In the worst possible scenario of such resistance, what does one do in this situation?:(Hi! I would probably use it right after the toner then. It did tend to dry things out; a good moisturizer is a must.I just got a script for clindamycin yesterday, too! Do I put it all over or just in spots?
If I want to use that, would I use one after the other, or maybe cocktail them together? One thing that I will strongly suggest you do is properly dispose of your cream.
I appreciate your concern regarding rational antibiotic use. I can’t wait to see if it works. I read here you should use benzoyl peroxide with it to prevent any resistance building up. It really changed my life when I finally had clear skin because of it. It did come across as condescending and as someone who rarely takes medication let alone use an antiobiotic, unless it's absolutely necessary - reading this was just downright frustrating.
)- Cleanse with Neutrogena fresh foaming cleanser (I've found this is super gentle)I got a prescription for clindamycin yesterday! Clindamycin is an antibiotic and for whatever reason, doctors love prescribing antibiotics for any and all medical problems. I’m going to take progress photos for sure.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castPress J to jump to the feed.
I made a personal decision regarding my skin and I wasn't interested in a lecture . Data sources include IBM Watson Micromedex (updated 2 Sep 2020), Cerner Multum™ (updated 1 … (2) You are encouraging bacterial populations other than P. acnes to become immune to the bactericidal effects of clindamycin. It really is an important issue especially with the rising bacterial resistance and the limited antibiotics we currently have.For the benefit of everyone reading and commenting on this thread, I would just like to explain some things. Clindamycin topical dosing information. Capraro GA, Rambin ED, Vanchiere JA, et al. The resistance rates and types of antimicrobials have subsequently shown great variations in regions and countries. the clindamycin gel works pretty well on its own, i have acne on my back and it didnt completely clear it up but it managed it pretty well. I have met many doctors who do, indeed, "throw" antibiotics at people but that isn't always the case. My doctor pretty much told me as much when I got prescribed the antibiotics, that he wanted to see if that would work first before trying other avenues like accutane - but it can be the answer to some people for their acne issues too. It's just an issue that I feel most people aren't familiar with, but should be. Now my derm has me on tret as maintenance (so yeah, that is probably because like you said the clindamycin will lose effectiveness after a period of time, and hence the switch to tret for maintenance - but the clindamycin was still really effective in my first initial rounds of antibiotics) and I haven't had any major breakouts since then (now it's just maybe getting one or two at that time of the month, or if I tried a new product that breaks me out, and even then I haven't - knock on wood - gotten any of those big painful deep acne since).So anyway - I agree that antibiotics might not be the answer to all acne issues - in a lot of cases it wouldn't work, but I do feel like it's a step most doctors take to see if it would fix the issue first before going into something more potent like accutane, which I think makes some sense. Use:-Treatment of acne vulgaris. I would love to link studies and articles here regarding this because it might be helpful but I'm on mobile and I don't know how to do it on here.