Baby Acne Help

female with 2 kids. tried several antibiotics – developed resistance, tried oral contraceptive dianette – acne got worse when i came off,dont want to try roaccutane cos its too many scary side effects. is there anything out there that will work? i had hormones tested and they r ‘normal’ but think my acne worsened after the baby.

I had such bad acne at one time that I isolated myself from the world – it covered my entire face – I mean BAD. I had no option other than go with Accutane, which helped me a great deal, however now I have to deal with a lot of floaters in my eye. (Worth it though…)

Now that I am in my 30′s, the one thing that helps me when I go through a breakout is taking a wash cloth (like an old scratchy towel), applying hot water onto it and adding a touch of sea salt. Lightly rub this onto your face —not hard! Do this for about 5 minutes or so. Let your face dry naturally, you’ll feel it tightening up and then, apply a light dermatology tested lotion on your face and keep doing this every 3 days at night. It has helped me a great deal. I would check with your doctor, antibiotics never did a thing for me. I totally feel your pain. You also might want to see if you are allergic to a certain food.
Best of luck!

So I drool when I sleep. I cannot help that, it’s because I sleep on my stomach with my head to the side and I’m a mouth breather when I sleep due to chronic congestion problems.

I’ve almost always had acne problems on my chin, but lately more and more I’m noticing that it’s happening in a pattern… and that pattern is, directly from the corners of my mouth down!! It goes like in a line!

So my only thoughts are that the drooling is aggravating it. I know that this is common, for drool to cause baby acne… so why the heck can’t it be causing mine?

What I need from you all, is a solution… do i put vaseline on my chin and then cover it with something? (so as to repel the drool, whilst saving my pillowcase from the vaseline stains) Or do you have any other ideas?? If I just put like gauze or tissue on my chin, that won’t work well enough becaue the drool will just saturate it, and will end up making things worse because it will stay wet.
No, I’m not British. I had no idea the word ‘whilst’ was on the British side of the english language.

Anywho, I think I will make an appt with a dermatologist, but they take months to get in to see. So what could I try in the meantime? I like the idea of brushing and using a good mouthwash directly before bed and putting some acne lotion on. I think I’ll switch to white pillowcases, which won’t get damaged by acne lotion.

Any other ideas? And thanks everyone for your quick answers! I didn’t expect any answers yet, and there were 5 already!!
I meant to add that, yes, I likely do have sleep apnea. I’ve not been tested for it though. I suppose I should go ahead and make the appt for a sleep study while (hehe, not whilst), I’m making the derm. appt.

Thats actually really cool. I always thought that saliva could dry out acne but I guess if you think about it saliva has bacteria in it and the mouth is the most dirtiest place on your body (belive it or not). So i guess it makes sense. Tyr brushing your teeth and rinsing with some good mouth wash before you go to bed. Also put some acne lotion on your face so that there will be a layer of protection while you sleep. Vaseline might make it worse.