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Need help with Cystic Acne
I am 28 female, With cystic acne on my cheeks and little on my chin. I stopped using retin-a and going to the Dermy because she just wasn't helping me. I've starting using AVC morning and night along with Green tea cleanser and that's it. They have really made my skin feel smoother and better but I still have breakouts that are very red, painful and leave ugly scarring even if I dont touch them. I don't know what else to do because I'm afraid whatever I do will make it worse. They last a rally long time and never come to a head. I have purchased a Jessner Peel but haven't tried it yet. I'm considering taking Graphites? Any thoughts? Any one out there have any suggestions for me? This is oh so depressing to be my age and look this way. Any advice on peels and or home or OTC remedies?I have also been drinking green tea regularly, and take fiber and probiotics but alas nothing, I'm desperate. Nothing seems to work!
magg88 on 2012-08-06
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2) Explain in details the chief complaints?
3) What is the duration of illness?
4) If you have Thyroid functioning complications, please explain?
5) If you have blood sugar, do mention the clinical details?
6) Do you have digestion problem? Explain in details.
7) Do you face any problem in bowl movement? Any constipation symptoms?
8) Do you feel thirsty? How many glasses of water you drink every day?
9) Do you feel good in warm or cold or humid climate? Which climate aggravates your problem?
10) Do you have any stress? Explain in details.
11) Do you get normal sound sleep?
12) Explain in detail about your mood?
13) Any problem with you periods? (For females)
- Are the periods early, regular or late in general? How long do they last?
- Do you suffer from any kind of physical or mental discomfort before, during or after the periods?
- Is the flow scanty, normal or excessive?
- Is the blood thick bright red or pale watery?
- Do you notice any clots in the flow?
14) Any past health history for which you would like to share the information?
15) List all the medicine used / using for past / present health complaints?
16) Do you exercise daily? Or any other physical activity.
17) What is your Cholesterol level?
18) What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
19) How is your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
20) Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
21) How much is your present blood pressure?
22) Please give details about your food intake (breakfast-lunch-dinner)?
Regards,
Nikkie.
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The following additional information is required to help you. Therefore, please do the best you can in providing a detailed and accurate data.
1) State your Age -Sex -Height-Weight-Job-Location?
2) Explain in details the chief complaints?
3) What is the duration of illness?
4) If you have Thyroid functioning complications, please explain?
5) If you have blood sugar, do mention the clinical details?
6) Do you have digestion problem? Explain in details.
7) Do you face any problem in bowl movement? Any constipation symptoms?
8) Do you feel thirsty? How many glasses of water you drink every day?
9) Do you feel good in warm or cold or humid climate? Which climate aggravates your problem?
10) Do you have any stress? Explain in details.
11) Do you get normal sound sleep?
12) Explain in detail about your mood?
13) Any problem with you periods? (For females)
- Are the periods early, regular or late in general? How long do they last?
- Do you suffer from any kind of physical or mental discomfort before, during or after the periods?
- Is the flow scanty, normal or excessive?
- Is the blood thick bright red or pale watery?
- Do you notice any clots in the flow?
14) Any past health history for which you would like to share the information?
15) List all the medicine used / using for past / present health complaints?
16) Do you exercise daily? Or any other physical activity.
17) What is your Cholesterol level?
18) What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
19) How is your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
20) Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
21) How much is your present blood pressure?
22) Please give details about your food intake (breakfast-lunch-dinner)?
Regards,
Nikkie.
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1) In situation were in you are not comfortable discussing some of the symptoms on open forum.
2) In situation were in you are not comfortable to upload image on open forum.
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♡ Nikkie last decade
1) Age 28, Sex F, Height 53, Weight 105, Job Office secretary, Location CA
2) Explain in details the chief complaints? Cystic acne and marks/scarring.
3) What is the duration of illness? Several months
4) If you have Thyroid functioning complications, please explain? NO
5) If you have blood sugar, do mention the clinical details? NO
6) Do you have digestion problem? Explain in details. Not that I am aware of.
