Teenage skin help !!!

[Molly333]

Please can anyone help , do your children hv spots if so what has genuinely helped ?

My daughters 17 and has either terrible skin or not but more often not . We've troed antibiotics , skin roll ons from the gp , washing with simple products washing with e45 and today we saw a consultant who in a flash said try roacutane , I hv a friends who's daughter has with hidious side effects . Any ideas really really appreciated ( please be kind she's a very upset young lady ) ? X

As a former 17 year old with bad skin I would go for the roaccutane.

It's miserable being a teen with acne- she is fortunate to have a medical professional willing to help.

There are more threads on here and on style and beauty re the pros and cons of roaccutane

Good luck to your daughter.

I did roaccutane and it didn't work
I am not saying don't try it but have you tried the roaccutane cream? You get less side effects as it's topical.

E45 is not your friend... it's oily. my daughter got rid of hers with retinoid cream isotretoin with antibiotic.
BUT depends what kind of acne - I have deep cystic acne which is hormonal and 15 years on nothing is working :(
I feel her pain
Try the retinoid cream first before roaccutane. I peeled literally head to foot and got melasma (from both roaccutane and retinoid cream) it is best to do it in winter as ANY sun will ruin your skin.

Washing wise - micellar water and cetaphil cleanser is all I will put on my face. Because roaccutane and retinoid creams are so harsh, you need a very good moisturiser. I'm using double base and/or aveeno. You must only use 'non comodogenic' make up, creams, anything - Google it. Boots no7 do one that's non comedogenic, Clinique do but it's horrible and expensive. I do use proper camouflage make up when it's bad - mine is called Derma colour by kroylan. It helps me to be able to leave the house on a bad day! (It's for skin conditions such as melasma and vertiligo

I also have been cutting dairy right out - making a current difference...
also apparently a low GI diet makes a huge difference as well

Hey- I can sympathise. I've had crap, crap, crap skin since I was 13. I wish I'd found salicylic acid back then. Other than being pregnant (which I am now and has nade my skin 'normal' to dry) its the only thing that has made any real difference.

It really depends on what the issue is but for me its was super oily skin (shiny within an hour of cleansing or putting on makeup...makeup just slid off) combined with congestion - black and white heads right across T-zone and jawline, spots and some wonderfully attractive cystic acne on the forehead and jaw for good measure. .. wow I'm painting a pretty picture! This continued until I started with the salicylic at around age 35.

You can get it pretty inexpensively now - I used to use Paulas Choice at near £30 a pop. But... had even better results with some from Bravuralondon.com. I think its a tenner or so? (TMI sorry, but gunk was literally jumping out of my pores with teeniest bit of extraction pressure after first use) after 10 days or so I caught sight of my skin in my rear view mirror when driving and was like 'woah'. I was using it every day as my skin was just horrific and I was very self conscious. When things have calmed down I used it twice weekly along with the Avon 'Clearskin Professional' range of washes and daily correction lotions, which also have salicyclic acid in. I would absolutely get the Bravura acid as well as the Avon stuff though as the results were quite amazing. The Avon stuff which I view as just maintenance as it has a lower % salicyclic acid.

Foundation-wise I would not go past Dermablend 3D correction foundation, really covers any redness and also levels texture...lasts all day for me despite my 'skiddy' oily face and also contains salicylic acid - always seems to be on 3 for 2 'expert skincare' at boots, so you could maybe get her the setting powder too.... and a little treat for yourself for being such a fab Mam and helping her sort this out.

Good luck, I hope they help. I honestly wish I'd found the Bravura stuff before tortuting and wreking my skin with clearsil etc.

Finally I should say - I'm not an avon rep etc, I'm a Sales Director that was just fed up of having shitty skin!!

It def depends on what the acne is, my DD had whiteheads and I couldn't stop her touching it so it spread. It's TMI but I don't get spots with pus - mine are full of blood and clear fluid, so they are different. Also I have no oil I am as bone dry as the desert! So mine is a deeper sebum blocking situation. This is why it will depend on what works. I've done Paula's choice as well but glycolic and sacylic make me more dry

One important thing is to resist the urge to touch it and be super clean. Disinfect all brushes and sponges and use fresh cotton pads and if you have to squeeze only ever do it gently with a cotton bud.clean clean clean