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by NATALIA JASTRZAB
I used to have seriously terrible skin.
I’m not talking about having one or two pimples. I’m talking a whole colony of the ugly little things that invaded my t-zone and made me look like Harry Potter’s Dobby going through puberty.
It’s the sort of thing we say when we’re trying for dramatic effect but as a teenager, I actually did spend nights lying awake and imagining how much better my life would be if I just had NICE SKIN.
I’d have enough confidence to be able to take Joel up on his offer of a date. And talk to my friends without worrying that they were thinking about my pimples rather than listening to what I was saying.
I know that compared to many, many other things, pimples are a first world problem. But they are an embarrassing problem that had serious consequences on my self-esteem as a teenager.
For two years of my life I made it a rule to avoid general eye contact. That’s not really a great way to live.
And I tried everything to clear up my skin. I sampled about a thousand different products over the years, including a weird industrial-strength cream that discoloured half of my clothes. I stopped eating chocolate, which for me was kind of like the equivalent of a fish giving up water. I changed my pillowcases every day. I didn’t squeeze. Then I did squeeze. Then I got scars.
NOTHING. WORKED.
It took a looooong time, but eventually, my skin cleared. My hormones stopped their raging benders, settled into old age and started doing things like knitting jumpers and playing Bingo.
I felt instantly better. More carefree. Like an inflamed, puss-ey weight had been lifted from my shoulders. (I’m sorry I used the word ‘puss-ey, which is not even a real word.)
But here’s the truly unfair thing. I’m an adult now and I STILL get pimples.
It’s nothing like it used to be but there are still occasions when I’ll go to look in the mirror and BAM, out of nowhere comes a big red bump.
When I’ve got bad PMS or am particularly stressed about work – the first place it shows is on my face. WHY?
I’m no longer a 14-year-old. I’m an adult. In my eyes, it’s the epitome of unfairness.
But at least there are now companies that are producing products that actually work to cover up and treat pimples.
So I can still dress up, go out and have a great time – without retreating into the hermit ways of my teenage years.
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What was your skin like as a teenager? Did you have problems with bad pimples or acne? Do you still get pimples as an adult?
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There is a recent article in Australian Doctor about research that has found links between acne and milk. Perhaps it is time to cut back on the dairy. Link is here if you can access it: http://www.australiandoctor.com.au/cmspages/getfile.aspx?guid=50e6933f-35cc-408f-881c-5bbc01b48287
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I’m 43 and still get really bad acne – even though I had clear skin as a teenager. The dermatologist put me on a very low grade medication and I’m basically acne free. See the doctor – it’s worth it!
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I suffered with acne throughout my teenage years and had a really severe flare up at 20- worse than anything during puberty.
I went to the dermatologist and he prescribed roaccutane. I desperately didn’t want to go on it due to the reported side effects. It sounded terrible. I did come around and end up taking roaccutane and I can say is that I am so glad I did. It has cleared my skin completely! It is rare for me to get a pimple these days. I would wholeheartedly recommend this treatment. It is not as bad as the side effect profile suggests and it eliminates acne. It changed my life for the better!
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I’ve also suffered from acne in the past but Retin A has been a godsend. My skin is now clear and smooth. You only need to apply it at night. Honestly I never thought I would have skin as clear as I do now. Its also great for the wrinkles!! I cant imagine anything working as well as Retin A but you do have to get a prescription for it.
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Believe it or not I suffered post-natal acne – of the big, red, raised, hurty kind. On my neck, jaw line, shoulders, back, forehead. Worse than anything I ever experienced during puberty. They were definitely hormonal — arrived mid month and would just clear up as that time of the month approached and a fresh new batch arrived. I was so self conscious in the end I wouldn’t even wear my hair up, all I wanted to do was cover up.I bounced from GP to Gyno to Naturopath and ended up with a Dermatologist. It was really trial and error as we worked through medication, medicated skin creams, expensive skin care products and a pill specifically for acne. It finally cleared up but took a couple of years to finally get there. I’m off everything now except for the pill — I’m not ready to let the last link go, and have found a skincare process (cheap too! Neutrogena) that works for me.
