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My youngest is going through a stage of teenage Acne he is 16 years old, it's not overly bad but he is very paranoid about it and does have a few light scarring, not any deep scarring but we know our kids can get really down with this.
Back about a year ago, our surgery nurse had permission from our GP to give the dabber called Zineryt 30ml applied twice daily, it seemed to work for a time but then stopped working as even more Acne appeared.
So 6 months ago, we spoke to our nurse at the surgery and she then had permission to prescribe a Antibiotic called: Erythromycin 250 MG to take one in the morning and one at night.
Seemed to help the first 3 months, but then it flared up once again.
So since then, we decided to see our GP direct instead of going to the nurse as my son has been really down about this, and of course as he has special needs as well, this had made his life more difficult.
My son was taken off the above antibiotic and then prescribed Tetralysal 300MG Hard Capsules, to take one daily.
And alongside this: A steroid cream called (Elecon) Momestasone 30g 0.1% to be applied/spread thinly daily.
Now to me these products do seem to be working, and we are due to see his GP over the coming week for a check up, however my son is very impatient and cannot see the improvement, the only area that I can see where it's redder is his forehead, but I think more time needs to be given on these meds, and yet my son thinks his GP will provide a higher dose because he is not happy.
I have a feeling that the doctor will keep him on these for a bit longer, but he did say if he wasn't happy when he sees him at this next appoinment it maybe a case of my son seeing a skin specialist to have blood tests and to try something different, but he did also say it's unlikely it will come to this.
But my concern is, with the steroid cream, this cannot be taken forever and nor can the tablets really, but has anyone any experience of their own of themselves or their children going through this please?
Even my son have been doing his own research on acne medicines and he said he was going to ask the GP about it, but I think he needs a little more time before he seems more improvement on the stuff he's has to take now in my opinion, I know its his body but I am concerned of all the different medicines, he is also asthmatic.
The one he did fine online was one called Accutane, and does anyone have any experience of this medication?
Thank you folks.
A concerned mummy di30
Back about a year ago, our surgery nurse had permission from our GP to give the dabber called Zineryt 30ml applied twice daily, it seemed to work for a time but then stopped working as even more Acne appeared.
So 6 months ago, we spoke to our nurse at the surgery and she then had permission to prescribe a Antibiotic called: Erythromycin 250 MG to take one in the morning and one at night.
Seemed to help the first 3 months, but then it flared up once again.
So since then, we decided to see our GP direct instead of going to the nurse as my son has been really down about this, and of course as he has special needs as well, this had made his life more difficult.
My son was taken off the above antibiotic and then prescribed Tetralysal 300MG Hard Capsules, to take one daily.
And alongside this: A steroid cream called (Elecon) Momestasone 30g 0.1% to be applied/spread thinly daily.
Now to me these products do seem to be working, and we are due to see his GP over the coming week for a check up, however my son is very impatient and cannot see the improvement, the only area that I can see where it's redder is his forehead, but I think more time needs to be given on these meds, and yet my son thinks his GP will provide a higher dose because he is not happy.
I have a feeling that the doctor will keep him on these for a bit longer, but he did say if he wasn't happy when he sees him at this next appoinment it maybe a case of my son seeing a skin specialist to have blood tests and to try something different, but he did also say it's unlikely it will come to this.
But my concern is, with the steroid cream, this cannot be taken forever and nor can the tablets really, but has anyone any experience of their own of themselves or their children going through this please?
Even my son have been doing his own research on acne medicines and he said he was going to ask the GP about it, but I think he needs a little more time before he seems more improvement on the stuff he's has to take now in my opinion, I know its his body but I am concerned of all the different medicines, he is also asthmatic.
The one he did fine online was one called Accutane, and does anyone have any experience of this medication?
Thank you folks.
A concerned mummy di30
so I have going to make sure he has a read of this today.
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