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Old 07-27-2006, 06:49 PM   #1
WanderingSoul
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prescription feedback

Hey everyone!! Well, I finally went to the dermatologist today, and she prescribed the following topicals:

- Evoclin foam, 1% (clindamycin phosphate)
- Finacea Gel, 15% (azelaic acid)
- Differin Gel, .1% (adapelene gel)

I am going to start with just one (not sure yet which) and then possibly add another after a week or so. I'd be interested to hear people's experiences with any of these topical treatments.

Oh, and she also recommended Cetaphil cleansers and moisturizers-- "We swear by Cetaphil," to quote her exact wrods.
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Old 07-27-2006, 08:14 PM   #2
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Re: prescription feedback

A couple of years ago I went a derm be/c of the uneven tone (even color). I tanned ALOT! and was getting the fungus crap on my face bt the time didn't know what it was.. the tanning salon would tell me to use wipe out (gel for face) and selsun blue, but they told me to put it on the spots which after don't research along time after that I read that I have to actually use iit as shampoo (the salons don't realize this). So anyway b4 I found out that's why I went to the derm plus I would get cysts doing my period (one or two). So he gave me Clindamycin in the am and differ at night and I had to stop tanning But i did and my face was clear!Really! My face wasn't really bad but it was never clear either until this derm visit...... Then I started tanning again after awhile (like months for like forever) and using the differin at night was just drying my face out too much with tanning you know. Like I said my face wasn't really that bad (i didn't have alot) but the type of acne I had was servere. So my face was fine until now.... and it is all do to my switch in birth control pill. Alesse sux!! for me anyway. In October I started taking alesse be/c my old one was making my very dry, so i tool it for a month then my boyfriend and I broke up so i didn't really need it lol, be/c I don't have insurance so if i didn't need it and didn't have the money for it then I just didn't get it...... Sorry In a couple mins I will finish lol I have to take my mom to her friends house to watch big brother lol she doesn't drive. Brb

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Old 07-27-2006, 09:08 PM   #3
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Ok back sorry, So anyway I stopped taking birth control pills (I have been on bc pills for a very long time, since I started my period at 12 you know for cramps and whatever. So about a month of not taking them there was a major difference in my skin i was breaking out more. I didn't even realize that it was be/c I wasn't taking the bc pills anymore i just didn't know what was going on and thought it would go anyway. ( I only took the alesse for a month then stopped). So my face looked pretty bad (but not too bad where I wouldn't go out of the house) for the couple months that I wasn't on the pills. Then my boyfriend and I got back together in april and I started taking the alesse again, within two and a half months of being on the alesse my face is now so bad that I WILL NOT GO OUT OF THE HOUSE!! I will only go across the bridge to drop my mom off at her friends, and only be/c my car windows are little tinted. I won't even go through the drive through window. I mean it's bad! My face has never ever ever been this bad! So Now I am taking piro 100mgs and doxy 100mgs right now. But nothing is happening. I've been on doxy for a month now and I feel like it's just getting worse. I am supposed to go back to the derm on the 6th but i think i going to make a sooner appointment. I am thinking about getting back on the differin at night be/c that really did clear up my skin. I'm not tanning anymore either Oh and I have only been taking spiro for a week and it take 2 to 4 months to kick in so I know i can't count on that yet. With the cetaphil cleanser I can't use them. It made my face itchy. So I still need to find a cleanser to use right now I'm using clean and clear it's in a purple bottle. And with the cetaphil lotion I know it says non-comedogenic but it still seems like everytime I use it a cyst or pimple come up I dont know why it's weird. My face is very weird and it's hard to know what to do for it. Keep us posted on how your face is doing.
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Old 07-28-2006, 01:14 AM   #4
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Re: prescription feedback

I have used both the Finacea ( rxed for people with roseacia also, so I was told...which I don't have) and th Differin. The Differin I tried both the gel and the pleggets. All I can say is that the Differin ruined more clothes and sheets than I care to count. My face ended up feeling burned, even when I backed way down on how much and how often I used it. The Finacea didn't do a thing for me.

I hope you see fantastic results!!!!! I know the Differin works well for some people. Wish it had for me.

I do like Cetaphil cleanser. I haven't tried the moisterizers. I'm a die hard Oil of Olay Regenerist usur.
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