Cystic Acne Nightmare!?
February 22nd, 2011Question: Cystic Acne Nightmare!?
Alright so I’ve had really bad acne all my life almost. It started when I was 11 and now I’m 24 and it’s still here. My acne would get superior sometimes with the most basic of cleansers like Oxy and stuff like that. Now that I’m 24 my acne has come back and is the worse type of acne you can get. It is cystic acne.
This started 9 months ago after I decided to wash my face with scented soap. A HUGE cyst appeared by my nose and from then on more followed. My brother even titled my first cyst “Alfonso” because it was that big.
Anyway…basically cysts will appear whenever I get acne of any kind, even if I just get just once little acne. They acne will swell usually within 4 days of appearing, instead of healing. They get huge and swollen and painful and can take weeks upon weeks to even begin to not swell anymore, regardless if I touch it or not. If I pop them, that helps reduce the swelling in the long run but each cyst that I get leaves one of two things behind to remind me it was there. A dark red scar (even if I don’t touch it), or a hard bump under the skin. Sometimes these will disappear away within like 3-5 months…but some stay. I have had the Alfonso one who started this madness, under my skin for over a year now!
So…I started to become frightened after about 9 months of having cystic acne. I starting thinking that my face would never heal and I’d look unsightly for the rest of my life with all the red scars and swelling bumps. I read up on how to cure it. I tried reducing my milk and sugar intakes. Reducing sugar actually has slowed down the acne but has not stopped it. I switched to using non-scented Ivory soap instead of Scented soap.
Next I tried drinking lots of water and lemon juice. I tried using Benzoyl Peroxide on my face in hefty amounts. Surprisingly this tamed the acne a lot. The scars dull a bit, the swelling faded…and my skin cleared up for the first time in months. …But even so, my face still has dark red scars in some areas and the acne still persists. I have about 4 little ones that are swollen right now. Then…after about a month of using Benzoyl my face got really dry…It looks like crocodile skin. I’m 24, and when I smile I look like I am 30 cause it makes me look like I have wrinkles. D:
So, I purchased a moisturizer which claims to disappear scars, disappear wrinkles, and get rid of dry skin. I also started taking apple cider vinegar pills (which injured my tummy sometimes) because I’ve heard these can help get rid of cysts.
So……..Does anyone have any clue or experience with this sort of nightmare? I once had fair, beautiful Irish skin and now it’s all crocodile, cystic and inflamed sometimes. It prefabricated me so depressed I didn’t leave my home for 3-4 months!!! That’s how bad it was….even make up did nothing to hide the acne. My goal is to make my skin so clear that if I came out of a swimming pool, and my future boyfriend pulled back my hair to give me a kiss, he’s smile and tell me I was a acceptable angel or something like that. =) Haha…it’s something to keep me working at this. I have prefabricated extreme progress with the benzoyl and the diet switch but I need this to go away completely.
Thanks for any help anyone! I am trying so hard everyday! Also…I haven’t been getting much sun. Can the sun help my skin?
Oh and I’m not saying 30 year olds have wrinkles. I meant to state it just makes me look about 10 years older than what I am.
Best answer:
Answer by curator
Time to see the dermatologist. You might need hormonal testing to see why you have acne as an adult. There are many treatment options including accutane so often discussed on Yahoo answers. Don’t squeeze the pimples, it makes them worse.
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if you believe doctors&derm unconditionally,then you’ll have cystic spots forever,hard luck, but i cured mine
i had big spots, it’s a food chemical allergy,this might help you——– a lot of food ingredients(NOT fresh meat,veg,fish,cheese,potato’s,etc) are man made from chemicals,now if i gave you a teaspoon of chemical to drink,you probably wouldn’t be surprised with the new big pimple growing the next day, how do i know? i lived this nightmare of big pimples,as one was dying,ping i could feel the next one coming,running home from school or getting up in the morning to look in the mirror(juli,stop looking in the mirror they won’t go any quicker),making excuses not to go out and staying in to apply mud from mexico,slime from the bottom of the sea,face masks made from kangaroo poo,it looks a little bit better(who are you kidding)why do i only see one person in every million like me,because they aren’t allergic to anything,oh no i got another one,this will be my last one,it’s the end of my teenage years,this will be my last one i’m thirty and a half next week. i had 10 years of them,left mums house,bingo month later clear fresh complexion,if i went back to mums and ate, big spot again,mum said you’re allergic to something,6 months later we found that it was a food (chemical)ingredient added as a food flavouring,sauces,gravy,flavours put on breadcrumbs,drinks,curries,lots of things. no more bending over when a fit boy passes so my hair falls over my face. it should be easy to find out what you ate that your allergic to
e-mail me if you need advice,profile page read this web site is doesn’t mention bigspots but it’s on the right track
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