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Posted 3/28/2012 7:12 PM (GMT 0)
Unsure if UC related but it's starting to worry me after seeing a news cast about anti-biotics saying how immunities build up etc meaning in future im screwed if something bad came along.

Anyway I've been on co-amoxclav (augmentin) for more or less 2 years now. I had the worst "acne" flare up. Now im not a spot person but this is weird almost not like acne, it's like very very painful leisons that form and I get 1000000'S of small yellow ***** spots all over lower face then it swells up my lips and everything but not only does it look hideous the pain is awful and find it hard to open mouth etc.

Doctors were originally going to put me on Roaccutane as NOTHING and I mean NOTHING would clear this up... but weird thing was it would come along and then disapear off after 4 weeks but then come along a week after that so strange. Anyway I can't go on roaccutane as already on 6-mp and other meds....

So I started using co-amoxclav back when I was in hospital 1.5 years ago they gave me it to clear up an infection but low and behold it cleared the skin! now I stay on it perm... 3 tabs a day for good. I've tried to come off before or even lower the dose but then I feel it coming on and the pain starts face goes red and v v oily etc... No spots develop anywhere else tho.

Anyway doctors won't investigate it so im left at a stand still they just leave me on this long term. Can't believe I can only be the only person in history with this? Can post pics of what face looks like then what its looked like when it flared. Last time the face flared was June last year but that's cause in hospital they took me off the tabs but I went straight back on.

I can't come off not just because the pain but im a model & performing artist so can't have that mess on my face. Wonder if anyone else has had this issue?
Posted 3/29/2012 2:31 AM (GMT 0)
I don't have that problem but I have the problem that every time I stop brith coontrol pills, I have major break outs. It's not normal acne either, it's cystic and it's BIG and painful. It also scars so I understand how bad skin problems can be. The problem for me is that combo birth control pills give me spotting and migraines + increase the risk of DVT. It's almost not worth it considering the only benefit I get is good skin. I just can't walk around all pimple covered. I am too old for this crap. Have you tried a topical antibiotic like Ziana? I tried that for a while and it made my skin worse. i may give it another shot now that my skin is cntrolled with BCP. I need to get rid of the marks from the major breakout I suffered a few months ago.

I hope Sherry sees this, she knows a lot about skin issues. Is it a rash or acne? is it psoriasis? Dermatitis?
Posted 3/29/2012 1:06 PM (GMT 0)
This doesn't sound like normal acne. Perhaps cellulitis? Cellulitis is also treated with antibiotics. Cellulitis can also be very painful. Have you seen a dermatologist yet?
Posted 3/29/2012 11:37 PM (GMT 0)
I know this might be something that you also tried, but I used to have really bad acne that just would not respond to anything. I have tried all remedies this side of accutane.

When, for UC reasons, I changed my diet to the paleo diet, I began to notice my skin getting better. It took a few months to really notice that, again, I really wasn't monitoring my skin because the diet was for UC, so it was just one day I started to realize that my skin was looking much clearer.

If you haven't tried paleo, and it really can be a bit difficult to get started with, give it a try for a two month trial and see if you have any good skin results.
I think it has helped both my UC and skin.

If you can't bring yourself to full paleo, try to eliminate dairy and sugar from your diet. When I brought up my skin breakthrough with my dermatologist, she was not surprised at all that the diet I was following cleared my skin. She mentioned at that time that the dairy and sugar elimination can do wonders. I thought 'well why didn't you tell me that a long time ago'.
Well, maybe she had and I just wasn't ready for a diet restriction at that time.
J
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