Acne products

[rydra_wong]

Okay, I've tried most things, up to and including Accutane, and in my thirties, I've more or less resigned myself to never completely growing out of my acne (cystic acne on skin that manages to be oily and sensitive simultaneously, lovely).

But I thought I'd ask the comm on the off chance, to see if anyone has any magic recs for products I haven't heard of.

Any secrets out there?

Comments

[risha]

I'm in the same boat - skin that is both extremely oily and very sensitive - and the dermatologist told me straight out years ago that acne would always be a problem. But I have the additional complication of being allergic to benzoyal peroxide! (I mean that literally, not just "sensitive to" - my eyes swell shut if I use even a little.)

I've long since resigned myself to just maintaining a routine of washing with three times a day (morning, when I get home from work, before bed) with Purpose soap, and using Physician's Formula concealer to hide what I can.

However, when I was cycling through the medications years ago, the only one that did work at least partially for me was Tazorac. It reduced the number of pimples by at least 75%, and unlike most people, I didn't have any overdrying problems at all! However, the effects disappeared on any day that I didn't use it - no permanent effect at all. I stopped using it after several years when I started planning to have children, as it's a class X drug and you absolutely can't get pregnant on it. I never did have children, but I'd still like to, and I'm uncomfortable being on it permanently anyway, so I've never gone back to it.

[rydra_wong]

*takes notes*

as it's a class X drug and you absolutely can't get pregnant on it.

Not really an issue for me, except in the unlikely event that I acquire a sex life that involves other people. *g* But yeah, I probably wouldn't want to be on something like that permanently (I have enough permanent meds in my life).