acne and pregnant

[shea31]

Sadend- I am using azelex and emycin now but I dont feel like they are helping. I had a little acne before I got pregnant but now its a little worse. I am only 6 weeks along. Maybe I will ask my doctor about the benzamycin. Thanks

[arock]

hey shea, i know exactly how you feel, i broke out too while i was pregnant- it sucked. my derm advised against the cleocin, something about it being a vit A type thing, but yer s'posed to not use it while pregnant. i switched to topical eurythromycin. worked like crap! *lol* but better than nothing, i guess. have you tried the lemon juice thing? might work for you, although it also may give you heartburn, so be careful. congratulations! despite the acne, i looooved being pregnant, i was happy all the time, no clue why. my kid is 6 years old now, and gets more fun and cool and funny every day. totally unplanned, btw, but i'm loving it!

[arock]

just make sure to talk to both yer derm and your ob, no matter what you're using, okay?

[caedmyn]

Whoever asked if acne in early pregnancy will get better...I was told that it usually improves after the first trimester (obviously this doesn't apply if you started getting it later in pregnancy!). I'm 12 1/2 weeks now, so we'll see what happens in the next couple of weeks.