I’ve taken a number of antibiotics for my condition. They work...on the bacteria, while leaving the root cause of acne (oil plugs) untouched. The Retin-A, it seems, appears to be helping to eliminate the oil plugs, so that the pimples don’t form in the first place. So I’ll give my current dermatologist a thumbs up over my other two.
To make it more clear, the good antibiotics do prevent pimples themselves, but only by attacking the bacteria that feed on and multiply in the oil plugs. Said multiplication then leads to the pimples, but no mistake, the excess oil causing the plugs is the root cause.
Keeping my fingers crossed for continued success with the Retin-A...
Accutane works too - or is it the same thing?