Acne Under Complicated Skin + Scarring Posted: 04-14-07 21:23pm
I have had acne since I was about 13 years
old. Over the last two years or so it has
been at a managable level. Recently I
noticed that I have these bumps all over
my face (quite densely positioned, too),
underneath my skin. You cannot notice it
that much outside or from a medium
distance but if you look closely you can
see a lot of it.
I gave into the infomercials and tried my
hand at Proactiv. It worked for a bit but
I couldnt use it that often because it
would make me break out even worse. I
moderated my use with it and it made it
better, but my skin seems to be too
complicated for it.
I've recently been trying to use an
at-home micro-dermabrasion kit and it
seems to make my pores and problem areas
look less visible, though I am not sure
whether to continue with that or find
something that would just get rid of my
acne first, before trying to cure my
pores/scarring.
My skin is really oily at times, but in
other instances I find it to be really dry
with dead skin cells on the surface.
I guess my questions are:
1) What could the semi-invisible bumps be
underneath my skin?
2) What kind of treatment should I use for
my skin?
3) Has anyone here been able to free
themselves from acne scarring?
the bumps could be from previous acne , i
beleive but dont qoute me on that. Have
you ever thought of going to the dr? They
can give you prescription meds for your
acne and possibly reccommend something to
help with the scarring etc. I still have
acne problems , i also just started birth
control too wich doesnt seem to help, when
i was on estrostep my face was really
really clear but they dont offer that
birth control here. I use medicated face
scrubs now. Dont know much on something to
help with scarring other then mederma.
They sell it at like walgreens etc it
might help reduce the scars.
