Posted by deedle on April 16, 2003 at 01:56:06:
In Reply to: cystic acne, multiple courses of accutane, laser resurfacing posted by dreambrother on April 15, 2003 at 03:44:35:
: I some questions for people on this board who might know. I've had acne since i was 16 but i've had cystic acne for the last 8 years. It is by no means SEVERE, but it is bad. They are there for weeks at a time and leave very bad scars. I've been on accutane 3 times, the last time at 40mg for 7 mos. Thankfully i've never had any sideeffects aside from dry skin, but three mos. after my last course of accutane my cystic acne is back! When will this end? I'm wondering if another course of accutane will solve the problem temporarily or for good. Does anywhere have experience with cystic acne and multiple courses of accutane? Seems like i'm completely clear while on accutane and a few months after but after that the cystic acne is back. What other solutions have other people tried that have worked? I KNOW my acne is related to diet and thus have limited my diet accordingly but it still comes anyway. The last question is regarding laser resurfacing. I've gotten one treatment for my acne scarring on my face done by a well-reputed former dermatologist in my area whose done research at Harvard. He recommended 5-6 treatments of 2 different types of lasers for me. It's been 2 weeks and i haven't noticed any difference, although he says the effects, can be seen about a month into it. Essentially the treatment is non-evasive and regenerates collagen to help treat the scars. Anyways, thanks for reading and please post if you have useful comments, advice or suggestions.