my struggle so far

hi all i first got sd wen i started a new Acne Antibiotic called lymecycine it showed up in the first week of taking it wen i was 17 the doc said it was a coincidence and gave me a steroid cream and told me to keep on with the a.b s so i did as was told. it was nt too bad at all jus in my eyebrows and the creases of my nose and with use of the steroid cream it was pratically none existant. 6months later i realised that i didn t need the cream anymore as i stopped getting it so i ditched the cream and jus kept taking the Antibiotics .

fast forward a few years and i realised that as i rarely got spots anymore that i should stop taking the anti b s so i quit them cold turkey.

a month later my spots rared up again out of nowhere and i knew then that i should nt of stopped the a b s so i went bk to the doc and he put me on minocycline. they worked almost instantly for me but as before i started getting seb derm again but this time it went like wild fire across my whole face. it gradually got the point where my whole mouth was red raw and flaking the lower part of my forehead big areas of my neck all around my nose it was horrible it was abit like trading my Acne for a monstrosity. so i went bk to the doc and exactly the same thing happened as last time. he gave me steroid cream and said to keep on with the a.b s. now i didnt want my spots coming bk nor did i want this rash. so taking on board his experience and my experience from last time i thought i had no other choice really and did as he said

2yrs later and a few different creams later i wasnt getting any Acne but my face had a consistent redness all over where i d been putting this cream on my face for so long. my neck had slowly cleared up over time till it had gone into remission my forehead had calmed down it was jus my nose and mouth that were constantly red. since things didnt go to plan like last time i thought that enough was enough as the creams obviously were nt helping like they use to and that i was gonna have to ditch the Antibiotics in the hope they would help my s/d. so i ditched them and although i saw sudden improvement it wasnt enough and not only did my acne come bk but my s/d remained.

i went through several different creams / shampoos but to no avail and i even started to think i had caught steroid induced rosacea. and it wasn t till i got enough sun one day and my skin went bk to normal did i realise that i didnt have it.

after trying so many things and reading so much stuff on the internet i came to the conclusion i had classic candida. i got reading some anti candida diet which led me to believe 4-5 months of this diet and i would be a picture of health again but i was wrong. its now been 18 months of this diet with rare cheats here and there but i have to say my face looks near on normal again providing i use coconut oil applied twice daily and stick to the diet.now im not on here telling people to do this diet as it certainly comes with its down sides i ve lost so much weight that i somtimes think im bordering on looking ill. from an eating disorder. the diets ruined my social life as im from england and my life b4 all this was drinking at pubs and partys with mate s but is now non existent. though saying that i would nt have gone out and enjoyed myself anyway having all these skin problems for people to stare at. i still get spots on my back but they are covered up so they don t bother me too much and i would like to say after 18 months my face isn t too bad to show in public anymore so it has improved alot but my condition remains.

now if i stop putting on my c.o my whole mouth and nose flares up red raw and so does my nose and forehead (my neck area never came bk luckily) and i ve recently started to get a small patch in my pubic area. and also a fair patch at the top of my chest. i ve contemplated accutane so many times and have been offered it on more than one occasion but i really don t want to dig a deeper whole for myself. im still convinced i have some sort of candida issue and admit im grateful that i ve got my diet as with that and c.o i feel like i have the majority of the control in this condition. but as the weeks pass i get more and more concerned over what will happen nxt my pores are starting to enlargen on my forehead now like they ve been like on my nose for ages. my spots seem to be mainly in control and i would probably say i get one cystic acne on my forehead (always my forehead) every 1-2weeks. but my main concern is getting my life bk to normal. it was my birthday a little while ago and i always make diet exceptions on special occasions so i drank a couple of pints on the friday and about 6 pints on the sunday with probably 4 bad meals in total that weekend too which i shouldn t have done. and within days i ve had abig flare up under my nose under my chin on my forehead and around my eyebrows aswell as a few big cystic spots on my back and a couple more cystic ones on my forehead.and i jus went straight bk into hideaway mode till my body recovered it normally takes a couple of weeks to get over a binge like this.

ive recently started contemplating the Liver Flush route and many other strange ideas that i come across on the net has anyone got any recomendations as regards to the lf and its way in treating s/d and acne as theres so much info on here and i can t make head nor tail of it all.

people maybe reading this and thinking my condition may not be that bad bla bla bla but i ve worked my butt of trying to get normal skin with one of the strctest diets ever for 18months but im still no where near bk to normal health.

i also see alot of people on here slagging of steroid creams from doctors and although i don t use them no more they certainly do have there place as a tool for the condition. as i said earlier i used them for 6 months once wen i first had the condition i used to eat complete crap bk then all the time and they put me into complete remission for 3 years where throughout out that time i used to jus wash with water on a daily basis those were the good days lol. and im convinced that if i had never went bk to the Antibiotics i would be leading a normal life right now with no skin problems

one thing i can say is stay away from antibiotics anyone and everyone they never tell you the long term side effects and deny they ve even given me thse side effects but i know different. don t touch these unless u need them to save ur life they only screw up ur insides.

no one in my family suffer with skin conditions apart there hormonal acne as youngsters but they all outgrew it but now at age 27 im still suffering and believe they will never leave for good now.

im also under the impression that ive got s/d for life now as over the years i ve near enough tried everything and its still with me today but at least i do have some control over it. with this hard to live with strict diet.

anyone give me advice on liverflushs please and whether they can actually cure this condition or even if they jus help i would like to know as much as pos about them before i take the plunge as the only other option have is to stick to this diet for life and its definately somthing i do not want to do

ive tried .

anti candida diet with topical c.o = by far the best relief ive ever had although the most inconvenient

oral antifungals - 6 weeks of fluconazol no help really

antifungal creams like nizoral and what not

acv

steroid creams

benzol peroxide

sulphur lotions

aloe vera

sudocream

the list jus goes on and on

many thanks colin







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