why is acne getting worse after stopping antibiotics ?

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I started taking antiobiocs in jan last year due to

rosacea. At that time I didn't have much acne it was

more tiny pimples on the nose if I had flushed....I

had great skin on antibiotics but after 3 months when

I stopped I got acne on my forehead and started the

antibiotics again. In dec I cut down to 150g

tetralysal once a day, at first my skin was good but

after a while my skin got worse so I increased the

dose again and when it got better I decreased and so

on. Now my skin is really terrible, I have acne on my

cheeks and it's only seems to getting worse. Even when

I had acne when I was a teenager it wasn't this bad. I

have also started taking birth control pills,

Desogen(on my second month) but the acen started

before that and Desogen shall be good for acne.

Several others have stated they got worse acne after

stopping antiobiocs, why is that so ? I really want to

quit taking antiobiotics when my skin cleard but how ?

And why should I tapper off the antibiocs slowly other

wise the acne flars up ?

Could this be explanations why stopping antiobics the

acne gets worse?

# Antibiotics mess up the digestive system and if the

gut isn't working properly the immune system isn't

functiong well = acne ?

# Antibiotics kills all bacteria, so the flora

naturally present at the skin is not there = acne ?

Please post any thougts on this subject, cause

antibiotics in the long run is bad and I belive

everyone on it wants to stop.

And the people who has stopped and have sucsess tell

the group how u did !!

//Kajsa.

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[Guest guest]

Kajsa, for the best management advice re-discuss your antibiotic

history with the physician or specialist that is helping you manage

your skin. It's not clear to me from you post why you were placed on

high dose long term antibiotics in the first place, or exactly what

is happening to your face now. (That's no fault of your otherwise

clear description, it's just part of the complexity of rosacea.)

With " great skin " on antibiotics but such a rapid decay off

antibiotics, discuss the possibility that the antibiotics are doing

something other than helping your rosacea. For example, you may be

treating acne that commonly co-exists on rosacean faces. There may be

better ways to manage your acne, whether from rosacea or just common

acne.

Longterm antibiotics is not as dangerous as you suggest, but it

certainly isn't optimal therapy unless there are no other choices. A

percentage of such users experience significant changes in their

bacterial flora, including resistant strains and other microbial

infections, that complicate care esp if not recognized. The best way

to avoid these complication is to use longterm oral antibiotics only

when truly indicated, and to use the lowest possible dosage at a

constant blood level. Changing one's doses up and down actually

encourages complications.

I'm not avoiding giving you advice, it's just not appropriate for me

to do so -- it would involve too much guesswork. You need and deserve

to be cared for properly by a skilled professional who can see your

face and follow its progress over the long term.

Your " # " points start off with faulty assumptions, but to answer your

core question, most rosaceans on oral antibiotics find adding a

topical antibiotic then stopping the orals an effective way to go;

however, that would not be the way to go with common acne. I wouldn't

think that rosaceans would need to taper oral antibiotics when used

for short term management, but I don't know the real answer for long

term use. Most rosaceans placed on long term oral antibiotics are on

a low dose schedule with plans to continue indefinitely, and those

with mild-moderate inflammatory features are generally prescribed

antibiotics for short term use only (6-12 weeks).

As an aside, some birth control pills may have their contraceptive

effectiveness affected by some antibiotics such as tetracyclines, so

check that out too with your doctor or pharmacist.

Good luck.

Marjorie

Marjorie Lazoff, MD

> I started taking antiobiocs in jan last year due to

> rosacea. At that time I didn't have much acne it was

> more tiny pimples on the nose if I had flushed....I

> had great skin on antibiotics but after 3 months when

> I stopped I got acne on my forehead and started the

> antibiotics again. In dec I cut down to 150g

> tetralysal once a day, at first my skin was good but

> after a while my skin got worse so I increased the

> dose again and when it got better I decreased and so

> on. Now my skin is really terrible, I have acne on my

> cheeks and it's only seems to getting worse. Even when

> I had acne when I was a teenager it wasn't this bad. I

> have also started taking birth control pills,

> Desogen(on my second month) but the acen started

> before that and Desogen shall be good for acne.

