Reply to Acne help for teen!

Forum Index » Beauty and Fashion

Reply to "Acne help for teen!"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Accutane - it is the only thing that works.  We struggled with my teenage DS for over 2 years with Epi-Duo, topical retin A, etc. before finally doing Accutante.  Even my ped said - try the others first, but the only thing that works is Accutante.  I wish we would have gone straight to Accutane and I say this as someone who is generally embraces more holistic health solutions.  Sometimes you unfortunately need the pharma big guns, as much as I hate saying that.[/quote]

Thanks for this info. Is it true that girls need to take birth control when they take accutane because the risk of birth defects is so high? That sounds like more than I’d want for her. The dermatologist she’s going to specializes in acne and does clinical research, so I feel confident that she will be in goodbye hands. She does have a facial scheduled before school starts, too.[/quote]

Yes - it is true Accutane can cause serious birth defects.  I do not know if birth control is a requirement as I had a son taking it.  Accutante also takes several months to work and things get worse before they get better. The holistic side of me completely agrees with the poster about dairy, but my 15yo was not having any of that as he is a huge dairy/cheese guy.  Good luck!  If you are confident in your doc, though, you don't need the input of DCUM.  [/quote]

Ah, yes—I see where you wrote DS. My info about accutane and birth control might be incorrect.

I do trust that the derm will give good advice, but am looking for something to help DD in the weeks we’ll be waiting for her appointment. Thanks![/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics