My First (and probably last) Visit to the Derm HELP!

[Fiasco]

Ok well I just left the Derm...It's actually the second one (I lied, I went to one about 7 years ago) ....What a Joke....

Ok I've had moderate Acne for about 8 years, since I was about 13-14. I'm 22 now and decided I've had enough.

First off I spend about thirty minutes each morning in the bathroom covering up my spots with C&C Advantage, I've gotten pretty good at it, most of the time you can hardly tell anythings wrong with my face, apart from it being really oily and I'm always shiny. I told them this and they joked about it like "Why are you here again?" I guess it's a compliment but it's not funny.

Then I talked to the nurse who literally asked me if I eat "Chocolate, Spicy foods or Peanuts" I thought to myself "Is this 85'?,What the hell". Then she asked me what foods cause me to breakout, and when I answered with "Crackers,White Bread, Rice" She said...I swear to god.... "Don't eat those"......::sighs::

She then try to sell me their version of ***** Hazel and some Regular Face Lotion.....and she gave me a sample of Benzaclin which is just 5% Benzoyl Peroxide.....

The doctor walked in and almost in one motion walked back out. I had to stop him and ask him questions, which he precided to answer with the craziest things I've heard

Face breaks out when sleeping face down
My Answer - Bacteria
His Answer - Heat

I break out when I eat Rice
My Answer - Blood Sugar Change
His Answer - Heat? Seriously......

My face breaks out in the exact spot where my Grandma pinched my cheek
My Answer - Bacteria
His Answer - Impossible and that I was pretty much lying

He also said he's never heard that it was a bad thing to touch your face with your hands and that someone had been misinforming me.....This guy was horrible

David M Graham - Edmond OK

I went back and looked at his reviews on yahoo maps(who looks at those anyway?) I remembered there were 3, when I read them,two of them were obviously planted, saying his the best in the world and one was real, talking about how horrible he was.....

Is there hope for me? or is this all Derms? I'm sick and tired of topicals and constantly messing with it, I feel like I'm a prisoner in my own body!

Can anyone recommend a Derm in OK?

Thanks

[dammie]

I can't recommend one, i don't live in the area, but from my experience most of them aren't that great anyway. And some how they all got blessed with really good skin, so they don't understand; and think that you're making stuff up. I had one tell me that i wasn't as bad as others that he's seen, umm so what? I'm here for me, treat me right now and deal with others later. Try to find a new one if you can and hang in there. Maybe one day there will be a cure for this or at least i can dream.

[Fiasco]

Thanks Bump

[hopeless123]

Seriously, they're all full of it. I hate all derms and i would never recommend anyone to go to one unless advised by their regular doctor. They have no idea what they are doing. They don't even look at your face when you go in for a visit. I wait in the office for a half hour and then get to see the top of the derms head for 30 seconds as they write me out another expensive and useless prescription. Then the charge you for your visit. I've completely given up on derms and never want to go to another one again. I exactly how you feel and I'm sorry to be so disappointing. Good luck

[almostclear7]

MAN!!! Thank you! I've been wondering if all the Dermatologists were like the 4 that I've seen. I can't stand them. It's like they are scam artists.

The research for acne is outdated and completely unfounded for the most part. They know the problem and most of the cause, but it's not quite a solved riddle just yet. Maybe soon the creams/oil based topicals will go away as well as the tetracycline oral antibiotics and will be replaced with things that are actual long-term solutions with overwhelmingly positive results instead of the crap-shoot it all is right now.