that his acne will return to its previously high levels if he goes off the antibiotic. To be clear, his skin isn’t perfect by any means while on the antibiotic, but it is about fifty percent better than before he started it. But I would need to go back to the original derm or find a third dermatologist because this new one doesn’t agree with use of antibiotics for acne treatment.

My son wants to try the new regimen - mainly because he doesn’t want to wait for another doctor appt! My husband wants to find a dermatologist who will discuss accutane with us, because he thinks trying different face creams is a waste of time (he used accutane as a teen and said it changed his skin dramatically). I don’t know what to do, but hate the idea of “doctor shopping” and trying to fit in another doctor appointment with school, sports, etc.

Did anyone have success treating fairly bad teen acne with just face creams and facial wash? Or have any other suggestions?

Many thanks. This does a number on my teen’s confidence and I can see scarring already so I want to be proactive about this.

Actually, the sulfur face wash has worked really well for my kid. We keep it in the shower and they use it daily on their face/back/chest every day. They also have a cream (Onexton?) that they are supposed to use 2-3 times/day. My other kid did eventually have to go on Accutane and it worked really well so I wouldn't rule it out, but I would give the sulfur wash a try.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My dd has been on spironolactone (2 50 mg polls a day). I see a huge difference in one week of use.

^ me again. She is 19 btw

My daughter is currently on this too after being on accutane a couple years ago (which worked wonders). The dermatologist said at this age (also 19) acne is most likely hormonal and the sprionolactone should work - and has.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know there was a post on teen acne recently but I have some different questions. DS has been on a dermatologist prescribed regimen of daily antibiotic plus prescription face creams for almost a year. The dosages have been tweaked about every 3 months in that time because he still has a good amount of acne although his skin has improved. We tried a new dermatologist recently due to dissatisfaction with the progression plus inconvenient geography, and the new dermatologist wants to wean my son off of the antibiotic because she thinks long term use bad, and change up his skin creams and add a sulfur face wash.

I am very worried that his acne will return to its previously high levels if he goes off the antibiotic. To be clear, his skin isn’t perfect by any means while on the antibiotic, but it is about fifty percent better than before he started it. But I would need to go back to the original derm or find a third dermatologist because this new one doesn’t agree with use of antibiotics for acne treatment.

My son wants to try the new regimen - mainly because he doesn’t want to wait for another doctor appt! My husband wants to find a dermatologist who will discuss accutane with us, because he thinks trying different face creams is a waste of time (he used accutane as a teen and said it changed his skin dramatically). I don’t know what to do, but hate the idea of “doctor shopping” and trying to fit in another doctor appointment with school, sports, etc.

Did anyone have success treating fairly bad teen acne with just face creams and facial wash? Or have any other suggestions?

Many thanks. This does a number on my teen’s confidence and I can see scarring already so I want to be proactive about this.

Actually, the sulfur face wash has worked really well for my kid. We keep it in the shower and they use it daily on their face/back/chest every day. They also have a cream (Onexton?) that they are supposed to use 2-3 times/day. My other kid did eventually have to go on Accutane and it worked really well so I wouldn't rule it out, but I would give the sulfur wash a try.

Which sulfur face wash is it? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Accurate e - both my DSs take a very low dose - lower than expected - so side effects minimized and takes a bit longer but gosh makes all the difference in the world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:my daughter has the worst on her forehead, basically nowhere on her face, and a few spots on her back. I'm trying to decide between accutane and aviclear (the new laser). any advice??

understanding the accutane side effects I'm still wondering if it's a better choice because of the whole body attack on sebaceous glands. I would appreciate hearing from others that were considering.

I looked into aviclear, but my insurance doesn’t cover it. It is really expensive and only lasts one year on average (I think?). My insurance pays for accutane and it is has longer lasting effects.

this isn't true at all. right now its up to 2 years... because that's how long the studies have run.

[Anonymous]

sulfur face wash was a game changer for my son. Stopped even his cystic acne.