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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If high sugar diet, then cut it.[/quote]

Completely false.  Old Wives Tale[/quote]

No, you are sadly misinformed, or you work for a drug company. Diet is very mportant in keeping skin clear.
Before antibiotics like tetracycline were available to dermatologists, they recommended dietary changes to clear up skin. But when antibiotics became available, dermatologists stopped recommending dietary changes, pushed by the pharmaceutical companies, of course, who wanted to sell more of their products. Diet takes a long time to work, whereas antibiotics work very quickly.
In my experience, antibiotics do not produce a lasting effect, so you have to go back on them again and again. What that does to your gut is not good, however.
[b]Dietary changes, if your kid can stick with them, will end the acne permanently[/b], they don't cost anything (other than buying and preparing better quality food). Pharmaceutical companies don't make any money off dietary changes.
Sugar is nasty overall. Everyone should eliminate sugar. It causes inflammation, which causes a host of other problems. Google sugar and health problems and you will find endless studies. Eliminate sugar (which is hidden in almost every processed food you buy) and you'll be a lot healthier. Your child will be a lot healthier. Inflammation is part of acne, so getting rid of sugar will help acne and other skin problems.

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NP here.  You are the one who is sadly misinformed.  While eating healthy foods and limiting sugar is good for the body in general, it won't "end acne permanently," and it's irresponsible to suggest it will.  Especially cystic acne - that does not just go away, regardless of what you eat or don't eat.  I would hope any parent who has a child with cystic acne would have a dermatologist prescribe the appropriate medication for them, before their self-esteem is completely ruined and their skin is scarred as an adult.  [/quote]

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