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that’s what i have…very hormonal cystic acne. no real problems as a teenager, but since having kids it’s so bad that i rarely leave the house. when i do, i cover up as much skin as possible. i feel like i look diseased. it’s just awful. the only thing that has worked is the pill, and the one with the least side effects (for me) that worked the best (for me) is Yaz. it took care of my PMDD, too, which was a mercy. i had clear skin on that, but took a break from it because of high BP. i was hoping maybe my hormones would have normalized, but nope. the acne came back and just kept getting worse. now my doctor doesn’t want me on Yaz because of all the issues with blood clots. it’s depressing. i lost 50 lb trying to get my BP healthy without giving up the pill. now i’m a healthy weight but don’t want anyone to see me because of the awful acne. i feel worse than i did when i was overweight
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At 39, I’m certainly not a teenager yet each month I am plagued with acne. It really bothered me when I was younger have learnt to live and accept that I have horrible skin and hold back the urge to want to do bodily harm to the odd relative that still feels it is necessary to point out to me that I have pimples on my chin or forehead or the one’s that snigger at the now faint acne scars on my chest and back.
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Anon, I urge you to go see your gp and get a refferal to see a dermatologist. You don’t have to live with acne!!! And even at 39, and no matter what age you are, hormones can be playing havoc with you skin…
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Nat,you’re still getting pimples because it’s your body’s way of rejecting Reality TV.
You’ve got to pay the piper for unnatural viewing habits.
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Seriously what a confidence downer; bloody acne!!! I am 23 and get breakouts mainly on my chin and jawline, as well as on my chest. I am thinking it is hormonal related. I use neutrogena cleanser with salysic acid and nutri-oil under my moisturiser.
What my BIG BIG problem is squeezing them and making a maceration of them. Bad juju!!! The ones on my chest are more like clogged up pores, as opposed to pimples and i just try to squeeze them out and that is a catalyst to make them sore, red and sometimes infected. I am going to go to the doctor friday to seek medical advice (inspiration this post / embarrassing bodies!) – but a big thanks to everybody for sharing their experiences and giving advice, will definitely try to take some of it on board!
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Can we all just agree that “bacne” is the best word ever (although horridly painful and unsightly)???
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I love this story, because I can relate so well. I spent all my teens suffering from acne, and it had a huge impact on my life. I suffered with self confidence issues, was always trying to cover them up with make up and spent years trying different drugs in order to control them.
While they could have been worse (I didn’t get loads of large red, swollen pimples, rather a mixture and a lot of small ones) it drove me mad seeing friends make up free and beautiful, while I would be checking my face in the mirror whilst down at the beach with friends incase my makeup had washed away exposing my acne. It took away what should have been a carefree and fun day, and made it stressful.
I was referred to a dermotologist around the age of 14 and began trialing many pills and creams. Obviously my hormones were having a field day and that didn’t help. I was so paranoid about making my skin worse that I would never moisturise so needless to say, my skin was as dry and tight as could be. I ended up on roaccutane, which was horrible but effective. Slowly I was taken off that and slowly they decreased the strength of the drugs I was on. Eventually, around the age of 20 I was put onto the pill and that was it.
So far so good, I get the occassional break out if my period is due but that is all. I am so thankful for the skin that I have, and I take the best care of it because I know how lucky I am to have fairly clear skin. My skin is very sensitive and it doesn’t take much for it to be a little red and flushed. I now use a great mosituriser too which had made the world of difference, I can now smile and not feel like my face is about to split in two.
A good face wash goes a long way too. I pray that when I come off the pill that my skin stays fairly calm, but I think that might be a bit too much to expect seeing as there will be a hormone party going on it my body trying to make a little baby grow. Ah the joys that are yet to come, pregnant and pimply, what a sight!
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I’m still getting pimples at 51 – mostly blind ones, lots of congestion-milia. I found microdermabrasion excellent for bacne. Now I’m going to give that Skinstitut a go!!!