7) Do you face any problem in bowl movement? Any constipation symptoms? Typically constipated. Taking non-psyillum fiber currently but its not really helping.
8) Do you feel thirsty? How many glasses of water you drink every day? Yes, 5-10
9) Do you feel good in warm or cold or humid climate? Which climate aggravates your problem? I am typically cold all the time so I feel better in warm climate. I am unsure if either aggravates my acne.
10) Do you have any stress? Explain in details. Yes, stress with my parents eventhough they dont live with me, we dont get along very well. My sister is getting married next month and planning with her is a little stressful along with stress at work. Nothing too major at all, just typical life stress I would say
11) Do you get normal sound sleep? No, not at all.
12) Explain in detail about your mood? Quiet, easily irritable, many thoughts on my mind always, sarcastic. At work I am usually in a bad mood. I work with all females and it is very fast paced at work so I am easily irritated.
13) Any problem with you periods? (For females) Not too much anymore, aside from clotting and bad breast tenderness.
- Are the periods early, regular or late in general? How long do they last? They are pretty regular give or take a day or two and last at least 5 days.
- Do you suffer from any kind of physical or mental discomfort before, during or after the periods? Breast tenderness, cramping.
- Is the flow scanty, normal or excessive? clotting
- Is the blood thick bright red or pale watery? Bright red and at the end is brownish.
- Do you notice any clots in the flow? Yes
14) Any past health history for which you would like to share the information? Had very bad acne in teenage years, but it was non-cystic. Also, I had very bad periods up until a year ago with severe pain and bleeding and breast soreness for a month at a time. Also had LEEP procedure done about 5 years ago. I have tried every OTC medication and about every prescription topical and oral medication for my acne including blood pressure meds, etc. The only thing that has ever cleared it up has been getting facials every month but that is too expensive for me. Currently most of my cysts are on my right cheek and jawline.
15) List all the medicine used / using for past / present health complaints? See above. Also, was having severe BM problems which is most likely due to a kink in intestine that I saw a tea dr. for and am doing fine since.
16) Do you exercise daily? Or any other physical activity. No I dont exercise daily.
17) What is your Cholesterol level? I dont know.
18) What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions? Crave fruit, salads, I like cheese and bread a lot also. I dislike spicy food.
19) How is your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive? Normal-sometimes I feel it is excessive at work but that is usually around my period.
20) Is your sweat normal or less or more? Normal Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs? Head
21) How much is your present blood pressure? I dont know.
22) Please give details about your food intake (breakfast-lunch-dinner)? Breakfast-usually during the week only yogurt and granola bar and coffee. On weekends, eggs and toast. Lunch-usually chicken, fruit, pasta, or just snacks. Dinner-salad, water, chicken, rice, turkey burger, pizza, fish are typical things I eat. I dont like big meals, I like to graze/eat small things throughout the day.
2) Explain in details the chief complaints? Cystic acne and marks/scarring.
3) What is the duration of illness? Several months
4) If you have Thyroid functioning complications, please explain? NO
5) If you have blood sugar, do mention the clinical details? NO
6) Do you have digestion problem? Explain in details. Not that I am aware of.
7) Do you face any problem in bowl movement? Any constipation symptoms? Typically constipated. Taking non-psyillum fiber currently but its not really helping.
8) Do you feel thirsty? How many glasses of water you drink every day? Yes, 5-10
9) Do you feel good in warm or cold or humid climate? Which climate aggravates your problem? I am typically cold all the time so I feel better in warm climate. I am unsure if either aggravates my acne.
10) Do you have any stress? Explain in details. Yes, stress with my parents eventhough they dont live with me, we dont get along very well. My sister is getting married next month and planning with her is a little stressful along with stress at work. Nothing too major at all, just typical life stress I would say
11) Do you get normal sound sleep? No, not at all.
12) Explain in detail about your mood? Quiet, easily irritable, many thoughts on my mind always, sarcastic. At work I am usually in a bad mood. I work with all females and it is very fast paced at work so I am easily irritated.
