has anyone taken monocin for acne? if so what were your results?

Answer 1

I'm guessing you mean minocin (minocycline). I was prescribed this, but unfortunately I was incredibly allergic and had to go to the hospital with severe hives. But it's just an antibiotic. So it should work the same way other antibiotics do, reducing/eliminating acne bacteria in your skin. I have since been prescribed antibiotics I am not allergic to, and they worked well to clear up my acne. In fact, it seemed to me like they had a longlasting effect even after I had finished my prescription (which was for Keflex---cephalexin). If you take your medicine as prescribed, it should help. Give it time to work. It's not a magic eraser! It has to get rid of the bacteria, and your current breakouts have to heal. Keep up with your regular skincare regimen. Even though it's killing the bacteria inside you, you're responsible for cleaning the excess bacteria off the outside, and you'll have to keep that up after you've finished the medication.

If your acne is resistant even to this oral antibiotic, your dermatologist will probably recommend Accutane, a vitamin-A derivative drug that shrinks your oil glands, reduces sebum output, and makes it less easy your skin cells to clog up and cause breakouts. It's hard on your body and requires very strict monitoring and attention, but does work.

Good luck to you! I hope it works well. :)

Answer 2

NATURAL ACNE PROTOCOL
1/ Never, ever touch your face.
2/ Use 3 facecloths to wash your face, one to soap on, one to soap off with very hot water, one to rinse off with ice cold water, in that order, once a day.
3/ If you are under 18 take 5,000 IU of vitamin A once a day with a full meal
4/ If you are over 18 take 5,000 IU of vitamin A twice a day with a full meal.
Do not get pregnant while taking vitamin A. Do not take any more, like Accutane, it will stop you growing.
5/ Never, ever. pick, squeeze or pop your spot. Read number 1 again.
6/ Do this for 90 days.
7/ Invest in a brand new pillow and 2 new or more pillow cases to �double bag' your pillow. HOT wash every couple of days.
Source:
A bit of advice given to me as a teenager, a bit of science as I am studying allergic reactions and vitamin A is a part of that. A bit of research: I sat in a lecture at the back and watched the acne prone pick at their faces, those with the worse acne touched their faces 32 times in an hour, the clearest complexions didn't touch their faces even once. I have circumstantial evidence that acne is the result of dermatophyte transfer from hands to face...where it does not get washed off and is well fed by hormones, sweat a
nd oil...just a hypothesis... But it would explain why vitamin A is so effective as vitamin causes skin to remove dermatophytes.

The secret is never to touch the spots

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