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another one here
I had bad acne all through high school from about 16. It really really wrecked my confidence and other peoples skin was the first thing i alway notice and still do. I tried different antibiotics and these always worked but once i went off them it always came back. Diane the pill was my wonder drug. I could not believe how it helped my skin clear up – i just wanted to go out in publci now that i had clear skin!!! (after hiding out for so long!) I went off it and my skin went up and down. Every time i go through a stressful time in my life it breaks out really bad and i have to go back on it. And once it gets bad it takes ages to get better. When it is bad thoough, no skin care product and no change of diet makes a difference. Currently I am 30 and have just had my first child. Went off Diane to get pregnant and only had the odd breakout. But first trimester of pregnancy skin broke out really bad again and nothing would fix it. But since then (touch wood) skin is clear again. Hoping it stays this way……
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I am 37 and still get acne – it goes up and down but always have a face full of bumpy small pimples which are easily covered but which sometime turn into full acne – esp around PMS time (and sometimes for months at a time for no reason- grrrr). Duac helping me at the moment though. Highly unimpressed that now i have to deal with acne, pigmentation (which i have had some laser treatment for to great effect) AND wrinkles – *sigh*
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I have been lucky with my skin, i do have the occasional hormonal breakout which i usually treat by using a blemish balm from Aesop or the Burt’s Bee’s one and make sure i just Cleanse, Tone, Serum, Moisturise and do a face mask once a week
that is my routine!
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I put this comment on the thread about bacne, and I’ll copy it here again….
I’ve been suffering moderate acne since I was 14yo (24yrs!). I used Diane contraceptive to good effect in my early twenties but when I came off it my acne (including bacne) returned terribly and when I went back on Diane it never quite worked as well again. So I trailed a heap of various things including Roaccutane but it always returned. I stopped the pill altogether 5 yrs ago to get ready to conceive and had 2 kids. Fortunately for me, pregnancy and breastfeeding seemed to help sooth my skin hormones but when my son was 6mths old last year I could see all the symptoms returning and my skin was getting progressively worse. I was just about to resign to going on Diane again, although I was loathe to mess around with my hormones again as I’ve had some PND and have only recently been feeling tip-top again, when I stumbled across an absolute pearler of good fortune…
I take after breakfast each day:
1 x slow release 1000mg Pantothenic Acid (vitamin B5)
1 x 500 L-Carnetine
That has stopped my excessive sebum all over my body dead in it’s tracks. I could tell it was working within 3 days. And now, after about 5 weeks, my skin hasn’t looked this good in over a year. I still have some marks on my face and neck, but I’m using Bicarbonate of Soda (mixed with a little water whilst in the shower) as a scrub on my problem areas once a day and it’s exfoliating away the marks beautifully. (I also use a good moisturiser to prevent dryness).
I don’t believe this vitamin/supplement regime would work for everybody because the pathogenesis for acne has a few different causes, but there is a growing belief that some people have trouble metabolising fats, blah, blah, blah, involving the creation of Co-enzyme A in the body, blah, blah (info to found on the web). Acne is an inherited issue in my family. I have significantly reduced my refined sugar consumption as this seems to be involved as well because excess sugar gets turned into fat in the body blah, blah. I’m trying to lose a bit of weight at the moment anyway (not eating after 6/7pm is doing absolute wonders btw!).
My spots would become worse during the second half of my cycle, but were pretty much constant. Would start as difficult to treat microcomedones which would eventually become inflamed pustules.
I am currently doing Tom Cruise-like jumps on Oprah’s couch with this discovery. And I want everybody who has adult acne to give it a whirl. It might not work, depending on the cause of your acne, but it could well make all the difference, too.
So, no messing around with my hormones with the contraceptive Diane. And what’s more, I am actually feeling great emotionally, too. Better than I have in ages… Hooray for me!
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My circumstances sound very similar to yours…I was on Diane for 10 years for my skin (whch worked reasonably well) and my skins was also much better while pregnant and then while breastfeeding. Also much worse for second 2 weeks of cycle…
I will look into those vitamins – its certainly worth a try before i resort to going back on the pill again (esp after husband went to all that trouble of having the snip!) thanks for the tip
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Katy – where do you buy the vitamins from? Any chemist/health food store or somewhere specific? Thanks!
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I buy my vitamins from a well-known health store here in England where I live (Holland & Barrett), and I pay about AU$14.50 for 100 caplets of B5 and between AU$10-18 for 30 tablets of L-Carnetine, so all round it costs me about AU$18-20 a month.
