Bad Acne and Acne Scars, 29 Years Old. Been Battling Acne for 8 Years Now

Thank You, I've tried all kinds of systems and including a few different kinds of antibiotics, no help. Might go on acutane but I'm trying to figure out if it's something I'm eating or drinking that causes this. I've tried peels too. anything I do helps temporarily but doesn't do anything to keep them away.

I went through this same thing. Two years ago when I was pregnant with my son and desperate for a cure for my acne (I couldn't use medication while pregnant), I tried all sorts of dietary things. What finally worked for me was eliminating all dairy and dairy products from my diet - no cheese, milk, yogurt, ice cream, nothing cooked or baked with butter, dairy, etc. And within weeks, the cysts flattened and cleared from my skin. About 3 months ago, I tried integrating dairy back into my diet and had the absolute worst breakout of my life, which has now left me with a very bad scar on my forehead (whereas before my forehead was not a problem - my scars on on my cheeks). I suggest you try giving up dairy. Please let me know how it goes. The problem that I am having now, is that I have lost so much weight from this diet that I am severely underweight now (I was already a small person and have lost another 20 pounds) and suffering repercussions from that like hair loss. I have to meet with a nutritionist and allergist to try to get this diet sorted out for me.

That really helps to hear, thank you so much for sharing. Everything I've tried was temporary and I'm glad you said that about accutane bc I was nervous to try it anyway. I'll look into spironolactone. Thanks

Your welcome. I take 100 mg once a day. No side effects, where as accutane causes very unpleasant long term health problems down the road.

What have you tried so far for your acne scars? I've had two different procedures so far, and both have given me a small amount of improvement on my scars, but I want more. I am on spironolactone too now for my acne, along with avoiding 100% of dairy products and anything made with dairy, my acne seems to be under control. My derm just upped my spiro to 150 mg a day. I do have some side effects such as extreme exhaustion and also sometimes dizziness since it lowers my blood pressure and I already have low blood pressure. I'm annoyed and sad that I have to deal with this medication just to have clear skin at age 35. My doctor said the spiro will not cure the acne, but it may be able to "reset" my system to stop producing acne. I believe my system was messed up initially from the birth control pill. I had perfect skin when on it and everything went downhill with acne when I stopped the pill to start a family.

I use Spironolactone and my skin is so clear now! Zero side effects and it is so inexpensive!!! Wish I'd found it 10 years ago:-)

Me TOO!!!! It would have saved me a lot of sadness & days spent hiding hibernating inside and covering my face with all my hair when I went somewhere....if I had found out about it sooner!

Thank you!

I agree, the first 3 days mr skin looked great compared to prior, although check today's update, the scars don't seem to have been effected much by it. I hope my enlarged pores will minimize again. I have 2 more treatments to go, I've eliminated milk products to try out if that's what's causing all the cystic outbreaks. I must say most of my cystic acne started when I started messing with different procedures and methods to get rid of the little small pimples I used to get. Good luck with your journey. I will post info once my test results come back from food intolerances test.

Have you tried any tea tree oil?

They used Serum, and oh God yes they numbed me up before small needles repeatedly stabbed my skin lol. Once numb I didn't feel it much at all.