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Mashedpoturtles

For a few years now my acne's been gone and unfortunately ive still kept some sort of skin infection for several years on my face and anoyingly also on my head...giving me small white little zits that I havent been able to get rid off, ive had creme's and gels to put on my face but it has always worked ''meh'' or rather not...

the doctor has also put me on anti biotics which would cure me and id be so happy for like a whole week and a half, but then after that i'd get all the side effects afterwards for two weeks and it'd leave me far more frustrated...

now im using FOUR cremes just for my face to make it look moderately ok and not like its trying to spawn its own society or something....ive asked my doctor if he could check my blood and if he could forward me to some sort of skin expert or something but he said that would be pointless because there is no cure for it and it will have to eventually go away on its own, i never asked him how long that could be but next week i will , i mean it could be years and im getting more tired of it everyday..

what im wondering is if hes just lying and not wanting me to get better for some weird reason and should i find a different doctor or is he really right and is it probably not cure able and am i supposed to suck it up a couple more years? ( im 19 now )....

what do you think?

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hybridchic

You need to see a dermatologist who may or may not refer you to an endocrinologist.
If you're in your teens it could be ''just acne'' or it could be something else.
For most adults, the 'late onset of acne' or the 'sudden appearance of acne' can be a sign of stress or a sign of hormone problems.

Mashedpoturtles

so should i stress asking him to forward me to a dermatologist?

( thanks for replying to this hybrid )

Edit: I meant or should I not and just go straight to a dermatologist but I guess i can try to ask him one more time

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Dot_Hack

If he's just a family doctor, you should definitely go to a dermatologist.

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hybridchic

It boils down to your health care plan and whether or not your doctor is able to treat whatever it is you have.
If he is able to treat it but not to your satisfaction then you should stress that he recommend a dermatologist.
If a dermatologist is out of the scope of your health care you are stuck with him unless you can find a dermatologist on your own that is willing to take you.

TreyTrey12

Go see a dermatologist, that'll be your best bet.

Right now I am on a acne treatment, one of the VERY strongest there is, and expensive too. My insurance paid for 99% of it though, Walgreens bag says it saved me 650$ and thats just a year supply. Its called Tazorac. There are probably cheaper things out there, like tretonin and what not.

You'll probably want a benzoyl peroxide face wash, and a cream to put on at night. Treating acne is never a fast thing though, and it tends to take months before you are really cleared. It tends to get worse at first, then it gets better. Using BP made my face tingly and sensitive for the first few weeks, but then it was alright and my face began to clear up.

takes patience

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Ronin

When a general practitioner can't help you with your problem go to specialist. It's only common sense.

Also:
Antibiotics? Probably cortisone containing cream? Ongoing use?
There are a lot of microbiol organisms in your body that are essential for you to properly digest food and keep your immune-system running.

Even if you are ugly you can still try to get rich, become a nice person and just try to find a way to cope with the itch.

The effects antibiotics have on your body are def. worse.

Tazarotene is a non cortisone treatment, so it's definitely a plus.
Also eat stuff that has natural vitamin A (liver) on occasion.

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xBlazex

stop eating Greasing food lol

Mashedpoturtles

ill try to eat stuff with vitamine a and no more chocolate then...I eat two choco bars each weekend so thats probably worse than ive been telling myself too...and yeah those anti biotics screwed me up each time anyway so its nothing that i could use longer than a week and a half , they arent an option anymore, the side effects are too bad..

and yes cremor hydrocortisone , ketoconazol, eryacne and differin gell ( yes i use 4 cremes atm.. ) and its not even all over my face or anything and im not that ugly its just on several areas on my face and it wont leave it just keeps coming back and i feel it and it bothers me and sometimes it can be painful too

maybe im whining but i just get tired of it after years and worrying i might be stuck with it for several more unless i do something that works positively

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hybridchic

You need vitamin a,d, and e for healthy skin.
You need iron and calcium for healthy skin.
You need the sun for healthy skin.
If you are a person possessing more dominant than recessive alleles for skin pigmentation this shouldn't be a problem or a hazard for you. If you have fewer dominant alleles, like some of the more fair skinned individuals out there this could perhaps be a problem.


Part of the problem is that you are using different drugs to treat the same thing. Depending on the strength of each drug and how often you use it, determines the degree of the adverse side effects you are experiencing. As it is, you probably shouldn't be using hydrocortisone to treat acne. Especially since you are using ketoconazol and differin.

It's painful because you're probably using what? .05% hydrocortisone in addition to all the other stuff....
You know how when someone gets a bad scrape on their knee and someone pours alcohol on it to sterilize it? That's kinda what you're doing to your face.