Re: please answer my question.minocin and its collagen reducing role

[Guest guest]

I have been on minocin 200 mg for a year, then switch to  minocin 100 mg and

doxy 100 mg for one year and half. I noticed that I look very old, it seems I am

losing collagen on my face.

For those you are taking minocin do you have same problem?

Can I go to taking 100 mg minocin and 100 mg Doxy every other day and 100 mg

doxy every day without risk of losing effectiveness of minocin?

thank you

soheila

[Guest guest]

Hi, Soheila,

I actually found out in this group, that the reason my skin was aging so much

was thanks to the Minocin. I am very self conscious of my skin and its aging

process and have always used tons of moisturizers to keep looking good. But, I

also know that I cannot survive without my Minocin(hopefully I don't become

resistant to it, like I did to Doxycycline). Going off of it for three weeks so

that I can go back on Doxy for a tick bite, and I was left so lethargic and in

so much pain that I wished I were dead.

It's funny how things turn out....

I highly recommend you try a moisturizer with Retinol. It works very well for

me. Just keep applying it twice a day. Neutrogena makes a good creme.

Mona

Re: rheumatic please answer my question.minocin and its collagen

reducing role

I have been on minocin 200 mg for a year, then switch to minocin 100 mg and

doxy 100 mg for one year and half. I noticed that I look very old, it seems I am

losing collagen on my face.

For those you are taking minocin do you have same problem?

Can I go to taking 100 mg minocin and 100 mg Doxy every other day and 100 mg

doxy every day without risk of losing effectiveness of minocin?

thank you

soheila

[Guest guest]

Yes Sohelia, I noticed that I have gained more wrinkles over the past 2 years. 

Creams and lotions don't seem to help.  Then again, I am getting old.  It is a

trade off.  Sick vs. Old. Take care,  Dolores  & Mike

From: soheila A <soadl80@...>

Subject: Re: rheumatic please answer my question.minocin and its collagen

reducing role

rheumatic

Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 2:02 PM

 

I have been on minocin 200 mg for a year, then switch to  minocin 100 mg and

doxy 100 mg for one year and half. I noticed that I look very old, it seems I am

losing collagen on my face.

For those you are taking minocin do you have same problem?

Can I go to taking 100 mg minocin and 100 mg Doxy every other day and 100 mg

doxy every day without risk of losing effectiveness of minocin?

thank you

soheila

[Guest guest]

Soheila,

I noticed my skin was looking very dull after doing the AP, and was not as

plump as it used to be. Antibiotics like Minocin, as well as many

prescription drugs, deplete vitamins through the metabolic process. That is

the reason for many of the side effects associated with prescription drugs-

they interfere with the body's ability to utilize certain vitamins and

cofactors. I was getting a bit depressed by my appearance, but then began a

strict regimen of vitamins and supplements. Not only am I free of all the

side effects I had from Minocin, but my appearance is back to normal! I look

as young as I did three years ago before the Minocin. It's been great for my

morale. My eyes even look bright and cheery again; they were looking kind of

dull and sunken for awhile there.

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 2:02 PM, soheila A <soadl80@...> wrote:

>

>

> I have been on minocin 200 mg for a year, then switch to minocin 100 mg

> and doxy 100 mg for one year and half. I noticed that I look very old, it

> seems I am losing collagen on my face.

> For those you are taking minocin do you have same problem?

> Can I go to taking 100 mg minocin and 100 mg Doxy every other day and 100

> mg doxy every day without risk of losing effectiveness of minocin?

> thank you

> soheila

>

>

[Guest guest]

I must have missed the study that said minocin gives you wrinkles. Can

someone send me the link? I would think the illness ages us faster,

Minocin, or not. I see that people who have rheumatic illnesses, Chronic

fatigue, or Fibromyalgia are looking older than their healthy counter parts

(unless they are on Prednison). My granddaughter took Minocycline for

several years for acne at higher doses than we do on AP and there were no

adverse effects on her face. She is modeling these days. I'm also wondering

if it's not okay for us to have wrinkles in our 60's and 70's, exactly when

will our aging be acceptable? My son just turned 40 and was sure that I was

way too young have a 40 year old son; I barely felt over 40 myself...but

alas...

