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• Posted to Spironolactone - Fantastic Medication for Acne/Oily Skin - Panama City, FL on 17 Jan 2013

  you know what, I wonder though, if it's the SPIRO or the DOXYCYCLINE that's clearing the acne? AND i am using the Retin-A .05 cream. Hmm...I certainly would hope I don't have to continue with this the rest of my life. Sheesh! I'm 36 =( and the thought of having to take PILLS the rest of my life so I don't have that awful cyst acne...well that's simply put as a booooo. But, I will do what I have to do at this point. I do not want that on my face ever again. FYI, Retin-A tends to dry me out from time to time, mainly around my mouth and on the tip of my nose. haha. Almost as if I am shedding for 3-4 days, then it's gone. Then it might happen a couple weeks later, 3-4 days, and it's gone again. I wonder if this is my skins way of getting rid of the old, starting over with the new? Kinda makes sense to me anyway =) Skins healing. I deal with it by using a green tea moisturizer (via proactiv, which I've now canceled) Proactive was ok for a while, but it does NOTHING for cystic acne. So warning, SAVE YOUR MONEY!!! Proactiv i found is for the "puberty" or "here and there" acne. Not huge cyst acne that I see some of us are dealing with. What else...It seems my oil levels have dropped since beginning the Spiro. I don't get these huge pockets of oil on my face anymore. Which is good because I do believe this was PART of the problem and WHY I would get that horrible Cystic acne. I get a break out here and there, but nothing bad. I seem calmer, except during my pms/period Weeks of course. Haven't noticed any hair loss, balding or anything like that. No weight gain. Nothing seems off after the first three months on Spiro =) Now onto the scars. Mental & physical. Mental scars are healing. I feel better about myself and more up and adam. I want to go out more and not ashamed. So that's taken a turn for the better. The physical scars are, well, there. In plain day. I can cover them up. And I do. These are mainly along the chin line so really they hide well. The scars aren't all over my face (cheeks, forehead, nose) I use an Almay acne complexion concealer. Works rather well, and it's that Noncomodomic (spelling???), so it won't clog my pores. I'm using a skin bleacher by Obagi that was suggested by a Doctor. It's an RX so you should have a Dr's approval. And guess what, IT'S WORKING!! My scars are fading. Been using these products since July 2012. Actually why don't I just give you some information on that. Just go here- http://www.odiscountstore.com you will see to the left "Obagi Individual Products". Of the Obagi Nu-Derm collection I use the following products: Step 1- skin foaming gel 26.99 6.7 fl oz Step 2- ph toner 26.99 6.7 fl oz Step 3- clear (RX bleacher) 61.99 2 fl oz Step 4- Exfoderm Forte 44.99 2 fl oz Step 5- Blender (RX bleacher) 58.99 2 fl oz Step 6- Healthy Skin Protection 35 spf 30.99 3 fl oz Still pricey but you only use a pea size amount. It can go a long way I promise you. I love these products!!! I recommend them to all of you if it's affordable. So there you go. My full days menu in detail. Take my Doxycycline 100mg twice a day. Spiro 50mg once a day. Wash with the Obagi system 1-2 twice a day(morning/night) The Obagi steps 3-6 once a day. Retin-A before bed. YUM! a lot of work but well worth it =) Talk to you all again real soon. Take care.

• Posted to Spironolactone - Fantastic Medication for Acne/Oily Skin - Panama City, FL on 15 Jan 2013

  Hi :) Back and VERY happy with the results! I have been taking the Spiro & Doxycycline since roughly this past Thanksgiving and I couldn't ba happier. I'm going to give you the short end of the story. Started out using the 25mg Spiro once daily & the Doxy 100mg twice daily. After about a month I suggested to my Dr updrading me to a 50mg Spiro once daily and he bought it ;) I have had a panel done, everything checked out fine. I have another physical through my Dr this Feb 14th (Valentine's Day) and I'm excited because I'm going to ask if I can now be increased/Upgraded to the 100mg Spiro. Now, I don't know if I'm going to haveta be on this the rest of my life or what but I can tell you in the mean time I am thrilled. I can't believe the cystic acne is GONE! Not better...GONE!! There is NONE!!! after nearly 3-4 years of that ugly stuyff on my face and it...is...GONE!!!! Thanks to this Blog/Forum. If i hadn't found you and read what you had posted I don't know if I woulda went through all this. So Thank You!! I'll be back again with updates as they come. But as of now, HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!!!

• Posted to Spironolactone - Fantastic Medication for Acne/Oily Skin - Panama City, FL on 15 Nov 2012

  Had my Doctor appointment today and i'm very excited with the turn out. Ok, my Dr has perscribed me an interesting medical cocktail lol...25mg of the Spiromolactone (once a day) 100mg Doxycycline (twice a day) and Retin-A .05 topical (every pm before bed after face washing). I am soooo excited about the possibilty of some REAL results. I hope the 25mg of spironolactone is going to be enough to do the job. Dr knows best i guess. I've got an appointment set for Nov 29 to have my electrolyte panel done. (gonna google this, what is it, blood work?) and a follow up 3 months from now. I'll be sure to keep you posted on my progress. I hope this all comes together & works for me as it did for a high % of woman going through this :)

• Posted to Spironolactone - Fantastic Medication for Acne/Oily Skin - Panama City, FL on 13 Nov 2012

  I've made my appointment with my family Dr. for this Thursday. I hope he will take pitty on me :( i can't do this anymore. I've tryed every topical and antibiotic and nothing will help. It has to be hormonal. Has to be. Makes perfect sense with the moodiness, stress and anger I've been dealing with. The flux in my wieght. All of it. I'll let you know how this turns out. Wish me luck!!

• Posted to Spironolactone - Fantastic Medication for Acne/Oily Skin - Panama City, FL on 10 Nov 2012

  I just read this and it made me cry. This is me, exactly! And you have no idea how happy i am to be reading this. Not because of the acne hell you had to endure, but that there are other like me battling this horrible acne. Acne, cystic acne, are so stressful. Makes you depressed and unwilling to want to leave your house sometimes. I was a pretty faced girl once. I felt attractive and got attention. Always smiling. Now i want to hide. Now i feel like a beast and ugly. For the past 4 years ive been dealing with cystic acne under my chin, sometimes on my forehead and nose. They just keep coming, stay long, hurt and scar. Nothing has helped me. No topicals such as Proactiv & retan-a do anything for me. The obagi skin system...NOTHING! I get these breakouts and all i wanna do is wash wash wash. Scrub scrub scrub. They keep coming! Cant stop them, cant slow them down. I stress and more come. Closer i get to my period, more. Endless acne with no pause in between. Your post just gave me hope! I am making an appointment to see my family dr and i hope he/she can help me, possibly get me on spironolactone asap! Thank you...thank you...thank you :) there may be hope after all.