My daughter is 33 and has cystic acne. This started when she was a teen, they tried the antibiotics, Retin-A, etc. prior to Accutane. She took a course of Accutane and had no flare-ups for 2 years but then it came back. They gave her Accutane again 2 times but each time the flare-ups were coming back faster like 14 months and then less than a year. Accutane has many side effects and she doesn't want to risk it again. The dermatologist has even tried a fluid pill hoping to rid her body of some of the androgen, this worked for a while but then like everything else lost it's effect. She is now taking another anti-biotic and told me yesterday she doesn't feel anything under her skin at this time but still the places need to heal on the outside. She can't take birth control pills which are prescribed to some because these cause her to get dark splotches on her face. The Pro-Active, Murad etc. do nothing for her except dry her skin out and cause her to peel. I will be happy to get a list of all the meds from her if any of you guys would like to know what has been tried. She is now talking about checking into laser treatments. |