Acne Skin Care

Why does my acne medication make my acne worse?

I just started using a new acne medication last week (Neutragena for men) to treat my mild acne. Nothing too big, just some sparse pimples. Ever since, it seems my acne has been getting worse, popping up in places that it never was before on my face. I am kinda concerned!

Public Comments

1. Acne medicine works by taking anything that is under the skin that will soon be acne and pushing it out. Its a process thats anoyying but works. It gets worse before it gets better. Just be patient
2. well you have to see what kind of pimples you have then use the cream that treats that type of pimple usually using the wrong type of cream can worsen the problem
3. sometimes if your skin gets too dry it will compensate by producing more oil....then you get more zits. some of those acne treatments do that to me. I went to the dermatologist, he gave me some kind of cream that has clindamycin in it (it's an antibiotic) that worked like a charm. try going to the dermatologist.
4. eat only healthy foods. no sweets red meat and white flour products and put aloe vera gel on the acne and this will heal it
5. It happens with most medicines in the beginning. It will all go away soon. Click- http://www.doctorgoodskin.com/ds/acne/treatments.php
6. I used to have an acute case of acne when I was younger for many years; it covered my face, back, chest and posterior. I eventually healed myself without the use of drugs. I cured myself through DIET. -This is what you should avoid/elminate: fried foods White bread/flour starch combinations during the same meal (e.g. potatoes and pasta) soda/carbonated drinks sugar/corn syrup meat/dairy soft foods (processed foods) hydrogenated oils (in processed foods) -you should increase your intake of: fruits/vegetables, preferably organic (you should have a salad a day, at the least) 8 glasses of water a day whole foods black and/or brown bread (whole grains) nuts -you should have a balance, of 80% alkaline forming foods, to 20% acid forming foods. (mostly fruits and vegetables) ----- Basically, your eliminations are poor/sluggish; thats is why some people can get away with eating badly, but you may not. The reason changing your diet to the foods below will help is because your eating foods that are much easier to digest and elminate than those above. I would check out Edgar Cayce; without his advice I would probably still suffer today. He also said you can help yourself through osteopathic adjustments to your spine, he said this can create imbalances in your nervous system (if it isn't in proper adjustment) which will affect everything else. I haven't done this yet, as it is expensive; but I assume when I do, I will be able to better digest the aforementioned foods. Through DIET ALONE I have been cured for a number of years. Don't believe the people who say it doesn't effect it, I swear to god this will help. It helped me. =) good luck!
7. Isotretinoin (accutane) Information & it's Side Effects. Isotretinoin (the generic name for accutane) is used to treat the most severe and disfiguring cases of nodular acne. Most Doctors would only recommend this treatment only after all other forms of acne medication have been tried and proved unsuccessful. Serious Accutane Side Effects 1. Birth Defects 2. Psychiatric Diseases, Depression and Suicide 3. Central Nervous System Ailments 4. Liver Damage 5. Hearing/Vision Problems 6. Accutane Pancreatic Damage More detailed info on this page: http://www.accutane-info.com/side-effects.php Information on the development, history and legacy of Accutane. http://www.accutane-info.com