Am I on the rite track ? [benzoyl peroxide] [minocycline]

ok actually I had acne for 6 months, but in recent months it really made me look really bad . I mean, I dont have more zits . Buti red spots and red spots under Thos difficult, are not as clear my skin, so basically im taking minocycline, erythromycin-benzoyl peroxide topical gel, cream and tretioin. those products are good? how long does it take to see results? and ive been minocycline for a little over two weeks and the other creams I draw on earlier this week, so if anyone knows plz plz plz plz help me somewhat. or if someone other treatments THT I could say about my derm knows plz let me know im willing to try anything, I just hope my skin Geta little better befor school cuz im starting to be ashamed of my face, I think I could not even talk to one of my freinds girl look, so if anyone knows anything tht can help plz let me know. ty

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Reply:I increased my applications to every other night and after the first week started getting reddness. I took a break from the retin-a micro last night. It was hard, because even though I was getting red, I could tell that the pimples were going away faster. You may just need to take a break from it. I was also thinking of putting on my mositurizer 20 minutes before I use the RAM sometimes. I think it may just decrease the effectiveness a bit, but at least I am still getting some of the benefits instead of not using at all. I haven't tried it yet. I will let you know if I try it.

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Reply:well im finally starting to see some resluts, it looks like the acne is fading away, and its closing in to the center of my checks, but im still having problems with redness dose any one have any tips on that???

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Reply:i take minocycline 2 times a day, witch is 200mg a day, then i use benzoyl peroxide topical gel every morning, and then i use tretinoin 0.04% at bedtime, and school starts at the 13 sept, so i hope it gets a little better, thnx for ur post it helped me alot, i mean my skin is dry when i use the topical gel but then when i use tertinoin 0.05% 80% of the dry ness gos away, i dont know why im on 2 diffrent creams but thts wat the derm said to use untill it gets a little better so he can put me on accutane or hopefully i wont need it, but thank u agian and if u have any advice im happey to hear.

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Reply:Everything you are taking sounds like it will definately get rid of your acne, but it may take about 9-10 weeks to really look good. I am just surprised that you are on 2 different oral antibiotics and that your skin can tolerate BP and tretinoin at the same time? I have been using a .04% tretinoin (retin-a micro) for 6 weeks. I had some of those old acne marks that felt like there was a bump under it. After about the 4th or 5th week on my medication, some of these "came back to life" and turned back into a pimple. But now they are going away and they are just discolored marks without any bump under it. So, I take this as a sign that it is gone for good.
How much time do you have before you go back to school? Sometimes there is an initial breakout with the tretinoin and the acne gets worse for a while. But some people don't even get the initial breakout. Maybe you will be one of the lucky ones! Use the tretinoin as much as you can tolerate, because you will get through the bad part quicker. What % are you using and how often are you taking it? I started out every 3rd day, and just moved up to every other night.

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