Back acne

[Jake09]

Hey guys I am 14 years old I started getting acne at 13. I do have some on my face but I odnt no if u would consider it acne or not. But I do have acne on my back and its so agravating my doctor and prescribed 2 different typed of pills and yet still nothing (he also gave me a cream for my face). I was wondering what has worked for u guys cuz this stuff is sooo agravating I mean I dont even want to go to the pool. If u no wat will work plz give me the product name. Well thx for ur time

[Piranna65]

hello jake, welcome to the boards.

I use to have bad acne to the chin area of my face when I was your age, it looked bad! And I went to a dermatoligist and he gave me several differnt things, diferin, some pills, and some other creams i dont remember the names of to apply at day and night...to be honest NONE of them did a thing for me! My acne didnt really clear up till I was almost 18 (still having some chin acne here or there)

And about that time I started getting the stuff on my back! I never had that problem, but i went to the dermo again he gave me some benzolproxide i think body wash that smelled horrible! And guess what that too didnt do anything for me. Infact I still get the boils/pimples on my back up until recently when I started going to a tanning bed. I know your a bit young and the idea of this probably isnt appealing but that has helped me (i know tanning beds are bad) But the other thing that has helped is using dial antibacterial body wash with a loofa. I use it after I wash my hair so it unclogs the pores and that seems to help.

AS for my face now I am using step 1 of a 3step cleaner from lloreal it has little scrubbie beads in it. It's about 6 or 7 a bottle at a drugstore and I use it everyday in the shower. And while visiting my dermotoligist again a few months back he gave me a new product called "KLARON" And My face has cleared up nicely! My chin acne is basically gone <knock on wood> and i put it all over my face once a day. It has done wonders for me and is the best product I have used personally.

goodluck and just keep your face clean. Most of these pills and creams will dry your face out, that is ment to happen.

[Laurie_Dhue]

Jake, I also started to get bad body acne.
Here's what cleared me.

Your body is probably producing alot of oil and this is whats causing the body acne.
The best product for body acne is Doxycycline.
You got to get this prescribed from a derm.
Doxycycline will control the oil your body is producing and bring down the body acne and stop it from growing.
If you dont have insurance.
There's 2 version of doxycycline. One version costs 25 dollars and another version which is called Dorf, costs 162 dollars.
The one thats 162 dollars is the pure form version.
My pharmacist said there basically the same thing.
I get the one that's 25 dollars.
If you got health insurance it will be even cheaper.

There is no shelf product you can buy that will stop the acne from growing.
Only an anti biotic will stop it.
The Doxycycline is 30 pills. Get the version thats 100 mg.
Take one pill a day.

I would also recommend using Neutrogena Body Clear Body Scrub.
I tried alot of body washes for body acne.
I tried the Phisoderm Clear Confidence Acne BodyWash.
I also tried the Neutrogena Body wash with 2% Salicylic acid.
Neither of these bodywashes for acne worked for my body acne.
Then I tried the Neutrogena Body Clear Body Scrub, which is a body scrub with 2% Salicylic acid. This worked amazing on me. It really brought down the body acne.
Leave this on your body for like 2 minutes then wash off.

When your body acne goes down you might have redmarks from the body acne.
The best thing for this is an AHA product.
I would recommend the Neostrata body lotion with 10% AHA.
Neostrata invented AHA.
Its great for getting rid of redmarks.
I use after I take a shower. It blends in the skin better.
Just type in Neostrata aha lotion in google.
Alpha Hydrox makes a good AHA body lotion.
It has 10% AHA.
It can be used for the body and face.
They sell it in Eckerd and Riteaid.
Its called Alpha Hydrox enhanced lotion.
Its like 14 dollars.

[Jake09]

Hey guys thx so much for the replys right now my doctor has me taking Cephalexin and its doing nothing all I want is to have clear skin I was wondering if sunlight would help? And how to I get to the tuff to reach spaces on my back with those soaps u guys say will work? Well its rly hard starting to go to a public school and having bacne and some face acne so I that this will work thx for ur time

[pizzzzza]

Hey everyone -

I just wanted to add that just about any of the Neutrogena products work well for me - especially Neutrogena Body Clear Body Wash when taking a shower, as well as the Multi Vitamin Acne Treatment.

One more thing - someone in another thread had suggested Baking Soda with water (makes into a paste) works GREAT - makes skin smoother and cleaner - leave it on for about 5-10 minutes - I then follow up with On-the-Spot Acne Treatment - it contains just 2.5% Benzoyl Peroxide, yet it provides the same maximum level of effectiveness as a conventional 10% prescription.

Good luck!

Mark