Also, my energy is much improved and I think my libido is making a comeback after having my two kid lets. Nice! I’ve also recently added 50mg daily of Zinc Orotate and high-absorbtion Magnesium, and I don’t think I’ve felt this good in years! But it is the Pantothenic Acid (time release variety is important) combined with the L-Carnetine which is really do the best job on my skin.
Good luck!! I really hope it works for you guys as well as it has for me.
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Mario Badescu! life saver or perhaps face saver..
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Hormonal sufferer here too
I take two daily Vitex tablets and they have definitely helped with the period cystic spots that appear. Cheap as and available from Priceline.
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Oh my gosh I related to this post SO MUCH! I was an early developer so from the age of about 9 years old I had bad skin…it was heart breaking, especially as I have now had bad skin for MOST OF MY LIFE (Over 16 years now).
In addition to trying every single product and method under the sun I went on the pill when I was 14 and I really didn’t need to, went on antibiotics and various other medications to try and clear it up.
Finally when I was around 18 or 19 it seemed to get a bit better but then when I decided to go off the pill for a break and was going through a stressful time in my life at around 22 it went berserk! I had to go on roaccutane and back on the pill to get it cleared up which is some serious medication.
I’m 25 now and back off the pill but still battling acne issues…blissfully my skin is relatively clear at the moment except for the monthly break outs and I owe it to the amazing product…SKINSTITUT! So good…probably the best thing I have ever used without having to be on either the pill, roaccutane or antibiotics…I recommend to everyone!
Fingers crossed my skin stays this way!!!!!
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Aimee is this product you mention just available over the counter, or do you need a prescription/visit a dermatologist?
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You don’t need a prescription, you just need to find a salon/therapist that stocks the range. If you give them a call (their website is currently being redeveloped, but contact details are there http://www.skinstitut.com/), I’m sure they’ll be able to tell you where they are stocked near you. You can also purchase online, but might be best to speak with a therapist regarding your skin type and what products might suit.
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Yeah I really don’t think you should have to much trouble finding it, I live out in the country and two skin clinics in my town stock the product…in a town of 38,000. If you’re in a major city you shouldn’t have any issues tracking it down.
Definitely better to get it off a clinic as then you can also do some peels/facials with it which makes such a difference as well.
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I could not agree more. Skinstitut is amazing!
I had a horrible case of adult acne when I went off the pill at 24. I had a facial with a paramedical skin therapist and had such a fantastic result with the skinstitut products she used. I saw such a difference in the days following that I started to introduce the product range into my skincare regime. I use the gentle cleanser, the glycolic cleanser, the glycolic scrub, serum, moisturizer and vitamin c powder. At $40-45 a product, they were a lot cheaper than the organic range I was using.
The results have been amazing. I never thought I would have clear, glowing skin. My therapist followed up with a course of glycolic peels, which saw the majority of scarring disappear.
Skinstitut will always be part of my skincare regime. I’ve had such fantastic results.
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I haven’t been game to try the glycolic peels yet, I’ve only been using the products for five months or so and have had one facial with the products as well.
I have scarring though, maybe I’ll have to give them a go?
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They will help with the scarring. If you’ve been using the products for five months, your skin will be well prepared for the glycolic peels, particularly if you’ve been using the glycolic cleanser. My skin responded really well, it was a little sensitive to start with and you have to be careful with sun exposure, but other than that, it was fine.
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All this Skinstitut talk is making me want to try it. What products from them would you recommend starting with?
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Try to talk to a skin therapist who stocks the product, but basically you want to introduce the products slowly, particularly if you haven’t used glycolic based products before. All the products I have used in the range have been great. Perhaps look at starting with both of the cleansers, but use the glycolic sparingly to start with, a serum and a moisturiser. Then you can introduce the scrub as your skin becomes used to the product.
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Agreed – these products are life changing. And not too bad on the wallet either, compared to some skin care products out there.
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When I was a teenager,I had great skin. The odd pimple which at the time meant that the world was ending, but with hindsight great skin. NOW I’m pushing 39 and my skin is terrible… not acne, but pimples and redness and oily ( I used to tend towards dry skin). So now I have pimples and wrinkles… should be a law against it!