>

> Several others have stated they got worse acne after

> stopping antiobiocs, why is that so ? I really want to

> quit taking antiobiotics when my skin cleard but how ?

> And why should I tapper off the antibiocs slowly other

> wise the acne flars up ?

>

> Could this be explanations why stopping antiobics the

> acne gets worse?

>

> # Antibiotics mess up the digestive system and if the

> gut isn't working properly the immune system isn't

> functiong well = acne ?

>

> # Antibiotics kills all bacteria, so the flora

> naturally present at the skin is not there = acne ?

>

> Please post any thougts on this subject, cause

> antibiotics in the long run is bad and I belive

> everyone on it wants to stop.

> And the people who has stopped and have sucsess tell

> the group how u did !!

>

> //Kajsa.

>

>

> _____________________________________________________

> Följ VM på nära håll på Yahoo!s officielle VM-sajt

www.yahoo.se/vm2002

> Håll dig ajour med nyheter och resultat, med vinnare och

förlorare...

[Guest guest]

Kajsa, for the best management advice re-discuss your antibiotic

history with the physician or specialist that is helping you manage

your skin. It's not clear to me from you post why you were placed on

high dose long term antibiotics in the first place, or exactly what

is happening to your face now. (That's no fault of your otherwise

clear description, it's just part of the complexity of rosacea.)

With " great skin " on antibiotics but such a rapid decay off

antibiotics, discuss the possibility that the antibiotics are doing

something other than helping your rosacea. For example, you may be

treating acne that commonly co-exists on rosacean faces. There may be

better ways to manage your acne, whether from rosacea or just common

acne.

Longterm antibiotics is not as dangerous as you suggest, but it

certainly isn't optimal therapy unless there are no other choices. A

percentage of such users experience significant changes in their

bacterial flora, including resistant strains and other microbial

infections, that complicate care esp if not recognized. The best way

to avoid these complication is to use longterm oral antibiotics only

when truly indicated, and to use the lowest possible dosage at a

constant blood level. Changing one's doses up and down actually

encourages complications.

I'm not avoiding giving you advice, it's just not appropriate for me

to do so -- it would involve too much guesswork. You need and deserve

to be cared for properly by a skilled professional who can see your

face and follow its progress over the long term.

Your " # " points start off with faulty assumptions, but to answer your

core question, most rosaceans on oral antibiotics find adding a

topical antibiotic then stopping the orals an effective way to go;

however, that would not be the way to go with common acne. I wouldn't

think that rosaceans would need to taper oral antibiotics when used

for short term management, but I don't know the real answer for long

term use. Most rosaceans placed on long term oral antibiotics are on

a low dose schedule with plans to continue indefinitely, and those

with mild-moderate inflammatory features are generally prescribed

antibiotics for short term use only (6-12 weeks).

As an aside, some birth control pills may have their contraceptive

effectiveness affected by some antibiotics such as tetracyclines, so

check that out too with your doctor or pharmacist.

Good luck.

Marjorie

Marjorie Lazoff, MD

> I started taking antiobiocs in jan last year due to

> rosacea. At that time I didn't have much acne it was

> more tiny pimples on the nose if I had flushed....I

> had great skin on antibiotics but after 3 months when

> I stopped I got acne on my forehead and started the

> antibiotics again. In dec I cut down to 150g

> tetralysal once a day, at first my skin was good but

> after a while my skin got worse so I increased the

> dose again and when it got better I decreased and so

> on. Now my skin is really terrible, I have acne on my

> cheeks and it's only seems to getting worse. Even when

> I had acne when I was a teenager it wasn't this bad. I

> have also started taking birth control pills,

> Desogen(on my second month) but the acen started

> before that and Desogen shall be good for acne.

>

> Several others have stated they got worse acne after

> stopping antiobiocs, why is that so ? I really want to

> quit taking antiobiotics when my skin cleard but how ?

> And why should I tapper off the antibiocs slowly other

> wise the acne flars up ?

>

> Could this be explanations why stopping antiobics the

> acne gets worse?

>

> # Antibiotics mess up the digestive system and if the

> gut isn't working properly the immune system isn't

> functiong well = acne ?

>

> # Antibiotics kills all bacteria, so the flora

> naturally present at the skin is not there = acne ?

