I HAVE A QUESTION AND IT IS FOR A PERSON I KNOW. SHE HAS HAD A STEADY PARTNER FOR THE PAST YEAR AND HER BOYFREIND AND HER ARE INVOLVED WITH USING COCAINE OCCASIONALLY. (NO IV DRUG USE) SHE HAD A ERUPTION OF ACNE TO BREAK OUT ON HER FACE.SHE IS 28 YEARS OLD AND IT WAS ON HER NECK SOME TO. IT LOOKED JUST LIKE ACNE AND WAS SOMEWHAT RED AROUND IT. SHE AT THAT POINT WAS TESTED FOR HIV AFTER SHE HAD BEEN WITH HIM FOR ATLEAST 6 MONTHS "JUST TO BE SURE" AND SHE WAS NEGATIVE AND ALSO NEGATIVE FOR ANY STDS. HER DOCTOR SAYS THAT DRUG USE CAN CAUSE THESE SKIN PROBLEMS BUT I PERSONALLY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING FROM COCAINE USE. HAVE YOU? WOULD ACNE THAT LASTED FOR 2-3 MONTHS (SHE STILL HAS IT AND IT STARTED ABOUT 2 MONTHS OR SO AGO) WOULD THAT BE COMMON WITH EARLY HIV?I JUST HAVENT HEARD OF IT AND IF IT WAS ARS I DOUBT IT WOULD HAVE LASTED SO LONG.SHE HAD QUITE A BIT OF ACNE AS A TEENAGER SHE SAYS BUT IT HAS JUST COME BACK SORDA OUT OF THE BLUE , ANY ANSWERS ON THIS SHE WOULD APPRECIATE. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.(AND BY THE WAY, SHE HAS HAD NO ILLNESSES OR FLUS OR ANYTHING BESIDES THIS) I KNOW THIS FORUM ISNT FOR DRUG ABUSE INFO BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW IF YOU HAD ANY IDEAS.THANKS AGAIN.

I am not a dermatologist. However, I do have several folks in my practice who use cocaine. Acne does not seem to be one of their problems. I did a quick search on medline and did not come up with anything that associates cocaine and acne. MH