Teen Acne-DS needs help!
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Anonymous
| What has worked for your teen? Thank you! |
Anonymous
| Differine adapalene gel. |
Anonymous
| A prescription cream from the dermatologist plus Cetaphil face wash twice/day. |
Anonymous
| Black African soap |
Anonymous
THIS. DS was prescribed epiduoforte and vets Phil fodming wash. It’s working so far. |
Anonymous
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Take him to the dermatologist.
My DD had terrible acne everywhere and one month of once/day antibiotic and her skin was beautiful. Now she has aczone and epiduo gels/creams. |
Anonymous
| Acutane |
Anonymous
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products with salycilic acid (not sure of spelling), like over the counter products to wash the face.
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Anonymous
| antibiotics were the only thing that worked for me |
Anonymous
| You can purchase every skin care regime under the sun or...go to the dermatologist. |
Anonymous
+1 until you can get him in, have him wash his face twice a day with Dove soap. Get him some face wipes to use after PE (or when he's sweating and can't clean his face shortly after). |
Anonymous
+100 OP, I don't know if your teen has cystic acne or not, but if so, Accutane is the only thing that will permanently work. |
Anonymous
I can't believe these irresponsible recommendations for Accutane! Nobody should just jump to accutane. Accutane is a dangerous drug that has been known to cause depression that has resulted in suicides. Before you even consider this drug, you should try prescription topical agents and antibiotics. My DS had terrible acne (not cystic) and although it took a while, these methods worked. It is now very much under control. We did consider Accutane if these methods did not work. FYI, one dermatologist wanted us to go right to Accutane. So glad we waited. |
Anonymous
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I agree that Accutane shouldn't be the first step. But, if all that other crap doesn't work, it's amazing. We tried all of that other stuff and the results marginal at best. After doing the Accutane course, the kid has literally had maybe two pimples in the year and half since he finished with it. (I'll also not that our Dermatologist monitored potential side effects very closely.)
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Anonymous
| My son uses Proactive. With regular skin care, he is able to maintain clear skin. But if he skips, then his skin is awful. |