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Same thing as me, same age. My hormones were a bit out, got an IUD and it’s cleared up pretty much
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Check with your GP – maybe it’s Rosacea and not acne
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neostrata neostrata neostrata at chemist = changed life
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I had gloriously clear sking as a teenager. But I don’t think my body really got hormones until well into my twenties (not proper grown up ones anyway). From the age of 24 to my current of 40blahblah I’m now the (not so proud) of owner of monthly hormonal break outs.
DRIVES. ME. INSANE.
Nothing works.
But it seems from reading all the below comments that I’m not alone in sharing this *cough* joy.
SIGH.
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Although in my 50′s I still have bad skin although not nearly as bad as it once was.
Totally hormonal. I was one of the people who swore the studies were wrong, there was definitely a lnk between eating chocolate and pimples. Actually, there was..but not what I thought. The same hormones that give you pimples, make you crave chocolate so it seems like one causes the other but doesn’t.
I was still getting some pretty out there pimples in my 40′s. I had grey hairs and pimples. Completely missed the fabulous in between bit!
Now that I am in my 50′s I get a pimple once or twice a year but what I do still get is clogged pores. The only answer to them is Retinol. If you don’t use that, microdermabrasion works brilliantly but it is best for clogged skin, not actual pimples as far as I can tell anyway.
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yep, 53 and still getting pimples, i thought menopause might change them but not yet
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I got a few pimples as a teenager but my skin went berserk when I was about 24/25 years old. I’m not sure what caused it… I moved from a hot humid climate to a cooler one, maybe that had something to do with it.
Anyway, my saving grace was a series of MD Formulations skin peels. They worked true wonders for me back then.
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Timing! I currently have an agry red (and white) spot on my nose that is out of control. Forgot my period was on it’s way, a bit stressed and WHAMMY. It actaully changes my nose shape…
And I am 42. Seriously…
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Argh, I would LOVE to know the % of adult women who have acne. I think the whole “you grow out of acne” story is a total myth! I have struggled over the years with acne (I’m 31 now) and found that it gets so much worse with stress/anxiety. In fact, going on antidepressants (after a terrible period during which I split from my long-term partner, lost my business and my mum was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer) seemed to help my skin clear. As the stress lessened, my skin got much better.
I’ve also found that smooth beam laser works wonders. It is not cheap, but it cleared by skin by 95% and stopped the nasty hormonal pimples from coming. It also stimulates collagen growth and gets rid of light scarring.
I’ve played around with food and the only food I can tie my breakouts to is sugar and caffeine.
Good luck xx
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I am 37 and have break outs just before my period. I have coined a new phrase “Wrinple”. When one of your WRINkles is plumped up by a pimPLE. lol
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I have found fish oil helps my skin. I take a high quality fish oil. Reducing stress helps as well as getting a good nights sleep. Keeping hydrated is also important. I have also reduced the amount of dairy and sugar that I eat (esp sugar which affects your hormones).
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Does anyone have any solutions for pregnancy acne? My skin has gone absolutely mental. Apparently salicylic acid, glycolic, retinoids etc are all out… but tea tree oil is just not going to cut it.
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Seriously try cutting back on dairy. I went dairy free for 3 month and not only lost weight (just came with it) but my skin was perfect. I had to stop as I fell pregnant. Yes, acne is back. Cows are pregnant 90% of the time, while they’re producing milk that we drink. Their hormones get into the milk, and in turn, into us. It doesn’t effect everyone. However, people with pimples in their 20′s and 30′s may react to the hormones. Even if you just stop milk.
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I agree with this but also high GI foods have been implicated in acne.
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nope sorry no cure
How far along are you?. I suffered aswell – right up until about 20 weeks, and tried every cream out there. It is a really hard time to change your diet too, cos I know I was so sick that i just had to eat whatever i could stomach. It then cleared up completely and now whilst still breastfeeding my 9 month old it is still cleared. Kind of hoping the pregnancy fixed it up for good. but am expecting if i get pregnant again, everyone will guess by seeing skin break outs.
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Great article, I can relate I had what I’d call moderate case of pimples in my teens like you I tried everything !
Then turned 18 and it clear up for a while….then came back at after I turned 21! It was really severe really cystic and painful.
