Is there a Pill that Will Stop my Acne? Posted: 03-19-06 13:44pm
I am taking Ortho-lo as my birth control.
I have been told my acne is hormonal. I
was wondering if there is a pill that will
stop my acne. I am using Retin a cream
but it is just making my skin pill and
red. I really want this all to go away.
I took accutane already and I have tried
everything under the sun but nothing seems
to work. Help!
There isn’t any medical treatment that
will cure acne 100%. Medical treatment can
help to decrease the disease’s duration.
Medical treatment can also make the
disease more tolerant to to the
environment and can help avoid
complications like scarring. Acne
treatment includes:
1. Deep skin cleaning with liquid soaps to
remove dirt and sufficient sebum from the
skin.
2. Decreasing sebum secretion with creams
that contain bio-sulfur.
3. Skin peeling with Vitamin-A-acid,
benzoylperoxid, and azelaic acid.
4. Local and oral antibiotics
(erythromycin, klindamycin,
tetracycline)... and local antiseptics.
5. Birth control pills (for women).
6. 13-cys-retinic acid to induce atrophy
of the sebaceous glands in the skin.
7. Manuallyexpelling the sebum out of the
acne.
8. Photo-therapy.
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