Finally...
I decided to do the unthinkable. I went to the dermatologist. My issue with them is that it now prooves I have a problem. SO....I went to figure out what I can do about my pissed-off skin. He set me up with a prescription of something completely new called Epiduo. It's brand spankin' new. I should be able to pick it up from the pharmacy tomorrow. So let's all play the waiting game and see how this one works (or most likey DOESN'T work) for me.
Yeah yeah yeah, I'm being pessamistic. Can you blame me, though? I've spent the last 5 years using a dozen different products and with NO results what so ever. I finally whipped out the big guns and hopefully it works. But I still remain pessimistic about it until I see a difference. And not just in the first week or two. I mean after 3 months of great skin...THEN I will become a believer. :-P
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If for 5 years, different ...
If for 5 years, different products have not worked, is it possible it is the facial cleaner/soap that you are using or even your diet, perhaps even your makeup. Stress can cause it as well, or any combination of those things. I am not a dermatologist or a dietician but maybe one of those reasons is something to give thought to.
He gave you cream but he ...
He gave you cream but he tell you why you're having the problem in the 1st place?
hormones as well, conana..
hormones as well, conana..
I always had a perfect ...
I always had a perfect complexion until menopause. Now wind, sun, certain foods. and beverages cause my face to brak out and turn beat red (roceesia, sp).
I have to wash my face with this crap that smells like sulfur. I don't have the acne look anymore but I do get the "slapped in the face" redness that burns. There is an acid I put after washing that has helped some.
Good luck to you!!! It took me two dermattologists. The first one I went to was a 'quack'. DOn't give up until you find a Dr you like!
No, he didn't tell me why ...
No, he didn't tell me why it's happening. I haven't done much different in the last 5 years. I thought at first it was stress from living at Adam's parents. But even after moving out I'm still breaking out. I changed my diet for the better, I exercise now, My shampoos and conditioners aren't different than what I've used before. Nothing new going on with me. I am never really stressed out except when I break out. So I don't feel like it's stress. Just adult acne, I guess. I had so many other things to disguss with him we didn't talk about WHY it's happening. Aside from the acne and rash, I had him look at the mole on my back. He said it looks fine and if I want it removed I can do so when I come back in 6-8 weeks for my followup. So yeah for that!
My makeup is mineral ...
My makeup is mineral powder, the face lotion I use is non-cosmoligic (whatever that word is) and non-acneologic, and hyperallergenic. So that isn't the problem. I thought maybe this last time my face flipped out on me is hormones, but I'm not certain. It seems that once a few start to heal, a few more come up. GRR!
WADV, I think I've used that sulfur stuff before. At least, I remember a face wash I had tried that smelled of sulfure. Yik! That might have been for a rash I had in high school, though. I don't remember. Too much drama with my skin. Good luck with your "slapped" face.
Conana, you've been ...
Conana, you've been dealing with this too long for some quack to just give you an RX and send you away.
don't even mention skin ...
don't even mention skin problems, cuz I've got a LAUNDRY list of drugs I was trying since Sept.!! after trying all the CRAP on TV and you know which ones, several diff ones, I decided to go back to the derm doc and he started me on some expensive assed pills called Solodyn. after one month, NOTHING, no change, so he added a low dosage pressure pill to see if my hormones could get in check, another month, NO CHANGE. by Dec. it's the 3rd month and I was literally crying to the nurse because nothing was working and I was tired of looking like a pizza face. it didn't matter what I did OR did NOT eat or drink, it was OUT OF CONTROL! so I asked for the big guns...ACCUTANE! I had to sign all this paperwork and get an ID card and every time I refill it, the doc has to put me in the system. so now it's my 2nd month on accutane and it IS working, very few breakouts except my lips are ALWAYS DRY, which is a side effect cuz it dries you from the inside out, I had VERY, VERY oily skin and now, my face doesn't feel like a grease pot. I have to get blood work done every month while on this. and the book they gave me to read on the drug names depression and suicidal thoughts as a possible symptom. but to tell you the truth, after dealing with this face thing since March 2007, I'm FAR from that, I'm SO glad that SOMETHING is FINALLY working, I just hope it keeps up and that when I stop taking it that it won't come back.