Conditions
Acne
When talking about how we switch on to the opposite sex during puberty, comedian Eddie Izzard once said: “You think, ‘I want to get off with people, so I’d better look my best. Then Mother Nature says, ‘No! You will look the worst you’ll ever look in your life!’”
The common skin condition, acne, is often to blame, with around 80% of teenagers afflicted with some degree of acne between the ages of 13 and 18 years (although, a minority of cases may also start in adulthood). Commonly occurring on the face, arms, back and chest, acne occurs in puberty because of changes to hormone levels, which cause the sebaceous glands to produce increased amounts of sebum that blocks the hair follicles and causes spots ranging from blackheads to painful red nodules. Acne can often correct itself, but there are also a number of over-the-counter and prescription treatments available.
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hi ive had blackheads on my nose, cheeks and chin for years now and i cant seem to get rid of them ive tried everything from the shops to help them but nothng seems to make them go or less noticable waht else can i use or do?????
hi i am a 20 year old female and i have suffered with small red itchy and sore spots all over my body apart from my neck, face and hands. This started last june at first they looked like chicken pocks. I have been to the hospital and doctors on numerous occaissions and recieved treatment for: chicken pocks, shinggles, scabies, skin infection. i also recieved phototherapy, but none of this has worked and they are now getting worse. Please help
i have spots in my scalp, i have been to doctor and have tryed two or three antibiotics topical and oral. but it dosnt work. im useing a more natural shampoo, tryed anti dandruff ,baby,tar ,no afect
how do you combat black heads?
i have tried creams etc. and they seem to really dry my skin out and i come out in a red rash, i did have some tablets which were issued to me by the army as i am currently serving in germany, i just wondered if there are any tablets anyone may recommend that you may be able to buy online or in a local store?? thankyou
Guys. I hjad really really severe nodulocystic acne all over my face before christmas 2009, i was being tret with lymacycline capsule and adapalene gel, whihc was having no affect. The docter refered me to a dermatologisto and whilst i was waiting (for 4months)i was put on benzoyl peroxide - it really did work cleared up 90% of it. Although i was still getting the occasional painful cyst.I saw a dermatoligist on feb 1st 2010 and since i still have acne all over my back and arms - the dermatoligist consented to the prescription of generic accutane (isotretinoin). I started accutane on 1st march and since i havent developed a single new cyst. I did suffer from the initial breakout, around the 8th march - but it wasnt nearly as bad as it was in november and december. For me accutane has been a magic wonder drug and the acne is getting better each day (and its only day 15). Side affects so far include: dry lips and skin obs; sleeping disturbances; feeling sick; dizziness. I really rwecommend this drug or for those with only facial acne the topical forms either: Retin A - tretinoin or Isotrex/isotrexin - isotretinoin/ isotretinoin with erythromycin. Although i think topical tretinoin is more effective than topical isotretinoin.
I have blister like spots on my buttocks which are increasing everyday. They are a little sore but not itchy. The arrival of these spots has coincided with a very sore chapped anus. I do not feel unwell in any other way so am baffled by this?!?!?
Hi I'm 19 years old had trouble with spots since 13 years old iv taken all kinds of creams and tablets doctors have prescribed for me i get them on my back, chest, neck and face. When I get them on my chest there really bad, there always massive spots leaving really big craters in my skin and scaring everywhere else I hate it because when its summer I'm not confident enough to take my top off due to this.
hey, yeah, I've had the same problem. i went to the doctors and got some special roll on cream, called dalacin and I got some soap called cydal from boots, it's helped me quite a bit, maybe you can try that?:) x
Hi. I suffered from Acne since I was teenager. I am now 31 and got scar because of the condition. I do eat well and look after my skin by using the moisture cream every day, but the skin seems doesn't better. I do feel unconfident when I go outside especially where there are lots of lights. Is any treatment I can have?
hi, i am 30 years old female. I am noticing and enormously increase of the black spots particulary on my breast and neck. I never had them when was a little girl. They are really doing me a heading. They are not itching but coming up ever so quickly. Being to the doc as i thought they were moles but he suggested they are not. What can i do?
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