How did you beat acne?

Friend tried using Manuka honey, and it worked wonders for her. You want the 15+ High active honey, or a higher number.

I've watched a Youtube video of this guy who did a water fast and his skin problems went away.

Just throwing these out there Good luck.

 

If you talk to your GP they can recommend medication for it, my friend is taking pills for it. You can also get facial bleaching which clears it all up for a while.

 

Umm, I've never had severe acne but I keep it under control by washing and exfoliating every morning and night, and it's kinda weird but nutmeg paste works wonders (after a few days) It also helps with scarring for acne?
And water. Keeping yourself well-hydrated is the biggest thing that prevents acne from happening, at least in my case.

 

I didn't. It just went away. Guess it got tired of me ignoring it.

 

Check out herbalism and dark angels face washes from Lush. Their tea tree toner should help as well. Just make sure youre not touching your face a lot, as it can increase the bacteria on your face.

 

Out of curiosity, why aren't you willing to try isotretinoin?

I was in the same boat as you. I did everything I could to take care of my skin, but nothing worked. Eventually I decided to try it. Accutane worked really well for me. Yeah, the monthly blood tests were a pain in the ass, and it caused me to get frequent nosebleeds from being dried out, but my acne was virtually gone within 6 months or so.

 

I waited, and then it went away as I hit 20 or 21. From time to time I do have a pimple, but that happens to everyone who has a skin...
Daily routine : Normal soap, water.
What I ate : Low fat, no sugar, very little meat and dairy.

 

Use organic apple cider vinegar, with the 'mother' (cloudy nutrient stuff) intact. I swear by it; rubbing a small strip of towel soaked in a half half solution of it and water over a zit makes said zit go from zit to small red dot very, very rapidly.

 

One of my friends suffered from acne on their forehead and under their mouth - they got benzoyl peroxide. Completely cleared up within a few months.

 

You should inform your parents that anything that happens to a person who is on a drug is required to be listed as a side effect. As far as I know there is no conclusive evidence that isotretinoin is associated with depression and suicide. You may wish to take a look at this: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1463189/

 

Still fighting acne.
Not too severe but not ignorable either.

 

Still having troubles with it myself, might consider some of the solutions others have mentioned here. I hate getting all dressed up and doing my makeup, but still having little red polka dots all over my face like I'm a cartoon dinosaur or something.

 

I didn't!

 

I never did have or get acne on my face, but the one place where I did get it was all over my neck. Most of the time it felt really itchy and I used to pick at if a lot. That left it really red and even itchier.

The only way it has now been progressively getting better is because I don't pick at it anymore. All that I have left are dark marks, but they are starting to clear up.

 

I still get acne and I'm nearly 30....

The skin treatments, pills, creams, and regimens I've tried have never helped. In fact some of them dried out my skin and caused more acne to appear. For me it seems to get worse with stress, when I have bangs on my face, and when I don't eat right or sleep enough. My father and mother both still get the occasional zit, and they're close to retirement age.

I guess for me the biggest thing has been to simply accept the fact that I will continue to have some acne forever. When I stopped obsessing over it I found myself picking at it less often, and then in turn it started to heal faster. I started washing morning and night with gentle soaps. I found that harsher soaps actually made my skin produce more oil. (I didn't even think that was possible.) When I bemuse the fact that I have acne now those around me say they didn't even notice it until I pointed it out.

Really, acne hasn't been my primary problem. Confidence was. Once I started acting more confident I stressed less, smiled more, picked at my face less.... and then my skin started to clear up a bit.

(On the plus side, having acne means my students have trouble guessing my age. I was told I couldn't be older than 20 about 4 times in the last few days!)

 

I still get acne but I recently discovered that using clearasil rapid action pads and wash makes my face better by quite a lot. I use the wash in the mornings or when I shower and the pads at night.