Anyway I’d had enough and got myself on roaccutane and it works I have been off it 12 months now and my skins great.
I only get very mild breakouts now once a month I’d recommend talking to your doctor if it was that bad that over the counter products didn’t help.
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I tried every medication and natural remedy under the sun, and nothing would clear up my skin, which was just as bad in my mid-20s. I then discovered roaccutane and it was a life-saver! Luckily I only had the common side-effect (dry skin). I was on 2 pills a day for about a year, and now I take about 1 pill a week to keep it under control.
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Hi,
My skin was okay as a teenager – some pimples, but not outrageously bad. However, now that I am 35, I stopped taking the contraceptive pill (brand shall remain nameless!) and ended up with full blown cystic acne on my neck and jawline (and sometimes cysts on my cheeks). So, I am now taking a brand of roaccutane (Oratane) and am on my second month. The acne was so severe that I am still getting the cysts, just not quite so badly. It is still not cleared up!!! A warning of what can happen when you come off the pill to try for a baby!
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PS I should also say that to take Oratane you have to use two contraceptive methods and so I am now back on the pill. Bit of a vicious cycle!
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Yep im guessing thats whats going to happen to me. Sucks balls. Im staying on this wonder pill as long as I can!
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Important to note that you can’t go on roaccutane when trying for a baby. Causes birth defects.
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Most skincare products at the supermarket or department store are rubbish too.
For years I tried every combination imaginable – stronger ones, milder ones, you name it.
Then a friend who runs a clinic suggested vitamin C powder. I mix it with a small amount of retinol (onlt at night) and thats it. No moisturiser. And now my skin is fab – really even and pretty much no pimples.
Its been so good that in a few weeks I am going to step it up a notch and get a light peel done. I have some pigmentation that I cant wait to be rid of…
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Hi – I also have very bad break outs – usually hormonal. I always knows know when I’m about to get my period. But nothing seems to work. This sounds like a good with the Vitamin C. Where do you get the retinol from?
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I use the skinstitut range.
I’m not sure of a full list of stockists but I get mine from Laser Clinics Australia.
http://www.laserclinics.com.au/skinstitut
When I first used it, my skin was a little flakey for about a week (which is normal, apparently) but its been great since. I’ve suggested it to a few friends and they’ve had good results too. One moved overseas and is begging me to send her some but I dont really want to be responsible for putting a white powder in the mail!
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Absolutely LOVE Skinstitut…the glycolic cleanser and retinol have truly been a lifesaver for me! I went on everything…the pill, antibiotics and roaccutane. This is the only thing that really works for me without having to be on some kind of mood affecting medication! It’s brilliant…plus relatively affordable and lasts ages!
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Has anyone tried microdermabrasion? I had horrible skin too, but after each session my skin was visibly clearer. You only need about 4 weekly sessions then a “top-up” session every 2-3 months. Call a few places because some can charge $80 upwards but I get mine for $45
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Hi Carla, I had the same results with microdermabrasion. My skin has never looked clearer. Bit drier than I am used to but so much improved
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Great post Nat!
Finally these things are in Australia!! – I have the same problem… I don’t understand why I still get pimples as well…
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I am in my early 20′s and still get the odd pimple. I came across this product in a pharmacy and it worked a treat. I loved the way I could still use make up and you couldn’t see the pimple or the product. It is my new ‘must have’ product in my makeup bag.
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Yep I’m well into my twenties and still have terrible skin. I went on roaccutane for a year and that’s the only thing that helped. God help me when I want to go off the pill
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The worst feeling in the world is getting that pain on your face that means a pimple is approaching….. eeeewwwww.
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If I’m stressed (which is often, I work in stocks) I start to resemble a Dalmatian. I always thought my bad skin would clear up when I finished high school but alas, it never goes away.
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Oh timely. I woke up this morning with a pimple on my chin. And it’s not small. AND I have a date tonight. Woop de doo.
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I get zits (sorry, from the states originally, its just what I do!!!!!) so so so often. I hate them. It makes no sense. Im 25 – just like this story says, I am not a teenager any more. But every time i eat chocolate I break out.
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Hi Nat! I had terrrrrible skin in my teens as well. Am so glad it finally cleared up. I still get some now and then like you but it is nothing like it used to be.
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