>

> Please post any thougts on this subject, cause

> antibiotics in the long run is bad and I belive

> everyone on it wants to stop.

> And the people who has stopped and have sucsess tell

> the group how u did !!

>

> //Kajsa.

>

>

> _____________________________________________________

> Följ VM på nära håll på Yahoo!s officielle VM-sajt

www.yahoo.se/vm2002

> Håll dig ajour med nyheter och resultat, med vinnare och

förlorare...

[Guest guest]

Kajsa, for the best management advice re-discuss your antibiotic

history with the physician or specialist that is helping you manage

your skin. It's not clear to me from you post why you were placed on

high dose long term antibiotics in the first place, or exactly what

is happening to your face now. (That's no fault of your otherwise

clear description, it's just part of the complexity of rosacea.)

With " great skin " on antibiotics but such a rapid decay off

antibiotics, discuss the possibility that the antibiotics are doing

something other than helping your rosacea. For example, you may be

treating acne that commonly co-exists on rosacean faces. There may be

better ways to manage your acne, whether from rosacea or just common

acne.

Longterm antibiotics is not as dangerous as you suggest, but it

certainly isn't optimal therapy unless there are no other choices. A

percentage of such users experience significant changes in their

bacterial flora, including resistant strains and other microbial

infections, that complicate care esp if not recognized. The best way

to avoid these complication is to use longterm oral antibiotics only

when truly indicated, and to use the lowest possible dosage at a

constant blood level. Changing one's doses up and down actually

encourages complications.

I'm not avoiding giving you advice, it's just not appropriate for me

to do so -- it would involve too much guesswork. You need and deserve

to be cared for properly by a skilled professional who can see your

face and follow its progress over the long term.

Your " # " points start off with faulty assumptions, but to answer your

core question, most rosaceans on oral antibiotics find adding a

topical antibiotic then stopping the orals an effective way to go;

however, that would not be the way to go with common acne. I wouldn't

think that rosaceans would need to taper oral antibiotics when used

for short term management, but I don't know the real answer for long

term use. Most rosaceans placed on long term oral antibiotics are on

a low dose schedule with plans to continue indefinitely, and those

with mild-moderate inflammatory features are generally prescribed

antibiotics for short term use only (6-12 weeks).

As an aside, some birth control pills may have their contraceptive

effectiveness affected by some antibiotics such as tetracyclines, so

check that out too with your doctor or pharmacist.

Good luck.

Marjorie

Marjorie Lazoff, MD

> I started taking antiobiocs in jan last year due to

> rosacea. At that time I didn't have much acne it was

> more tiny pimples on the nose if I had flushed....I

> had great skin on antibiotics but after 3 months when

> I stopped I got acne on my forehead and started the

> antibiotics again. In dec I cut down to 150g

> tetralysal once a day, at first my skin was good but

> after a while my skin got worse so I increased the

> dose again and when it got better I decreased and so

> on. Now my skin is really terrible, I have acne on my

> cheeks and it's only seems to getting worse. Even when

> I had acne when I was a teenager it wasn't this bad. I

> have also started taking birth control pills,

> Desogen(on my second month) but the acen started

> before that and Desogen shall be good for acne.

>

> Several others have stated they got worse acne after

> stopping antiobiocs, why is that so ? I really want to

> quit taking antiobiotics when my skin cleard but how ?

> And why should I tapper off the antibiocs slowly other

> wise the acne flars up ?

>

> Could this be explanations why stopping antiobics the

> acne gets worse?

>

> # Antibiotics mess up the digestive system and if the

> gut isn't working properly the immune system isn't

> functiong well = acne ?

>

> # Antibiotics kills all bacteria, so the flora

> naturally present at the skin is not there = acne ?

>

> Please post any thougts on this subject, cause

> antibiotics in the long run is bad and I belive

> everyone on it wants to stop.

> And the people who has stopped and have sucsess tell

> the group how u did !!

>

> //Kajsa.

>

>

> _____________________________________________________

> Följ VM på nära håll på Yahoo!s officielle VM-sajt

www.yahoo.se/vm2002

> Håll dig ajour med nyheter och resultat, med vinnare och

förlorare...