Take care,

Ute

[Guest guest]

Hi Ute.  It is not the Minocin that gives us wrinkles.  It is, for us with

Scleroderma, the fact that Minocin reduces the overgrowth of collagen in our

faces.  People used to say to me before I was diagnosed with S/D that I looked

so much younger than my age because I had no wrinkles.  Well, I had no wrinkles

because I had excessive collagen which kept the wrinkles from forming.  I didn't

know that.  Once I was on the Minocin, the excess collagen began to go down

slowly as did the inflammation.  Then the wrinkles began to show and it looked

like I had aged 15 years in 5.  My face finally caught up with my true age. 

Yes, being sick can also age one more rapidly.  Rapid weight loss also shows on

the face.  Stress gives one the look of age.  All of it combined makes one look

older.  Look at Scleroderma people carefully.  You will notice a puckering

around the mouth with wrinkle lines.  The mouth gets smaller.  Some people can't

close their

mouths totally and some cannot chew or swallow. This does not happen to all

scleroderma people, but happens more often than not.  The ones who wrote in with

that were the ones, like me, with Scleroderma.  Doesn't happen with R/A and some

of the other Rheumatic diseases. We learn something new every day.  Best to you,

Ute.  Dolores 

From: Ute <nowyoga@...>

Subject: Re: rheumatic please answer my question.minocin and its collagen

reducing role

rheumatic

Date: Saturday, September 5, 2009, 12:02 PM

 

I must have missed the study that said minocin gives you wrinkles. Can

someone send me the link? I would think the illness ages us faster,

Minocin, or not. I see that people who have rheumatic illnesses, Chronic

fatigue, or Fibromyalgia are looking older than their healthy counter parts

(unless they are on Prednison). My granddaughter took Minocycline for

several years for acne at higher doses than we do on AP and there were no

adverse effects on her face. She is modeling these days. I'm also wondering

if it's not okay for us to have wrinkles in our 60's and 70's, exactly when

will our aging be acceptable? My son just turned 40 and was sure that I was

way too young have a 40 year old son; I barely felt over 40 myself...but

alas...

Take care,

Ute

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Dolores,

I thought I missed something. I was off-line a couple of weeks while away

at a professional training.

Minocin causing wrinkles was new to me, and it just didn't make sense. I

can see though how it would affect people with Scleroderma, as you

explained so clearly. One would think that reducing collagen under those

circumstances would be a good thing, wrinkles and all. I have seen pictures

of people with Scleroderma and their faces were like masks. I would think

this is the kind of facelift nobody would sign up for!

Take care,

Ute

[Guest guest]

Hi Ute!   Welcome back!  Yes, it is quite the shock to us women especially, who

don't yet know they have scleroderma to be told constantly how young they look

because they have not yet developed wrinkles.  Even at 65 pushing upward!  My

cheeks were full, nary a wrinkle in my forehead or around the eyes. People would

say, I looked so good, yet I felt like crap.  Then I got diagnosed and started

the minocin.  Within 4 years, my true age, wrinkles and all caught up to me.  I

walked into my mother's doctors office.  He hadn't seen me in a few years and

didn't recognize me.  He said, I had aged about 10 years.  I think the shock

from the sudden advance in looks does a lot of psychological damage.  A normal

age advancement would not be so shocking.  Although, I don't like what I see in

the mirror, I make myself feel better emotionally saying that I would rather

feel better, than look better.  It is not a big consolation, but I am fortunate

to

have a loving family who supports me in my illness and my journey to regain my

health.  I imagine it is much more difficult for the younger ones with babies to

get mistaken for a grandma instead.  Scleroderma is a nasty disease.  Hard to

diagnose and hard to accept.  There is a doctor in London who was trained in the

USA to do fat transplants in the areas of the face that has lost it's collagen

specifically for Scleroderma patients.  It is part of the mental health

attitude.  some faces can get very disfigured.  I don't know if that surgery is

allowed in the USA, but someone I know had it done.  I don't know how

successful the surgery was and what the psychological outcome is..  I think she

is still in the healing process.  I hope it is good. The best to you, Dolores &

Mike

From: Ute <nowyoga@...>

Subject: Re: rheumatic please answer my question.minocin and its collagen

reducing role

rheumatic

Date: Sunday, September 6, 2009, 12:42 PM

 

Thanks, Dolores,

I thought I missed something. I was off-line a couple of weeks while away

at a professional training.

Minocin causing wrinkles was new to me, and it just didn't make sense. I

can see though how it would affect people with Scleroderma, as you

explained so clearly. One would think that reducing collagen under those

circumstances would be a good thing, wrinkles and all. I have seen pictures

of people with Scleroderma and their faces were like masks. I would think

this is the kind of facelift nobody would sign up for!

Take care,

Ute