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Sorry for so many questions lads but just need to clear a few things up in my head to put my mind at peace before I apply.

Ive had mild acne for a couple of years and been taking a persription tablet called Tetrasyl for it. I've stopped taking the tablet now, last time being about 2 months ago and my skins pretty clear at the minute. Also around 2 months ago I had tonsilitus for the first time and was given a course of Pennecilin. This is really all that is in my medical history apart from a suspect looking mole i had checked out on my head years ago which turned out to be nothing (I must sound like a right ugly c@#t lol, honestly...i'm not haha)

So unless theres things wrong with me that I'm unaware about should I be ok at the Medical? Or is there something there that I've mentioned which will stop me from entering for a while?

where is the Acne???

If its on your back then the answer is yes, Have you been clear three months since your last perscription???

But dont ask on here wait till the Docs look at your Documents and let them sort it out

Good luck anyway

Are you serious? Lol thats a bit pathetic that they won't let you join just cause you've had a perscription in the last 3 months. Nah was never on my back but yeh I've had the perscription in the last 3 months, never collected my last one though and still have the wee paper thing you have to give to the chemist to get it if that makes a difference? Yeh will be applying anyway like can't see them turning me away for this. Bet you they will now i've said that lol.

The reason people get turned down if they've got acne on their back/shoulders is because it can get infected when carrying weight, where the straps rub. Effectively puts you out of action until it's healed!

It won't be whether or not you collected the prescription that will be looked at, it will be the last date on your medical records on which it was prescribed. So if the doctor wrote you a prescription within the last 3 months you will have to wait, regardless of whether you used it or not. Sounds like it's only a month though, that's not much of a wait...

Yeh I understand and no not much of a wait, pretty certain though that the Doctor will have written that it was on my face and not back cause I remember him asking me. Pity though I was hoping to be in ASAP, can't wait to get out of civvie street. More time to train before PRAC though!!!!

Even ACNE on the face could defer you mate But lets just see what the doctors say???

There the experts

Taking perscription back after work and asking if they'll take it off my history, and don't have acne anymore so think I'll be ok.

A lad who i did an insight course and ADSC with got deferred for having acne on his back and face, was quite bad though so maybe they judge after looking at it.