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- From: wright@duca.hi.com (David Wright)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Severe Acne Help!
- Message-ID: <1hsh0kINN3bb@duca.hi.com>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 10:59:16 GMT
- References: <1992Dec29.205533.28549@pegasus.com>
- Organization: Hitachi Computer Products, OSSD division
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- In article <1992Dec29.205533.28549@pegasus.com> alto@pegasus.com
- (Andrea Ostensoe) writes:
- >My daughter has suffered from acne since about the age of 13 and
- >recently it has gotten worse. We have been to many dermatologists
- >and she is very careful about what she eats and follows all medical
- >advice to the letter.
- >
- >She is so depressed about this problem at the moment that she is becoming
- >suicidal.
- >
- >Is there any *new* research, medical info in this area..some new
- >approach..nothing has worked from antibiotics to Retin A
- >
- >She is 21 now and I had hopes that as she entered her twenties it would
- >subside.
- >
- >Any information would be greatly appreciated.
-
- Has she tried Accutane? I did, about 5 years ago (I was about 30),
- and my skin has been nearly flawless since. It's still oily, but only
- breaks out when I'm under major stress for an extended period. (And
- even then, the lesions clear up fast.) My acne was never severe, but
- even high doses of antibiotics never cleared it up completely.
- Retin-A didn't help much either.
-
- I've known a number of people who tried it, and it worked for all of
- them (OK, one guy did have to go through it twice). It seems to work
- better the worse your acne is, interestingly.
-
- It's a pretty fierce drug and can have significant side effects, but
- by golly, it works!
-
- -- David Wright, Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
- wright@hicomb.hi.com
-
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- slower than you is an idiot?" -- George Carlin
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