Cystic Acne

[tmo21]

Does anyone else suffer from these obnoxious bumps on their face or body?? If so PLEASE HELP nothing from the dermatologist seems to work 

[Ita10]

my dermatologist put me on Spironolactone, which is a water peel, and it worked for me. For otc products I would recommend Dr. Dennis Gross Extra Strength Daily Peel, the results are amazing!

[KatKT]

Hey! Any of the above suggestions work ?

[sp92]

Hi there @tmo21 I have had cystic acne for years now. I can swear by Ole Henriksen's find your balance oil control cleanser as face wash, make sure you use a toner, Mario Badescu's buffering lotion (on problem areas) and the pink solution called drying lotion (on bumps overnight). Hope this helps!😍

[TrysBeautyItems]

@tmo21 What have you tried from the dermatologist? How long did you continuously use before stopping? If you aren't consistent nor using for 3 months+, you won't start seeing results. It takes time.

If bacterial acne, a few months of antibiotics and topicals, spironolactone for hormonal, BCP etc. Full hormonal blood test, ask for, to see if acne is caused by something else. Sulfur wash, Aczone, retinol/retinoids, Epiduo, BP wash..tons of rx options available.

Accutane is the very last resort, causes birth defects and stays in the system for a long time afterwards.

It's not usual to see a few dermatologists to find the one for *you*. Remember to ask every question possible and bring in a list of all products used, even otc and supplements.

Could be diet related, patch test would be necessary.

[tsavorite]

@tmo21 ,

If you do have Cystic Acne, Accutane should work for you.  If you have another type of Acne, like Nodular Acne, I was told that Accutane may not be a permanent solution, though it works while you take it.  If you are female, I have seen Spironolactone to be a  night to day oral medication for serious Acne.  Spironolactone works only while you take it, but is very different from Accutane.  Talk to a good Dermatologist.

[Anonymous]

Hi ! I also suffer from cystic acne , iv recently used curology and it worked for me but it’s expensive for me to use every month but my mix was Zinc Pyrithione 0.25% Clindamycin 1% and Niacinamide 4% iv been looking into (The ordinary) products such as salicylic Acid and Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1% . I don’t know if this information helps or not but I do wish you luck because I know iv struggles for a real long time and my Dermo put me on Accutane and I was on it for two years and it did help but one I was off it all came back .