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Acne, Facial Redness. How To Improve It?

Hi there, I d like some help with my acne and facial redness - Acne is something that I ve had since the age of 11. However, over the last few months, my acne has improved and is normally fairly mild although, I d really like some methods that can improve my acne (either natural methods or using creams and gels) Thanks in advance!
Sat, 1 Dec 2012
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Treatment of acne would be oral medication,  creams and daily skin care routine which further helps in acne. Oral medication will be tablet doxycycline 100 mg once a day for 4 weeks. Creams would be application of clindamycin gel twice a day only on the Pimples. Application of benzoyl peroxide 2.5% gel once a day on the Pimples. Application of Retin A cream 0.025% on full face at night for 2 hrs.
All the applications will have to be done for 6 weeks.
All these medications will require a prescription from your GP.
you need to follow a routine of cleansing, sunscreen , creams daily.cleanse your face with cetaphil cleansing lotion for acne prone skin thrice daily.sunscreen needs to be used daily , neutrogena would be a good choice.
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Acne, Facial Redness. How To Improve It?

Treatment of acne would be oral medication,  creams and daily skin care routine which further helps in acne. Oral medication will be tablet doxycycline 100 mg once a day for 4 weeks. Creams would be application of clindamycin gel twice a day only on the Pimples. Application of benzoyl peroxide 2.5% gel once a day on the Pimples. Application of Retin A cream 0.025% on full face at night for 2 hrs. All the applications will have to be done for 6 weeks. All these medications will require a prescription from your GP. you need to follow a routine of cleansing, sunscreen , creams daily.cleanse your face with cetaphil cleansing lotion for acne prone skin thrice daily.sunscreen needs to be used daily , neutrogena would be a good choice.