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04-19-2008, 03:25 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 48
| | | Acne Medicine
Can anyone recommend an acne medicine brand? Ever since I got diabetes, none of them do anything anymore. 
__________________ Diagnosed - 2/3/08
A1C 6/13/08 - 5.5  )
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04-19-2008, 04:36 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 1,638
| | | Jamison,
Make sure you are moisturizing your face. A common misconception is that you should dry it out to dry out the acne. Dial soap for example, used on the face can break it out. Use something made for washing your face (not body), then follow with a light moisturizer.
Now, maybe someone else knows a good acne spot treatment. Mary Kay makes a good one.
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04-19-2008, 08:41 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 48
| | Thanks, I will try that from now on 
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04-20-2008, 04:29 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 5,754
| | | Jamison, make sure you are washing your face at least 2 times a day. Neutrogena makes an Oil-Free Acne Wash that you might want to try...there's also a Zap-Zyt bar you can buy at Walmart to try as well. This will work for acne you may have on your shoulders, back or chest too. These may dry your face a little, if they do, try some Cetaphil lotion on the dry spots. Some people also have good results with Proactiv (you've prob. seen it on TV).
If your acne is getting worse or doesn't respond to some of the things above, it may be that you need to take an antibiotic such as doxycycline or minocycline. You could see a dermatologist and see what they recommend. There are several good prescription topical creams they could let you try as well.
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Low carb dieter, taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis)  |
04-20-2008, 07:32 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 48
| | | Well, my acne isn't really bad, its just those annoying every once in a while breakouts that stand out and take a week to get rid of.
__________________ Diagnosed - 2/3/08
A1C 6/13/08 - 5.5 )
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04-21-2008, 01:18 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Kansas, US
Posts: 886
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Originally Posted by Jan B  Now, maybe someone else knows a good acne spot treatment. | Call me a kook, but I apply toothpaste (Crest) and let it sit for a while. Several years back, I finally convinced my siblings do the same. It seems to be effective; toothpaste-smothered pimples vanish faster than ones left alone.
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DXed 2007/04 = presented with advanced-stage DKA, A1c of 12.9%, and BMI of 21.3 kg/m^2
Post-DX A1c = ?.?% @ 2008/07; 5.2% @ 2008/04; 5.3% @ 2007/12; 5.3% @ 2007/08
current BMI = 26.0 (86kg on 182cm); want to get back to 23-24
basal = 2U human N @ 0630, 6U detemir @ 0630, 8U detemir @ 1130, 18U detemir @ 2030 (tweaking again/still as of 2008/07/03!)
bolus = 1:15 I:C ratio; varying mix of aspart, human R, human N
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04-21-2008, 05:36 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 5,754
| | | I've used toothpast myself for overnight treatment...and it does work...not sure why though.
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Low carb dieter, taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis) |
04-21-2008, 04:51 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Manassas, in the Old Dominion
Posts: 6,486
| | | Hey,
I have had acne breakouts since I was 15, and I am 35 now. Last time this year, I developed the Mother of All Zits, and a dude at work called me out in the middle of a meeting about my adolescence not being over...
(After I gutted him) I decided to do some research into treatments...I've never had much success with Benzoyl Peroxide or salicylic acid treatments, so I looked into ProActiv. Looking into that lead me to Acnexus, which I bought off of eBay.
Now, I am not going to say I am poster-child for beautiful skin, but even my wife says my face is clearer than it has ever been consistently. I don't know if it's the consistency of using Acnexus a couple times a day, but whatever it is, I don't question it. Heck, I liked it so much, I made a review on eBay for it!
Anyway, my back still has some nice, cute zits that I can proudly claim as mine. So that tells me this stuff works where I use it (on my face). And as long as I don't get the Oppo-zits, or the ones on the tip of my nose, or on my cheek, etc., I couldn't care less.
(and I did not gut anyone. Well, I imagined I did that day)
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