<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I have extremely bad acne all around my face and was wondering what suggestions y'all have for eradicating bad acne. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>A dermatologist</p>
<p>^ All they do is recommend stuff ladened with chemicals. </p>
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<li><p>PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEE ( This is the most important) Eat healthy. That stuff is bull when people say junk food doesn’t affect your face. Junk food impacts every part of your body-why would it avoid your face?</p></li>
<li><p>Wash your face night and day- this one is pretty obvious. Overall, it really doesn’t matter what wash you use, but it matters you use it in the morning and night. </p></li>
<li><p>Know what stresses you out, and try to lessen it. If it’s school, make a calendar so stuff seems smaller during the day, ect…</p></li>
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<p>Eating right, reducing stress, and sleeping enough may all reduce or prevent acne.</p>
<p>[Benzoyl</a> peroxide - how to make it work for you](<a href=“http://www.acne.org/regimen.html]Benzoyl”>The Regimen® - Acne.org)</p>
<p>I buy the cheapest 10% BP and cut it 1 part with 3 parts Cetaphil instead of the 2.5% BP. This guy’s regimen works!</p>
<p>It’s organisms that must be eradicated to get it under control.</p>
<p>^ BP really works for me on preventing acne =)
- eat healthy! eat NATURAL foods… stuff that mother nature makes and not mcdonalds =)
- water water water water water =)
- exercise! it’ll release happy chemicals =)
- wash your face with a simple and gentle cleanser that has no acne-fighting medications =)
- moisturize! dried out face = more oil = more acne
- GO TO SLEEP. your skin needs sleep too.
- if you’re a girl, tie your hair up, your bangs
- don’t touch your face =)
- and if you drink (you know what i mean)… try not to/limit the amount =)</p>
<p>but really i think water helps the most!!</p>
<p>Mom here. Both of my girls got bad acne in high school. They had regularly visit with dermatologist. The doctor alternated between different treatments - face wash, anti-biotic, cut on acne (using small knife to cut and clean acne). The older daughter is 22 and her skin is beautiful now(has been since 20). The younger one (17) skin is also improving. Their dad had bad skin, didn’t really see a doctor when yunger, his face has some acne marks. Our kids eat mostly organic food, get plenty of sleep, but still get acne. I would strong advise you to see a good dermatologist. You should be able to get reimbursed from insurance.</p>
<p>tofugirl is pretty on the spot.</p>
<p>If it’s extreme, oldfort seems to have good advice.</p>
<p>All of the above tips are great (sleep, eat healthy, drink lots of water). If you have access to aloe vera (not some lotion or body wash with 0.01% aloe vera essence but the real plant), you can apply that to the problem region. A super-effective way to use aloe is to cut a good chunk and tape it (with breathable paper tape) to the problem region while you sleep. Of course, aloe is pretty expensive to buy if you don’t grow it at home.</p>
<p>Shower after you workout.</p>
<p>I was washing my face multiple times a day and showering every night. But I found that showering directly after working out was best and had dramatic results.</p>
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If you want to be technical about it, you’re just stuff laden with chemicals.</p>
<p>Accutane if you’re serious. I had horrible cystic acne (i.e. not the kind of acne that teenage girls whine about; the gross, painful, inflamed and pus-filled kind) in middle school that cleared up within 6-8 months from Accutane. It’s a pain in the ass to take, because you need to get blood taken monthly to check your triglycerides and whatnot, and if you’re a girl I believe there are monthly pregnancy tests. If you have a baby whilst on Accutane god help you lol. But anyway, it worked wonders for my skin.</p>
<p>I agree with jake1313. I also had terrible cystic acne and went on accutane. Now my skin is 90% clear. It works wonders, and the only real issue I had was chapped lips all the time. I would look into it if I were you.</p>
<p>If you have moderate to severe acne, consult a doctor. Antibiotics and birth control to keep my hormones in check have been helpful for me. Benzoyl peroxide and salicylic acid treatments can be good but may be irritating to more sensitive skin (Proactiv has 10% BP and absolutely destroyed my skin! so painful!). Clean gently and do not scrub hard. </p>
<p>Acne.org has some articles that might help you, good luck~</p>
<p>There are plenty of different ways to cover up your acne, but that still isn’t addressing the real problem. It’s important, especially if you’re in high school like me, to learn how to properly treat and defeat your acne at the source. This site has really helped me with my acne, it’s worth checking out: [High</a> School and Acne - Common Issues and Solutions](<a href=“http://theclearskinproject.com/acne-article/high-school-and-acne/]High”>http://theclearskinproject.com/acne-article/high-school-and-acne/)</p>
<p>“All they do is recommend stuff ladened with chemicals.”</p>
<p>What does that even mean? What makes that a bad thing? </p>
<p>I definitely recommend seeing a dermatologist, but you also have to take it upon yourself to eat healthy, drink a lot of water, and exercise. And shower after you exercise ASAP.</p>
<p>Drink LOTS of water</p>
<p>If you’ve tried everything and nothing seems to work, Acutane is a pretty hard core med for acne. The side effects can be horrible thofh</p>
<p>I feel bad for you all. I just get small dustings of acne that clear up with over the counter stuff…</p>
<p>You guys realize this thread is over two years old, right?</p>
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<p>Chemicals aren’t bad. Air and water are chemicals. Almost everything is a chemical. And it’s “laden.” :)</p>
<p>I’ve honestly tried everything for acne and I eat pretty clean and exercise daily. When I went to the dermatologist, I got a prescription for some blue pill (not exactly sure what they’re called) and epiduo, a face cream. I also washed my face 3 times a week with a normal benzoyl peroxide wash from walgreens and moistured with cetaphil (anything non- comedogenic works). About 2 months later I had absolutely no acne, with the exception of a few scars on my cheeks that were already there. Going to tge dermatologist is definitely your best bet, I’d say.</p>