Learn how a medication called Spironolactone can treat your acne. Watch and see if this medication is right for you.

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Partial Video Transcript:

"So you've been suggested to start a medication called Spironolactone for your acne. Now the interesting thing is that Spironolactone is not FDA-approved to treat acne. It's actually a blood pressure medication.

Now Spironolactone works by blocking the effects of testosterone, the male predominant hormone in your skin. Now if we think about it, testosterone is what gives us oil. Oil is what feeds the whole cycle of acne. So if we're blocking the effects of testosterone on the skin, then hopefully we're reducing the excess of oil that's produced in the skin, and then that's how your acne gets better. Now it's not too often prescribed for blood pressure because it really doesn't do that much for blood pressure, unless you increase, the dose is very high. But what they noticed when they did the studies decades ago on this, was that women who took Spironolactone and had acne, almost all of their acne went away. And so dermatologists, we've been writing Spironolactone for decades, and we've had very good luck with it. It's almost like a miracle medication for women who have acne, especially acne in areas where men have a beard, and when you get it on your forehead. And if you have that type of acne and it flares right around your menstrual cycle, then Spironolactone is probably going to be the home run for your acne..."


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Dr. Reagan Anderson is Board Certified Dermatologist and a Mohs Micrographic Surgeon.

Education & Credentials:

• Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
• American Osteopathic Association Approved Internship, Family Practice
Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton
• Undersea/Diving Medical Officer, UMO/DMO
Naval Undersea Medical Institute
• Master of Christian Studies
Regent College
• Master of Public Health
School of Health Management, ATSU
• Dermatology Residency
Michigan State University/Oakwood Southshore Medical Center
• Board Certified Dermatologist
American Osteopathic Board of Dermatology
• Fellow Member of the American Society of Mohs Surgeons
• Certificate of Added Qualification for Mohs Surgery
American Osteopathic Board of Dermatology
• Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Rocky Vista University
• USMC First Reconnaissance Battalion Surgeon (former)

Practice Information:
Colorado Dermatology Institute
Colorado Springs, CO
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