Using antibiotics for acne increases the risk of being infected with resistant bacteria.

January 1

This may be true...but it’s not as dire as it sounds.

ORAL and TOPICAL antibiotics used to treat acne can lead to bacterial resistance...resistant P. acnes and coagulase-negative Staphylococcus and colonization with resistant Strep pyogenes.

The good news is that these bacteria don’t often cause serious infections.

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