Dermotologist / acne w your teenages?

[Howard]

Parents of teens- Is it worth taking them in to specialist. Son keeps face cleaner than anyone I know morning and night, but still struggles w it pretty bad. Know he has some confidence issues though says he doesn't care ....
Thanks for input!

For those that have watched him on green screen since 3 yrs old. Trey is 6ft 200 lbs now and just turned 14

[Howard]

[Peacock]

We just ordered my kid some of that Pro Active cleaner seen on tv. Has great reviews, if that don't work we'll hit up the dermatologist.

[Colton]

I had acne real bad starting around age 13 and nothing I did worked/helped, it started clearing up when I was 18 or 19 so tell him there's light at the end of the tunnel

[BigRed323]

My sister had some really bad acne in high school and my mom took her to a dermatologist. Gave her some accutane and it cleared right up. I know my mom was worried b/c of the mental/mood side effects a lot of people have had with it but it worked great for my sister.

I've heard that washing your pillow case more often is supposed to help as well.

[Peacock]

My sister had some really bad acne in high school and my mom took her to a dermatologist. Gave her some accutane and it cleared right up. I know my mom was worried b/c of the mental/mood side effects a lot of people have had with it but it worked great for my sister.

I've heard that washing your pillow case more often is supposed to help as well.

I was on accutane for a long time in high school. It does work great! I think they took it off the market though.

[Sleepy]

I used accutane in high school, and it worked like a charm. I didn't have any of the crazy side effects other than dry skin. Had to keep lotion on me most of the time. I was on it for 4-6 months, can't remember exactly, but once I was finished with it, I never had another outbreak.

I tried pro active and several other high end options, but none of them worked at all.

[BigThicketBoy]

I think anything a parent can do to help kids out today we need to do. It's tough to be different at that age and with so many other having self-esteem issues they look for ways to point out other's to compensate for thier issues.
I would try everything I could afford .
I had acne pretty bad and my mom looks back now and says see wishes she would have taken me to a Dr back then .
But I was so good looking and charming I still had to turn down a bunch of the ladies


























Yea RIGHT LOL

[k-k]

I did accutane in the 80's, it worked I don't know what they have now but it would be worth checking out

[slayer]

yes, and have him use Pro active. I have twin 17 year olds and they are plagued with acne. It does help.

[FireNguns]

I recommend taking him to a good dermatologist. Let them decide what he needs. That's there job and they are good at it.

[TexaRican]

Took my daughter last month. $75 insurance copay because it was a specialist, (5 minutes with the doctor) then another $125 at Walgreens pharmacy for 2 prescriptions WITH insurance discount. Yeah, insurance really isn't insurance anymore.

But it was worth it. She's seeing a big difference and is happy

[gonzaleziam]

There are newer meds with less side effects also available in generic so it's easier on the pocket book.

[sharkhunter]

Help him all you can. I had it pretty bad when I was on HS and I sure wish i would of had help .

[IowaHunter]

See a dermatologist. My kids did the Accutane route and it worked like a charm.