Baterial Resistance ...yikes

It's a scary thought, but it seems to be happening everywhere. It's funny how years ago, penicillin was the miracle antibiotic, and now it is often not as effective as we wish it would be. I guess it inevitable when patients are hounding doctors to prescribes them anitbiotics for their colds and flus, when they don't even have a bacterial induced infection. These sicknesses are caused my viruses, and as of right now, there aren't many medications that one can take to battle a viral sickness such as the cold, or flu. It's just something that you have to wait out.

As a user of antibiotics for acne, I get scared that the bacteria on my face will eventually become resistant. I've been using this product called Benzaclin for a little less than a year now. It's an antibiotic in combination with benzoyl perioxide (product exposes bacteria to oxygen which kills them). I use it quite regularly. I can't help but get scared about missing a few doses and having the bacteria become less sensitive to the product upon resuming. Such was the case when I went back to Orange county to visit my father. Of course, I forgot to bring my medicine with me and so I missed my night and morning dose. After that, I broke out on numerous spots on my face and three weeks later, I'm still getting papules in places I haven't ever been concerned about before. I used to rarely get acne when I was on this medication continuously. We'll see what happens in a few weeks. I'm starting this cream again and it should help to air out the pores. The only thing is that it takes several weeks before it takes effect. It's also harsh on the skin since it has a drying effect.

Most of my friends have grown out of their acne by now. When will it cease to be a problem for me? If I was a girl, it'd be easy; they can actually take birth control to maintain their hormones which helps to control acne. Birth control is obviously not an option for men; I'll start sprouting boobs :P