War on Acne: The CURE for adult, cystic acne is…..
Hello beautiful people…thought I’d give everyone an update today on my personal WAR against adult, cystic acne. Things are looking up for me! As some of you may know, I started my anti-acne journey on spironolactone around a month ago. Spironolactone is a high-blood pressure med that dermatologists use off-label to help fight the cystic acne, scary hair growth and generally greasy skin that our hormones wreak upon us in our 20’s and 30’s…(and bless your heart; I am praying for you if you are still dealing with this crap in your 40’s).
So ANYWAYS, spironolactone works so well because it counteracts androgens (one of the pesky hormones responsible for the mess) in our bodies……
I was STUNNED how after 1 week of taking my face was COMPLETELY in the clear….this was at 100mg a day…well, next cycle unfortunately the nasty critters were B-A-C-K…although, not quite as huge and not quite as painful (huge in my book). SO my wonderful dermatologist Dr. Turner upped my dose to 150mg per day…since then my skin looks pretty great!!It’s “that time” for me, so I have some funky business going on right now in the chin area, but nothing that I can’t handle with a little makeup….
YIPPEE!!! If you are dealing with nasty adult, cystic acne I strongly encourage you to find a dermatologist near you that prescribes this drug (look at me, Josi the pusher) because SERIOUSLY….spironolactone WORKS...I have no idea why my old derm didn’t prescribe this…I’m telling you…..if you are on the antibiotic/retinioid roller coaster that I was on, it’s time to get off….There is HOPE my pretties!!!!
Be Beautiful Ya’ll….
October 26th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
My savior Josi! I’m going to have to try this out. I have high blood pressure anyway so it’s probably going to be great for me too. My skin is actually okay right now but I’m sure that over the holidays it will get bad. I’ve already started looking into it.
October 26th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
You really should……visit acne.org……there you can read all about the pro’s and con’s and make an educated decision that is right for you……but yeah, there are also side effects like losing extra water weight (a huge plus in my book)! Now what’s this about a young’un like you w/ high blood pressure?