Spots on face - what to use to dry them out?

[CatBean]

Hi,

I had alot of acne when I was young which cleared up after using roaccutane. However spots are now coming back, with one new one a day. What could I use to dry them out? Should I go to see the GP? I'd prefer to buy something over the counter (even if at a pharmacy) as its a pain attempting to get an appointment here!

Thanks

I zap mine with sudocrem. Slap it on, leave overnight, much better in the morning.

Benzoyl Peroxide

I use Eucerin dermo purifyer hydrating care moisturiser. Sorry it has such a long name I was prone to hormonal breakouts and don't get them since using this. I ran out last month and they came back, replaced it and gone. Magic for me. Worth a try?

I've heard of putting toothpaste on, works for me!

I get a monthly period related break out - this is brilliant, nips them in the bud www.boots.com/origins-super-spot-remover-blemish-treatment-gel-10ml-10125490

Toothpaste over night

This Witch hazel/tea tree gel is good - good for minor injuries like cuts, burns and insect bites too.

Witch hazel is excellent. Don't try too many things at once though that may make them worse.

Benzoyl Peroxide.

Toothpaste, Sudocreme

Cat bean - as a life long spot sufferer, I'm always drawn to these threads. The trouble is, a spot to one person might be a large, hard, painful, pustular lump which will be with you for weeks. To others it's a small pimple which will be gone in a couple of days.

I doubt very much that a dab of Sudocrem or witch hazel will make much difference to the former!

I ended up having 3 courses of Roaccutane during my 20s and 30s. Now in my 50s and still getting a few spots. Decades of trying have taught me that there are no particularly effective over the counter remedies. If your skin is bothering you, and they're not just pimples that a dab of tcp would dry up, I would go back to your GP.

Definitely Benzoyl Peroxide, it really works.

In my late thirties I suddenly got a bad bout of acne and this pretty much saved my skin. It's been difficult to get hold of for a few years but Boots now do one called Acnecide over the counter.

Sudocrem or toothpaste with high fluoride content sort mine out

Benzoyl peroxide or a proper BHA product - Paula's Choice 2% is the Queen of BHA.

For a product to dry out individual spots Vichy Hyaluspot is fantastic but what you really want is a daily product like the BHA to stop them appearing in the first place.

I'm in a similar situation and took a course of roaccutane in my early twenties. I don't feel my skin is bad enough to warrant another referral/course of roaccutane now, however I don't have 100% clear skin, especially depending where I'm at with my monthly cycle.

I use Savlon on the affected areas at the first sign of a flare up. I really notice the difference those months I don't use it.

Mario Badescu Drying Lotion - be careful though to apply it only to the spot itself, can really dry out the surrounding areas but works a treat :)

Hibiscrub and a blister plaster to drain them overnight if they've been opened picked

As a pp said, it depends what sort of spots.

I get large, painful, deep spots that last for weeks. The only thing that has ever made any difference are courses of one a day antibiotics. But these only work for a while and then they return.

The ordinary azelaic acid.
Seems to calm down redness and spots overnight.
Stings like anything at first though, so I used it over serums/moisturisers, as the very last step.