13) Any problem with you periods? (For females) Not too much anymore, aside from clotting and bad breast tenderness.
- Are the periods early, regular or late in general? How long do they last? They are pretty regular give or take a day or two and last at least 5 days.
- Do you suffer from any kind of physical or mental discomfort before, during or after the periods? Breast tenderness, cramping.
- Is the flow scanty, normal or excessive? clotting
- Is the blood thick bright red or pale watery? Bright red and at the end is brownish.
- Do you notice any clots in the flow? Yes
14) Any past health history for which you would like to share the information? Had very bad acne in teenage years, but it was non-cystic. Also, I had very bad periods up until a year ago with severe pain and bleeding and breast soreness for a month at a time. Also had LEEP procedure done about 5 years ago. I have tried every OTC medication and about every prescription topical and oral medication for my acne including blood pressure meds, etc. The only thing that has ever cleared it up has been getting facials every month but that is too expensive for me. Currently most of my cysts are on my right cheek and jawline.
15) List all the medicine used / using for past / present health complaints? See above. Also, was having severe BM problems which is most likely due to a kink in intestine that I saw a tea dr. for and am doing fine since.
16) Do you exercise daily? Or any other physical activity. No I dont exercise daily.
17) What is your Cholesterol level? I dont know.
18) What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions? Crave fruit, salads, I like cheese and bread a lot also. I dislike spicy food.
19) How is your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive? Normal-sometimes I feel it is excessive at work but that is usually around my period.
20) Is your sweat normal or less or more? Normal Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs? Head
21) How much is your present blood pressure? I dont know.
22) Please give details about your food intake (breakfast-lunch-dinner)? Breakfast-usually during the week only yogurt and granola bar and coffee. On weekends, eggs and toast. Lunch-usually chicken, fruit, pasta, or just snacks. Dinner-salad, water, chicken, rice, turkey burger, pizza, fish are typical things I eat. I dont like big meals, I like to graze/eat small things throughout the day.
magg88 last decade
Thanks for the information.
Plz answer the following.
1) How is your overall skin looks? i.e. is it dirty looking?
2) Any flare up of acne, just before the start of menstruation?
3) Is the acne red and fiery looking?
4) Is the acne puss filled and painful to touch?
5) Any dandruff problem?
Please get hold of following medicines in liquid dilution:
1) Nux Vomica 200.
Take two doses of Nux Vomica in a day. First dose should be taken early morning empty stomach, second dose before going to bed. This is for one day only.
One dose means.
The medicine is in liquid dilution form. Add 3 drops of medicine in some half cup (Approx. 3 sip) water and stir with spoon. Sip up the content.
Make sure you keep all medicines away from direct sunlight, strong smell, strong heat zone (keep it in a dark cool place away from allopathic medicines). Also make sure the dropper is fitted with the bottle, else use separate dropper for different medicine for making doses, this will avoid unnecessary contamination.
Please follow homeopathy restrictions like no coffee, no raw onion/garlic, and no strong perfumes, don't eat or drink anything within 45 minutes before or after taking medicine and brushing of teeth one hour before or one hour after taking the medicine. These restrictions need to be followed each time you take homeopathy medicines during the treatment.
2) Echinacea Q (Mother Tincture).
Before going to bed do the following:
One hour before applying the medicine, wash your face with face wash and normal cold water (do not use soap). Pat dry. After one hour take a cotton ball put some drops of Echinacea Q (Mother Tincture) gently apply the medicine on the acne. Once applied leave it over night. Do this application daily before going to bed.
>Go slow on oily, greasy and dairy products.
>Drink abundant of water
>Try to keep your self cheerful away from stress.
>Dont pinch the acne or keep touching the acne.
>Avoid heavy makeups.
>Avoid any junk food or drinks.
Important : While moving ahead with the treatment please dont take any acne suppresing allopathic medicine or apply local applcation this will hinder the treatment process.
Please do update.
Blessings & Prayers,
Nikkie.
