• JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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      7 months ago

      That’s for serious cystic acne though isn’t it?

      The alternative would be incredibly oily skin, then, right?

      I had acne as a kid but not that bad. Tetracycline or Erythromycin were enough for them. Still, I’d see that like “dressing in layers”. Just like you can always add more layers but there’s a point where you can’t take them off…it’s probably easier to re-moisturize dry skin than to de-lipidize oily skin.

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        7 months ago

        Idk, it wasnt super crazy, but I had tried a broad spectrum antibiotic that didn’t do much, so a dermatologist recommended acutane. It worked