Seeing a dermatologist.. what do they do?
In the case of acne the dermatologist will establish the diagnosis and severity just by looking at your skin. The options for managing acne are limited, if the condition is moderate and you have not recently had a 3 month period on this consultant’s favourite antibiotic, (whichever this is), he will offer this option first. If all antibiotics have failed to give control he may move straight to offering you Roaccutane. This is very effective, but does have side effects. In this case he will want to take blood for a full work up, before prescribing this drug for you, it cannot be supplied by GPs.
