Acne

What are you secrets to get rid of it? What face wash works best?

My skin is semi-oily. My problem areas are my cheeks (near my ears and chin), between my eyebrows, and my chin.

Watching have the same problem

Quoting HopingforaMiracle:" Watching have the same problem"

How long have you been dealing with it?

I've had mine since about middle school. It's a lot better than it was then because I know how to better care for myself. It just won't go away completely. I want nice, smooth skin for once in my life.

Have had the same problem since age 8-9 and hve yet found something to completely work, not even proactive or antibiotics or special cream from the doctors.

<blockquote><b>Quoting green mama☮:</b>" How long have you been dealing with it? I've had mine since about middle school. It's a lot better ... [snip!] ... because I know how to better care for myself. It just won't go away completely. I want nice, smooth skin for once in my life."</blockquote>




Since I was like 9 or 10. When I went through puberty

Quoting green mama☮:" How long have you been dealing with it? I've had mine since about middle school. It's a lot better ... [snip!] ... because I know how to better care for myself. It just won't go away completely. I want nice, smooth skin for once in my life."

I know the feeling, girl.  
My skin has been bad since elementary school and I feel like I've tried everything, I want to have clear skin so badly it hurts. I even get it on my chest, back, and shoulders. I can't wear cute shirts because of it.

Quoting ♫Kaibutsu♫:" I know the feeling, girl.   My skin has been bad since elementary school and I feel like I've tried ... [snip!] ... to have clear skin so badly it hurts. I even get it on my chest, back, and shoulders. I can't wear cute shirts because of it."

I have a couple pimples that are deep and hurt, but it's mostly scars from picking and little problem zits. I also have it on my shoulders, chest, and back - but not nearly as bad as my face.

I envy women with clear skin. I think I would feel so much better about myself if I didn't have to cake the make-up on every time I left the house to cover it.

Quoting green mama☮:" I have a couple pimples that are deep and hurt, but it's mostly scars from picking and little problem ... [snip!] ... think I would feel so much better about myself if I didn't have to cake the make-up on every time I left the house to cover it."

I feel ya, I HATE my skin and have terrible self esteem and always have. Hate having to cover up pimples to go anywhere. My face isn't terrible like it used to be, but I get breakouts near my period. Right now I have some little ones and a big one on my cheek. It's the big noticeable ones i can't stand.

Well, there isn't anything that works for me that gets rid of acne for long. I'm always having to switch up what I use to keep my face semi-clear. If I use something for too long my face just "adapts" to it and eventually the acne comes back. I switch up products every three months. Pro-active, neutrogena acne stress control, clearasil daily clear and then Walmarts brand of proactive but I use the severe kind in the dark orange bottles.

I found something with tea tree and witch hazel worked to keep it kinda to a point where make up can cover. When I break out really bad though the only thing that helps is something like clearasil, something with salicylic acid in it.

I've heard you could try lemons/lemon juice mixed with some water on a cotton ball.

I had really bad acne growing up as do my boys now. lol. Poor things. I tried everything including proscription stuff from dermatologists. Nothing worked. One day my day came home with st ives apricot scrub, I loved the smelled so I used it daily and I cleared right up within a couple weeks. Now that I'm an old bag I have super dry skin and only wash my face with ivory and never get zits. I even shave with it because I get bad bumps with cream.