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Originally Posted by Meg
I am SOOO suprised your doc told you that. Sometimes acne is caused by a build up of cells that need to be sloughed off. There are some cases when acne is so bad that exfoliating spreads it around.
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My doc said exfoliating with products that have sand or abrasive qualities is bad. Exfoliating by means of a chemical is great! My friend has acne and was using ProActive and it was actually making her face WORSE!
I told her to go see my dermo and she told her the same thing about not exfoliating acne with something abrasive. She recommended that she get a series of Beta peels to exfoliate her skin that way and clear out her pores and then start on Retin-A.
I have also been on accutane twice. I have been going to the dermo since I was in 5th grade. He wanted to start me on accutane then, but in order to be on it, I had to be on birth control pills. I did NOT like the idea of being on birth control pills in the 5th grade, so I opted not to take it then. I have been on everything from antibiotics to water pills to topicals....EVERYTHING! I started going to this new dermo about a year ago because I had just stopped taking accutane for the 2nd time and my skin was beginning to break out again and I was living in a new city. She asked me if I exfoliating my face and I said YES and she told me to stop that right away! Per her orders, I had 6 Beta chemical peels and then started using Retin-A after the Beta peel treatments. Both the Beta peels and Retin-A exfoliate your face, but not with abrasive agents, but with chemicals. My skin looks better now than it ever has and it feels like a baby's butt. I LOVE Retin-A. It also prevents (and corrects) wrinkles. I will ALWAYS use this stuff.
