acne prevention!!

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Originally posted by 47john
antibiotics do work

here is a list of things that will not work if you have some fairly persistent acne

vitamin b
creams except tretinoin which is the strongest retin-a product .
clearisil
oxy
extra showers
scrubbing the affected area
beta carotene 25000 a day
vitamin b-5 2 grams a day
vitamin c 1 gram a day
vitamin e 400iu a day
zinc 50mg a day
3-6 tablespoons of flax a day
selenium 200mg a day
tea-tree oil
zinc picolinate 50mg a day
tanning a few times a week
sauna or steam room. then jump in a cold shower
any other home remedy

no offense but anyone with a stubborn acne problem realizes how ineffective these treatments really are , i just got done taking vitamin b 2x a day for 3 months . i really have tried them all and they dont work , at least not for me . some people just get a few pimples here and there and that stuff may help . but for a problem like mine you only have a couple options .

1. accutane
2. antibiotics
3. wait it out and hopefully it will go away by age 35

retin a / tretinoin is mostly for scarring and wont completely stop a severe acne problem . but still good to have .

if you only tried most of those treatments for only three months then you didn't do it long enough. nothing works over night. again i am sorry about the antibiotic statement. they work for you. thats great. they didn't for me and for alot of people i've talked to. i was not trying to say that you were wrong.