Any good suggestions for adult acne? I never had it as a teen, and once I hit 25...ugh! What about Proactiv?

I feel your pain!


-Proactive works but you have to stick to it, you should also try Reversion acne system (it%26#039;s only two steps), it makes your skin super smooth, but you should use it every other day or it might dry out your skin.





-Use a good moisturizer like Clinique%26#039;s Dramatically Different Lotion or Kiehl%26#039;s (One of the reasons we might get acne is that we tend to dry out the skin, and that makes the skin produce more oil to hydrate itself, which clogs the pores).





- Stay away from Accutane, my roommate in college took it and had a bunch of weird side effects.





-Low-dose birth control like Ortho-Tricyclen Lo also will really clear up your skin, but that%26#039;s a more drastic measure.





-Eat your veggies and drink lots of water!|||Pro Activ works, but I have found using a exfoliating rub like St Ives or even Walmarts house brand Equate in the shower every other day cleans teh dead skin cells off your face, takes off any blockages off your pores and prevents Adult Acne. Both the wife and I use it. There are different types find the one that suits you . We use the medicated kind and it works for us.|||OK, stop all dairy products. My daughter loves milk and milk products and had really bad acne. She went off all dairy products and in 3 days her skin had cleared! It was amazing!!|||Ask you Dr about Doxycycline, or Tetracycline. Generic versions of Proactiv. Been around a lot longer, they work for me.|||What silver R said, the cause for acne is Dairy products -saturated animal fat, cholesterol, steroid hormones, dead white blood cells, and cow pus,(this is milk) combined with your own surging hormones guess what your gonna get acne. Dont waste your money on useless face scrubs and products that only irritate your skin. No dairy products no acne that simple.|||i used proactive and i still do and it actually really works if you keep with the schedule i used to skip and go to bed with makeup on NOT GOOD :) and just make sure u try it out on one part of your face firts i know for some people it dries out their skin but for most it really works try it and just make sure u clean your face every night cause thats what got me :) good luck|||how about going w/ a natural remedy that is cheap first?


separate an egg, discard the white and stir the yolk to blend it. cover your face, avoiding the eyes and lips, w/ the yolk. let sit for 10 minutes and wash off. do this every day for 30 days. you%26#039;ll see results after the first application. you can save the leftove egg yolk for the next day. one yolk lasts about 3 days.


after the 30 days, you need to apply the yolk again once every 2 weeks.|||Proactiv is pretty good, but I found it to be drying. And with summer here you can%26#039;t go in the sun with proactiv or any other benzoyl peroxide creams. It%26#039;ll make your skin peel


I recently started using Cetafil. It%26#039;s a gentle cleanser that doesn%26#039;t clog pores and, you can go out in the sun after using it|||鈥?Peak acne years are 14鈥?7 in females and 16鈥?9 in males. As many as 40% of females and 35% of males are affected during these years.





鈥?Keep your hands to yourself 鈥?


touching skin encourages the spread of bacteria and excess oils, leading to breakouts.





鈥?Excessive cleansing and scrubbing can make acne worse.





A deep-cleaning wash that unclogs pores, while keeping outbreaks under control with acne-fighting salicylic acid that prevents new blemishes, without drying skin. Peppermint helps to open your pores and allows them to be cleansed from the inside. This means pores appear to be smaller, giving you a more youthful appearance.





I found this line of products based on botanical principles, formulatted without animal products and formulatted without mineral oil. Mineral oil is the 2nd worse thing that you could do to your skin, (#1 is the sun), it is like rubbing car oil on your skin and exposing it to the sun. Animal products come from rendering plants what these plants do is pick all dead animals from road, meatmarkets, etc., and put them inside a huge pot, squash everything inside, boil it and the oil that comes to the top is what companies use to formulate their %26quot;beauty%26quot; products. I would have to recommend using Arbonne products, Check out the Clear Advantage, they do not contain benzoyl peroxide, which is too strong for your skin, have you seen people with acne who have their skin peeling, well that is what this ingredient does to you, it overdries your skin leaving it without the mantle acid which protects your skin from air pollution, dirt and others. Arbonene uses salycilic acid which is equally effective without overdrying your skin. I have been struggling with acne since very young and this is the only product that has worked with me. These products are botanically based and do not use none of animal products (they are BEAUTY WITHOUT CRUELTY) they do not use mineral oil (nor the derivates of petroleum) they are hypoallergenic, pH balanced, recommended and used by dermatologyst, well they are just great. I started using them a few months ago and I would have only wished to have known them before and works wonderful to clear and stop acne i buy it online at: arbonnepuertorico.myarbonne.co...|||PRO ACTIVE REALLY REALL REALLY WORKS!!