A trip to the Dermatologist

In my experience dermatologists want to hand out either antibiotics and/or a topical treatment. I haven`t ever foudn them all that helpful myself.

If you have a look at the thread titled `my skin assessment` – you`ll see which choice I ended up going with, after battling breakouts for many years.

Thanks Kay n Jay,
The advice was very helpful!!
I was using clinques 3 step blemish system, which didnt work..
Then i was using clinques 3step system for skin type 2….
But ive been using teatree oil and it really workss..
🙂
Chiara

Hey Fashion i`ll give you some advice for your skin from my experience and from what i have learnt.
I find using a gentle face cleanser suitable for your skin type will not strip the oil your skin produces. A lot of people think that using products such as Clearasil, Clean and clear, proactiv etc..will work (you see these products advertised a lot) those products strip out the oils from your skin and this will make your skin dry and produce more oil – which can cause more acne. But every skin is different and it may or may not work but i would be on the safe side and use gentle products.
I assume you have combination/acne prone or oil/acne prone, my skin is a combination i get oily on my tzone and i get acne here and there (hormones!). So a gentle face cleanser is definitely a good choice, another important thing is to moisturise no matter how oily your skin is. Lots of water with a good diet and moisturising will help your skin.
I usually use a spot treatment for my acne, i use Benzac AC 2.5% which helps although i would not suggest to use it if you have sensitive skin. If you choose to use this product always start with 2.5%.
I think i have covered the basics if you have any questions you are very welcome to ask any of use ladies or search in posts.

hey kaynjay,
i dont suffer from sereve acne, i have a few but constant pimples reappearing on my tzone and chin, i think they may be hormonal but i just wanna get advice on it as i dont want scarring…
i went to my docot before hand and he gave me a referall

Hi chiara, did you react to anything with a product or do you have severe acne? If your in your teenage years it is mostly likely your hormones , (unless something severe happened to your skin) it is completely normal i wouldn`t really think it is necessary to see a dermatologist although it would be a good idea to discuss what products would be good for your skin type if your not sure.

I went to a dermatologist when I had a reaction to a cream I was using for a burn on my arm… the guy I went to in the city was very good, very helpful, definitely didn`t just prescribe things – he had a lot to recommend about good practices for your skin, the kind of chemicals that I might have been reacting to, how to find out and recognise what chemicals are in products, etc… you`ve actually made me think, I believe I`ve been getting hormone-related acne a bit lately as well… hmm maybe I might pay a trip to the dermatologist again actually! Hope this info helps a bit.