[message edited by Nikkie on Wed, 08 Aug 2012 01:56:50 BST]
Plz answer the following.
1) How is your overall skin looks? i.e. is it dirty looking?
2) Any flare up of acne, just before the start of menstruation?
3) Is the acne red and fiery looking?
4) Is the acne puss filled and painful to touch?
5) Any dandruff problem?
Please get hold of following medicines in liquid dilution:
1) Nux Vomica 200.
Take two doses of Nux Vomica in a day. First dose should be taken early morning empty stomach, second dose before going to bed. This is for one day only.
One dose means.
The medicine is in liquid dilution form. Add 3 drops of medicine in some half cup (Approx. 3 sip) water and stir with spoon. Sip up the content.
Make sure you keep all medicines away from direct sunlight, strong smell, strong heat zone (keep it in a dark cool place away from allopathic medicines). Also make sure the dropper is fitted with the bottle, else use separate dropper for different medicine for making doses, this will avoid unnecessary contamination.
Please follow homeopathy restrictions like no coffee, no raw onion/garlic, and no strong perfumes, don't eat or drink anything within 45 minutes before or after taking medicine and brushing of teeth one hour before or one hour after taking the medicine. These restrictions need to be followed each time you take homeopathy medicines during the treatment.
2) Echinacea Q (Mother Tincture).
Before going to bed do the following:
One hour before applying the medicine, wash your face with face wash and normal cold water (do not use soap). Pat dry. After one hour take a cotton ball put some drops of Echinacea Q (Mother Tincture) gently apply the medicine on the acne. Once applied leave it over night. Do this application daily before going to bed.
>Go slow on oily, greasy and dairy products.
>Drink abundant of water
>Try to keep your self cheerful away from stress.
>Dont pinch the acne or keep touching the acne.
>Avoid heavy makeups.
>Avoid any junk food or drinks.
Important : While moving ahead with the treatment please dont take any acne suppresing allopathic medicine or apply local applcation this will hinder the treatment process.
Please do update.
Blessings & Prayers,
Nikkie.
[message edited by Nikkie on Wed, 08 Aug 2012 01:56:50 BST]
♡ Nikkie last decade
1) How is your overall skin looks? i.e. is it dirty looking? Dark/scar spots, active acne on right cheek. Medium to large pores.
2) Any flare up of acne, just before the start of menstruation? I would say yes but only by the addition of 1 or 2 blemishes to the already existing acne?
3) Is the acne red and fiery looking? yes
4) Is the acne puss filled and painful to touch? some are def. painful to the touch, and they don't pop so I don't know what's in them.
5) Any dandruff problem? yes a little.
Thank you for your help. May I continue to take my other homeopathy during your rec. treatment?
2) Any flare up of acne, just before the start of menstruation? I would say yes but only by the addition of 1 or 2 blemishes to the already existing acne?
3) Is the acne red and fiery looking? yes
4) Is the acne puss filled and painful to touch? some are def. painful to the touch, and they don't pop so I don't know what's in them.
5) Any dandruff problem? yes a little.
Thank you for your help. May I continue to take my other homeopathy during your rec. treatment?
magg88 last decade
Probiotics, fiber and burdock root to help with digestion and BM. I also started calc. sulph. for the acne before I posted on the forum.
P.S. I emailed you some pictures of my face so you can see how it looks.
Thank you!
P.S. I emailed you some pictures of my face so you can see how it looks.
Thank you!
magg88 last decade
Dont take Calc sulph. Nux Vomica should take care of your Digestion and Bowl movement. Hope you had started applying Echinacea as said in my previous post.
Get hold of the following medicines in liquid dilution:
1) Thuja 30.
2) Chelidonium Q (mother tincture).
3) Carduus Marianus Q (mother tincture).
Once you finish with Nux Vomica dose you will start with the following.
Day 1 to day 3) Thuja 30.
Take three doses of Thuja 30 in a day. First dose should be taken early morning empty stomach, second dose in the afternoon and final dose before going to bed. Continue for three days.
One dose means.
