With My Doxycycline ance antibiotics, i have latley been taking them at irregular times, is this a problem????
Antibiotics should be taken at or around the same time every day if possible, but should not affect the working of them so long as they are taken as soon as possible, but do not take a double dose if you have missed one unless your doctor says its ok, as antibiotics can upset the stomach and bowel.
Dear Jamsey, Oral antibiotics used to treat acne one of the once daily doxycycline, minocycline or lymecycline). However, reducing the P. acnes bacteria will not, in itself, do anything to reduce the oil secretion and abnormal cell behaviour that is the initial cause of the blocked follicles. Additionally the antibiotics are becoming less and less useful as resistant P. acnes are becoming more common. Acne will generally reappear quite soon after the end of treatment—days later in the case of topical applications, and weeks later in the case of oral antibiotics. medical treatments are available to alleviate acne or the resulting scars: • Comedone extraction. The comedo is removed from the pore with a special tool. • Chemical peels. Glycolic acid is applied to peel off the top layer of skin to reduce scarring. • Dermabrasion. The affected skin is frozen with a chemical spray, and removed by brushing or planing. • Punch grafting. Deep scars are excised and the area repaired with small sk
