Acne Treatment: Does Roaccutane/ Accutane/ Isotretinoin cause mood swings/ depression?

Does accutane/ Isotretinoin cause mood swings/ depression? This is a question repeatedly asked by patients with severe acne who need to take this drug, Isotretinoin. There have been a number of isolated case reports on side effects of Isotretinoin, particularly making depression worse. However, in my personal experience  this is unlikely to happen unless individuals have severe depression with suicidal tendencies.  I was […]

Fish oil supplementation for Acne

People have tried bizarre home remedies for acne including urine, cow dung etc. Fish oil is not that bizzare but this is probably the first study to report on the effects of fish oil. The study has extremely small patient numbers though and I would not draw any conclusions from this study, as one cannot extrapolate small numbers to […]

Tea Tree oil in dermatology

A review of applications of tea tree oil in dermatology Interesting review article that has referenced a few research papers that I wasn’t aware of, showing that tea tree oil can be helpful for would healing and skin diseases like acne and seborrhoeic dermatitis. Watch this space!!   Abstract Tea tree oil (TTO) is an […]

Acne treatment: Does birth control help acne? Are there any side effects?

Yes. Birth control pills  (oral contraceptive pills or OCP’s) can help with acne, but only the ones that contain special hormones that counter the natural male hormones (androgens) . These chemicals are called antiandrogens. The best antiandrogen is Cyproterone acetate (co-cyprindiol or Diane™-35, Estelle™ 35 and Ginet-84™). Other antiandrogens like drospirenone (Yasmin™, Yaz™) or dienogest […]

Pimples and Pimple marks

Subject: pimpal nd pimpal marks Message Body: hello dr, i m 23 year old.mere face pe bahut jyada pimpals,black spots nd chote chote gaddhey b h.m 2 skin dr ko dikha chuki hu bt koi fark ni pada.m pic uplode kr ri hu.plz plz plz help me.. — This mail is sent via contact form […]

Cure of Pimple’s spots, blackhead, uneven skin tone

My name is JXXXX my age is 31 male I m married but I have still Pimple’s spots, blackhead, uneven skin tone of face and a permanent boil beneath a mole on the cheek of my face, which some times filled with white and some hard substance and then dwindled automatically but have a bulge […]

PIMPLE BLACK MARKS

Dear Sir my age is 23 i have lot of cream,soap but no use ,pimple acne and black patches of pimple marks are as it is day by day my face so worst. please say me some suggestion to clear my face, which best soap,cream,tablest or anything to use I HOPE U TO SEND ME […]

Acne

I am having acne problem from since 3 years…now it’s increasing day by day…i hav evn used proactive but there is no improvement. please help me This mail is sent via https://www.onlineskinspecialist.com/SkinCareblog/free-dermatology-consultation/

Pimples Care

hi my name is jxxxxxx , my age is 19 , and i have more pimples , i take more treatment but no decrease the pipmleas , so please give some bust tips. This mail is sent via http://www.onlineskinspecialist.com/SkinCareblog/free-dermatology-consultation/