does acne go away after your off prednisone

[Jen M]

i never had any acne before i went on prednisone..

[tinmuning]

High dose prednisone predisposes some patients to acne, especially facial acne. In most cases, keeping the skin as clean as possible and using topical antiacne medications will control the problem. Yes, they usually disappear when you stop taking the medication.

[hunnybunny197419741]

Usually. Understand why you have acne. The prednisone shut down your immune system so bacteria were able to colonize your skin that normally would have been destroyed by the IgA your skin normally secretes. Now, when a sebaceous gland gets plugged, the bacteria colonizes, grows and forms acne. Once you are off the steroid, your natural IgA antibodies will come back. But it may take quite some time before they kill off the bacteria.

An oral antibiotic might help.