Stress acne, go to derm?

[Anonymous]

I used to go to a dermatologist as a teen because I had some acne that wasn't too severe just in my t zone. He was able to clear it up easily and I haven't been to him in a few years because he said I am growing out of acne. haven't used prescription stuff in over a year, just face wash and my skin was clear.

Now I'm 22 and in law school and my skin has been hell lately. Is it the stress? I've been using over the counter spot treatment but my skin is getting bad and not improving after a few weeks of using the stuff. In fact I have been using makeup lately either foundation or bb cream because my skin looks bad. It's worst than it has been in years.

Is covering it up making the skin worse? I just feel gross without covering it :/ should I go back to the derm or does the over the counter take time?

Updates

+1 y

i can't change school. I do stay pretty calm, really, but it's just a RIDICULOUS environment and there's no way around it. all I can do is medicine. the choices are wait forever for the over the counter stuff that doesn'ts eem to work, or go to derm. guess I should go to derm?

[martyfellow]

Quite likely, covering it up just makes it worse, as you suspect. Use some tradtional herbal therapy; go to an herbalist before you return to the md.

Chances are your environment is the main cause, as you suspect, but instead of chemicals, try herbal treatment for a while. That way there are no side effects, and often herbal remedies will help your mood in general, and make you more resistant to a toxic environmnet such as the one you are in now!

Lay off the makeup; often sunlight is a fiarly effective remedy for some kinds of acne.

[malekoniky]

You should relax. Remove the cause of that. Because you see, it is not only acne it makes worse. You can treat that. And whatever you do you can do it without stress. Stress is only state of mind. And you can do law without being stressed out. Well maybe not at this time but notice people that teach it or do it and are not stressed about it. I bet you can find out some. So you can learn it to.

[Anonymous]

It's still best to visit your dermatologist.

[ElShararrawy]

Go back to the dermatologist.