chest/arms/back acne! Please Help!

[ihateacne20]

Hi..i just wanted to know if anyone else has this type of acne on there arms and chest..on my arms..i have these little plugs..Im sorry this is going to seem gross..but its almost like they get plugged or impacted and then when i squeeze them they are either white worms or little beads that are hard..i have had these since my junior year of high school..im now 21! i can never wear tank tops or anything that shows my upper arms b/c Im so embarassed by them.
Then on my chest..it's just a complete mess..i get these giant cyst/puss type pimples..some are very close to the nipple..i have one there now..sometimes i can see a tiny white cord sticking up out of them and if i take tweezers i can pull the root out..sometimes i get small ones of those on my face..does anyone have this?? IF SO PLEASE HELP ME!! I can't get rid of it!!! Thanks!!

Alexandra

[kdogg]

First off see a derm....they can help you and figure out wat type of problem your dealing with...overall i had a similar problem and i went on accutane to fix it and soo far soo good.

[ihateacne20]

I've seen lotsa derms...taken everything but accutane..as of lately i took a sulpha drug called Bactrim..this is made me awfully ill..anyone else take this? i now have anxiety, pounding heart, chest pain, dizziness..i took it for 3 weeks and it really cleared up my face but did nothing for my chest..most of the derms just think I'm an awful picker..but i swear i get the most odd zits..no one has told me about whats on my arms..they just say its all related to acne! I'm afraid of accutane after this bout with Bactrim so i dunno what to do!

[lindamm]

I used to get cysts all over I think, but learned that oranges and OJ caused them. Eliminating oranges from my diet made the cysts I got all along my jawline, hairline, temples and neck go away. I'm pretty sure I got them on my chest too, but that wasn't the main problem. I learned the oranges were a trigger from a coworker who only got them on her chin after drinking OJ. Otherwise, she had great skin. You should try that. The results should be pretty immediate.

I still get some pretty inflamed and slow to heal zits on my back and always have one coming or going on my neck, but they are nothing like what I used to get. And the aspirin mask has made my back much better and have hopes it will help my neck.

I actually use it as a scrub in the shower rather than a mask and do my whole upper body. It makes your skin feel great. You should try it on your arms first. It might agravate the already inflamed chest area. It does agravate my rosecea so I don't use it on my cheeks.

Nothing a dermatologist ever prescribed helped me either. And they don't believe me about the oranges.

[ihateacne20]

thanks for the info about oranges..ill try that..where do u get the aspirin mask. Ive never seen it anywhere??