natesfeliz

wow it has helped you after one week!! MUST TRY!! I have breakouts ALL THE TIME and I am so desperate to fix it, Id do anything. I will definately try. thanks alosha for sharing!!!!

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Sara

I've managed to figure out a routine now which works for me. .It's very time consuming, but has done the trick.

Every morning and night I:-

- Use the Clinique 3 step solution (which I cannot fault. It has worked WONDERS ).

I start with Anti-Blemish Solutions Cleansing Bar for Face and Body - Anti-Blemish - Clinique UK I ash this off using a muslin cloth hich exfoliates too all in one.

Then use Anti-Blemish Solutions Clarifying Lotion - Anti-Blemish - Clinique UK

Moisturise with this Anti-Blemish Solutions Clearing Moisturizer - All Men's Skin Care - Skincare - Clinique UK

Only at night I mix Calendula cream (for sore rough skin -whose benefit it that it also fights acne) with two drops of tea tree oil. And use that as an additional moisturisor.

-Then I use Boot's home brand Witch Hazel blemish stick which honestly zaps them and reduces redness over a day. Witch Blemish Stick 10g - Boots Its a new discovery but I love it.

Then once a week I steam my face, then apply a face mask, then re-steam and use a pore strip, then wash my face while my pores are open.

If I'm on my day off I also warm up some Manuka Honey UMF 5+ and use that as a face mask or just dab it on spots. This works wonder too.


Here are some of the oral methods I have found to work. I take one of each tablet a day.

- Boots Acne tablets. Boots Alternatives Acne Relief - 60 tablets - Boots These were recommended to me by a friend and they are really good. You can take up to three a day but after a month you only really need one.

Also I take their Boots Pharmaceuticals Skin, Hair and Nails 30 Capsules - Boots. These are more for my nails cause they are brittle but the evening primrose oil in them also has added benefits for your skin and my nails have improved drastically. No more splitting!

And finally, lol. This is something I've only tried the past week as I had lots of tiny little red bumps along my neckline which nothing else was working for. I read about Panthenonic Acid and so I take one of these a day and I have seen a drastic improvement already in less that a week. Acne: Pantothenic Acid for Acne It really has worked for me

Well I hope some of these things will work for you guys too! ^_^ They really are worth a try.

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Shakti

My neice was taking Accutane to control acne. I did some reading about Nizoral shampoo helping cystic acne. She started using it on her face and she is off of the Accutane with really nice skin. She told her demotologist about what she had done and the doc gave her a perscripition of the active ingredient. Accutane has very bad emotional side effects, so I am glad this helped..it's hard enough being 16, without some medicine making your life hell!

Imeera

I don't have very bad acne but it will get annoying at times. I have found using Soap & Glory's The Greatest Scrub of All, with Lush's Grease Lightening and Tea Tree water then pure Alo Vera to mosturise. and it works extreamly well for me. First regime that actually worked for me! I also use Nuetrogena's 7 day black head stuff every now and again. Again it just helps! I do recommend any of Soap & Glory products! They are amazing.

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Bellydance Oz

The big thing to remember with breakouts is that there are two possible causes.

There's acne, or there's rosacea. The treatment for one can make the other worse.

I always assumed rosacea meant you had to have red skin, but it can show up as just spots. If you have rosacea, you have extremely sensitive, reactive skin which you have to treat with kid gloves. Most acne treatments will make it flare up even worse.

One treatment that's very effective for both is Omnilux photorejuvenation therapy. It's expensive in a beauty salon because you need a course of several treatments - but you can buy a hand-held device for about half the price of the salon course, and do it yourself.

Buy the blue light version for acne or the clear-U version for rosacea.

Handheld OMNILUX clear-U, red and blue LEDs together • Rosacea Support Group

By the way, the red light version is fantastic for wrinkles - I had a salon course and I reckon it knocked 10 years off my face.

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kevin_dp

Benzoyl peroxide is a first-line treatment for mild and moderate acne vulgaris due to its effectiveness and mild side-effects (primarily an irritant dermatitis). It works against the "P. acnes" bacterium, and normally causes just dryness of the skin, slight redness, and occasional peeling when side-effects occur. This topical does increase sensitivity to the sun as indicated on the package, so sunscreen should be used during the treatment to prevent sunburn.

taaj

If you have oily skin, you are right. The more you wash, the more oil that is produced. The best soap for this is charcoal. You can get it at Khataji Natural Soap in Palmyra, Virginia.

For normal or dry skin, try goat milk soap or old fashioned white lye. (Also available at Khataji).

Another thing you can do is to drink lots of water. The body filters toxins through the kidney, liver, lungs and skin. To reduce toxic build-up, drink lots of water.

Hope that helps.

Glitters

Since everyone skin type is different I'll tell you what worked for me since I get acne that also leave brown spots on my face. Try the Mint Julep Mask. You can find it at any drug store and it's affordable! ( under $6) It works wonders! If you see my face now My marks are fading away... I really love this product. My mom used it and then I started to use it. nothing else worked for me. for more nice results also try der scrub. It's pretty good because it cleans your skin,pores, and most of all your dead skin. I highly recommend this.

Yame

My skin only started improving after I stopped washing my face with soap. I have very dry skin, but at the same time I'm prone to acne. So all the acne treatments I tried would either not work or work somewhat but make my skin even drier. Then, I discovered honey and oil.

Currently, I wash my face with just honey whenever I shower (once or twice a week, when I feel I need exfoliation, I mix the honey with brown sugar to exfoliate). Honey does the job very well and has antibacterial properties. It's weird getting used to cleaning your face with something that doesn't foam, but it pays off.

At night, I remove dirt and makeup with grapeseed oil, then rinse it out with just water and wipe off the excess with a paper towel. Grapeseed oil is nocomedogenic so it does not clog the pores like some other oils. It's very light, so it doesn't feel too weird on the skin.

Once a week or less, I do wash my face with "soap" but it's a special "moisturizing bar" from Aveeno, and it does not dry out the skin.

My skin has never looked or felt better (except when I was a child).

khanjar

Think the solution is to understand what causes acne, and as other have said, every skin type is different, our individual body chemistry is to be considered.

In the past I suffered badly with acne, plague face was what I was called by many, but although it stung something rotten, a product I used to use was a fluid called TCP which is an antiseptic controlled the outbreak of yet more acne.

But from what others have said here, yes, I would go the vinegar route, as that is another antiseptic.

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