The medicine is in liquid dilution form. Add 3 drops of medicine in some half cup (Approx. 3 sip) water and stir with spoon. Sip up the content.
Day 4 to Day10) Take one dose Chelidonium Q early morning at 6:00 am and one dose of Carduus Marianus Q 6:00 Pm.
One dose means.
The medicine is in liquid dilution form. Add 8 drops of medicine in some half cup (Approx. 3 sip) water and stir with spoon. Sip up the content.
Make sure you keep all medicines away from direct sunlight, strong smell, strong heat zone (keep it in a dark cool place away from allopathic medicines). Also make sure the dropper is fitted with the bottle, else use separate dropper for different medicine for making doses, this will avoid unnecessary contamination.
Please follow homeopathy restrictions like no coffee, no raw onion/garlic, and no strong perfumes, don't eat or drink anything within 45 minutes before or after taking medicine and brushing of teeth one hour before or one hour after taking the medicine. These restrictions need to be followed each time you take homeopathy medicines during the treatment.
Keep me updated.
Blessings & Prayers,
Nikkie.
Get hold of the following medicines in liquid dilution:
1) Thuja 30.
2) Chelidonium Q (mother tincture).
3) Carduus Marianus Q (mother tincture).
Once you finish with Nux Vomica dose you will start with the following.
Day 1 to day 3) Thuja 30.
Take three doses of Thuja 30 in a day. First dose should be taken early morning empty stomach, second dose in the afternoon and final dose before going to bed. Continue for three days.
One dose means.
The medicine is in liquid dilution form. Add 3 drops of medicine in some half cup (Approx. 3 sip) water and stir with spoon. Sip up the content.
Day 4 to Day10) Take one dose Chelidonium Q early morning at 6:00 am and one dose of Carduus Marianus Q 6:00 Pm.
One dose means.
The medicine is in liquid dilution form. Add 8 drops of medicine in some half cup (Approx. 3 sip) water and stir with spoon. Sip up the content.
Make sure you keep all medicines away from direct sunlight, strong smell, strong heat zone (keep it in a dark cool place away from allopathic medicines). Also make sure the dropper is fitted with the bottle, else use separate dropper for different medicine for making doses, this will avoid unnecessary contamination.
Please follow homeopathy restrictions like no coffee, no raw onion/garlic, and no strong perfumes, don't eat or drink anything within 45 minutes before or after taking medicine and brushing of teeth one hour before or one hour after taking the medicine. These restrictions need to be followed each time you take homeopathy medicines during the treatment.
Keep me updated.
Blessings & Prayers,
Nikkie.
♡ Nikkie last decade
Nikkie,
I can't find echinacea Q!! I can find regular echinacea and ech. Goldenseal but no Q. What do I do? Do I have any suggestions?
I can't find echinacea Q!! I can find regular echinacea and ech. Goldenseal but no Q. What do I do? Do I have any suggestions?
magg88 last decade
♡ Nikkie last decade
magg88 last decade
If the remedy is in pellet form, be careful you do not touch the pellets else medicine that is sprayed on them could be easily rubbed off. To make a dose from pellets add 3 pellets of remedy in half cup of water (wait for some time the pellets will dissolve, you can use spoon for dissolving it). This becomes your dose which you can sip it. You can use remedy bottle cap to transfer pellets from bottle to water cup, this will avoid direct contact of your hands with medicine. Also, if during this process of dose making if pellets slips down from the bottle, you can just discard those pellets and avoid putting it back in remedy bottle.
Nikkie.
Nikkie.
♡ Nikkie last decade
Nikkie..Okay, started on that, thank you. The bottle says to dissolve 5 pellets in my mouth. Do you still want me to put 3 pellets into water and drink it? I just want to make sure I'm doing everything right.
Thanks again for your time!
[message edited by magg88 on Sun, 12 Aug 2012 15:43:55 BST]
Thanks again for your time!
[message edited by magg88 on Sun, 12 Aug 2012 15:43:55 BST]
magg88 last decade
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