Adult acne cures

davidscot

Anyone any adult acne-whitehead cures please.
Tried most things but still no joy.
Suffer from adult acne and whiteheads on a regular basis.
Really getting to me, anyone help please.

Weeyin

I've suffered the same, was never spotty as a teenager, and then in late twenty's developed lots of big spots.

A good skin care routine does make a difference, avoiding harsh products which just make your skin go into overdrive you end up just as spotty.

I use a daily facial wash in the morning, spot-stress clearing wipes at night and and spot stress moisturising gel morning and night after cleansing. Also do a face mask every sunday, but a weekly sauna would be just as good.

Failing that, a trip to the docs might help. You can get antibiotics for this, but i didn't think they helped that much.

sec79

Roaccutane. I tried everything under the sun before being put on roaccutane, including anti biotics. They work when you take them and the spots return once the anti biotics aren't taken anymore.

You'll need to get a dermatologist referral from the doctor. I stopped taking it about 18 months ago and no spots since. Best thing I ever did and wish I'd taken it sooner.

You can't take it if you are pregnant or trying for a family.

davidscot

Well im not pregnant and definately not trying for a family:)
Ive tried most of the routines going regards moisturising etc etc but still no joy.
Not been to the GP yet but it might be worth a go, was really trying to avoid that by using other methods but will see how it goes.

glowgirl_2

These things worked for me, I've had various forms of acne form about the age of 12 up until fairly recently.

1. Only use products on my face that do not cantain any form of mineral oil - this has made a huge difference.

2. Eating a low carb diet and cutting out all sugar including sugars from fruit, I know this has made a big difference because the other day I ate a huge amount of cherries and grapes and now I have rubbish skin, its gone backwards:(

3. If I have a breakout (like now) I can control it with Freederm Gel, used twice a day, others on here have had poor results with this product but it works wonders for me, you can try it for about £5 for a small tube from Boots.

The OCM was effective for a while, but my skin got used to it and then it wasnt so effective but I do go back to it now and then - hth:)

horsechestnut

I have combination skin and I use Quinoderm (the blue tube; it is the stronger of the two); but just on my forehead, nose and chin. If I stop using it the spots return. It is quite strong stuff.
I wash with Simple soap using just my hands (no facecloth).
Recently I have also started using Boots No7 Shine control cram; but just on my nose, as this is very good at absorbing the oil and therefore helps to prevent the pores getting blocked.

timestar

So-called adult acne can ironically be much more severe than the more normal teenage kind. As suggested a visit to a GP might help, although they might just palm you off with a broad spectrum anti-biotic. These can work but you may well be on them for a long time. As they are typically broad spectrum they also kill a lot of "good" bacteria that your body needs so you may suffer upset stomach. Diet changes may help but research has found no link between eating fatty/greasy food, chocolate etc. and spots. But, eating a "healthy" diet won't do you any harm and might help to boost your immune system. Surprisingly there is also no clinically proven link between poor skin hygiene and acne. The only "proven" treatement is taking a retinoid creams but there can be problems. If you have the money, laser treatment does work well for some but is only available privately and you would usually need several sessions. There is an over the counter treatment containing a milk protein called lactoferrin that the makers claim is very effective against acne but the clinical evidence to support this is weak.

Sagaris

DH tried everything too - he moved here and my (nice!) GP referred him straight to the dermatologist who said it was the worsr he'd seen!

He took Roaccutane for 18 months and ended up on steroids too! But 3 years later he's still clear - best thing he ever did!

JCS1

only thing I've found that worked is Dermalogica Medibac skincare - finally got rid of spots at the age of 33.

palegirl1

sec79 wrote: »

Roaccutane. I tried everything under the sun before being put on roaccutane, including anti biotics. They work when you take them and the spots return once the anti biotics aren't taken anymore.

You'll need to get a dermatologist referral from the doctor. I stopped taking it about 18 months ago and no spots since. Best thing I ever did and wish I'd taken it sooner.

You can't take it if you are pregnant or trying for a family.

You also can't take if you have high cholesterol - my partner is trying hard to bring down his cholesterol so he can take as a last resort. Like you antibiotics work only when he's taking them, a couple of weeks after the spots return and respond to nothing else.

shebrett

I have the exact same problem, I've been getting pimples and acne since I was a teenager and it just doesn't look good at 35! It's only been in the past couple of years that I've finally found what works for me and it's cheap which is a bonus.

I used to use a product from the body shop called Japanese washing grains which were great but have been discontinued. You can make them yourself using a coffee grinder to grind up dried adzuki beans (around 99p or less for 500g, available at supermarkets and health food stores).

I grind them into a powder and wash my face using a couple of teaspoons of the ground powder mixed with water to form a paste consistency and scrub my face with it. It's best if you grind it very fine that way it's not too harsh. It's very messy so best to do in the shower.

I then rinse my face in really cold water which makes the skin tighten and moisturise using about 5 drops of jojoba oil..... I know, you probably have massively oily skin.... but so did I.

A friend recommended it and seriously it really does the trick for me, it gets rid of the oily skin as well. From what I've been told it works because the sebum in your skin (the slick oily feeling you get at the end of the day) is overproduced for those of us with oily skin and apparenly jojoba oil is very close to the consistency of the sebum and by moisturisig with it you "trick" your skin into feeling like it's already produced sebum and it doesn't produce more during the day.

I don't know about the reasoning, but it really has worked for me and jojoba oil is available online for around £5 for 200ml which lasts me for around 4 months.

Hope it works for you if you decide to give it a try! Good luck.