 [ Symptoms ] acne since 12 years old and needing urgent assistens  hello i have cystic acne and i have been trying to make my face as acne free as possible also get rid of the after scars of cystic acne i have used antibiotics for 4 months and stop at the end of december last year  while i have been using the antibiotics i had no visual appears of acne on my face then after about 3 weeks of not using the antibiotics the acne started again could you help me with my problem  i have also been using some topical creams and also an antibiotic roll on for my face [ Disease ] there is nothing really urgent about treating acne but it needs to be medically managed if you truly have cystic acne it may need to have the services of a good dermatologist perhaps using accutane the purpose of this site is to answer brief questions so i really cannot blindly treat you in the this forum with little or no information especially without being able to examin you i know it is frustrating for you but acne can be effectively controlled on the proper medical regime it may be time to take your treatment up a notch