New here...Doxy and more

ash8752 · 08-30-2006, 10:09 AM

Hi- I am 24 and have had mild-moderate acne all my life i guess and i am just sick of it! I went to the derm and he prescribed me doxy, retin a creme (generic), a face wash and another topical i put on once in the morning. I have used all the topicals and the wash once and they seem very gentle which is great. IN about 10 minutes i will take my first Doxy pill. Can anyone just kind of tell me there expieriences on this? Has anyone used this many products at once?

I am just basically looking of any stories good or bad to get a feel for what to expect.

THANKS A BUNCH!!
ACNE SUCKS!

babygirl2005_21 · 08-30-2006, 11:07 AM

Oh man you are about to start down the road to recovery. Well I will just let you know that you will have an intial breakout. Be very gentle with the topicals as well. The intial breakout was the worst experience I have ever had. It happened about 1 month into treatment and then I had clear skin for almost 2 years. The only bad thing is I had to get off Doxy. because I kept getting yeast infections so now I think my acne is coming back.

I am 22 and I was prescribed at 20. I am still using differin and klaron as topicals. I take Yasmin for birth control as well.

ash8752 · 08-30-2006, 01:27 PM

Thanks for the reply.

As for topicals, they seem really gentle, as does the face wash which is great! The doctor didnt seem to think i'd break out much because of all the stuff he prescribed me but he did see it can take 3 weeks to notice a difference.

I am on the depo shot for bc and love it. And it is progestrone only so its effects shouldnt weaken due to the doxy!

ash8752 · 08-30-2006, 05:23 PM

Oh yeah! I have only taken one pill so far which was this morning and I am taking another later...3 hours after i took the pill i have been mildly itchy with no rash, hives, just a bit itchy like on my hips, back and various places. Does this sound like it could be an allergic reaction? Or has anyone else expierienced something like this?

BellaPc · 08-30-2006, 07:22 PM

I have been on doxy for four weeks now and I dunno if I am still experiencing the initial break out but its horrible!! next week will be my fifth week and in a month from now I am going to be going on acccutane anyways but I still wanted to give this atleast 2 months to work but soo far nothing my face just gets worse and worse and worse but I am praying I will see some improvement in my face before I start the accutane...?? So I dunno if this break out is the doxycycline or I switched my birth control a month before starting doxycycline and was breaking out then too but not as bad as now?? but my derm said I should switch my birth control to Yasmin he said its the best for acne the one I am on now is desogen and he said its good for acne but no "the best" sooo tomorrow I am going to the gyno and getting yasmin sooo we'll see how it goes just be prepared ur face could get worse before better but give it at least 2 months I guess thats what I am doing :-)