Hi
I get pretty back acne on my chest, back, and shoulders. I have tried everything, but nothing seems to work! I used to use Benzaclin on it, but all it did was dry out my skin– it didn’t affect the acne whatsoever. Now, I’m using Tazarac and Clean & Clear Rapid Clear Spot Treatment. Surprise, surprise, it isn’t working.

I am SO sick of trying tons of products, but NONE work! It’s so frustrating. I’m sure many of you have encountered this problem.

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Okay…so i have cystic acne and the 1 thing that actually worked on my skin when I received a facial was the high frequency machine. I bit the bullet and bought a high-end spa device that is the identical device that my aesthetician uses on me to treat acne using high frequency.
she put a salicylic serum on my face prior to using high frequency. she told me that the combination of the serum with high frequency would help to further penetrate the salicylic serum.
I am just confused because i thought that this device should not be used in conjunction with alcohol based products.
Can you let me know what is classified as a safe serum to put on my face (that will help my cystic acne) prior to using the high frequency device. I want to use a serum in conjunction with the treatment!
Please give me proper instructions for the most effective treatment( inclusing best serums to use with this device during treatment)…. including how often i should to it!
THANKS

About 8 months ago, we had a death in the family…very stressful and I had a horrible breakout…pimples everywhere on my face, and I’m talking everywhere. I attributed it to stress and eventually they went down but “evolved” into this very strange patch of what I can only assume is cystic acne…sort of like a rash which will not respond to any sort of topical treatment I have tried. I have another patch forming, and also some on my neck along with random “normal” pimples elsewhere. When I wake up in the morning, the patches are noticeable in the morning, but they are “flat” and don’t really hurt. By mid day, they hurt when touched and are more inflamed and bumpy. I can’t get into the dermatologist for another 2 months…any ideas on what could have caused this? I’m pushing 30 and have no history of acne problems ever. Is this hormonal or triggered by an unknown allergy to something….and what will likely be the first treatment for it? I’m not a vain person but I’m pained to admit I am becoming very self conscious about it. So far it hasn’t developed into open sores/pustules etc…

I have tried almost every product that is out there
(here’s a general list of what i’ve tried:
Neutrogena Acne Stress Control Oil-Free Power-Clean Scrub
Neutrogena Blackhead Eliminating Daily Scrub
Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash Pink Grapefruit Facial Cleanser
Neutrogena Clear Pore Cleanser/Mask
neutrogena pore refining cleanser

most clean&clear products including the advantage system, but it always dries out my face and gives me a rash

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- I’m 14.
- I got my period a year and three months ago.
- I’ve seen a derm. and I’ve gotten topical treatment months ago.
- Is it just puberty? Should I just leave it alone?
- The treatments don’t clear it up, they just help a little.

In sixth grade I had started having one of those really serious cases of acne (genetic), and it might still be partially a stress thing (lol, it used to be a DREAM to have normal, clear skin) and people just tell me to deal with it. I’ve been told a few times “Oh, it’ll be gone by the time you’re this age…” (the new age I’m told now is late twenties…rofl…like I’ll wait that long.) and another response I hate and keep getting from an older someone is “It’s natural, and you’ll always have it. And anyway, I don’t care when I have it–so you shouldn’t.” (PFFT… Ahem.) Heh, sorry, sometimes I get sort of emotional about my skin problems…

// [End of me complaining.]

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I have what a dermatologist called ‘milia’ several years ago, & said there wasn’t much to do about it. Gave me Retin A but it didn’t seem to work after several weeks, so I stopped.
Once I hit 40 it’s spreading, instead of just my eye and cheek area it’s pretty much everywhere – mostly very small bumps, not really visible but under the skin, giving a rough overall appearance. Most will extract to a gentle touch, but ‘refill’ and never go away for good. A few are larger and more obvious.
I had some cystic acne in my teens and early 20′s which caused some moderate scarring. For years I’ve thought I’d get dermabrasion or other treatments, once I ‘grew out’ of acne.
Well times’ a wastin! I’m going to a dermatologist next week, but I’d like to know if anyone has this condition and has successfully treated it – and with what. I’d like to have some info to ask the doc about next week. I’m also wondering if I should’ve stuck it out longer with the RetinA
Thanks so much!

After my Accutane session is over my dermatologist said I might want to consider laster treatment for my acne scars, does it work and does it hurt?

Ok. I suffer from Bacne. Yes. BACNE as in Bacne on your back and chest.
I also have some acne on my face.
I have always wanted to try Natures cure; and after reading reviews online it seems to really work.
So i was wondering.
I want to get rid of the acne on my face AND back/chest.
So if i took this:

http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=44782&catid=28148

would it also help get rid of my body acne?
Or should i get this to go along with:

http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=87777&catid=39649

Or if i got this:

http://www.acne.org/natures-cure-two-part-body-acne-treatment-system-for-males-and-females-reviews/111/page1.html

would it help clear out the skin my face also?

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Did it work? How was the downtime?