wtf is wrong with you guys.....it is usually not the person's fault when they have acne. i used to have it (not super bad though) even though i washed my face really well with really good products twice a day. theres a lot of reasons for having acne...hormones, genes, etc. it may just be a phase, the whole teenage acne thing...anyway that sucks for the OP. hope it gets better...if youre a girl maybe try goin on birth control. some of them work miracles for that shit.

haha I had no clue people are so defensive when it comes to ance. y'all should make an orginization. if midgets can make one. so can u guys :D

I use murad it works for me but no promises for you

Terrible. alot of the FML's suck now a days.

proactiv DOES NOT WORK! It's make your acne even WORSE! I used to have minor acne a few months ago and when I used proactiv it turned into severe ance! thank god I stopped using it and went to the derm. now I don't have any acne but I still break out from time to time.

So many people are making derisive comments about how she deserves it for not washing her face often enough, but in some cases at least, I think washing too much can be what causes bad acne. My brother had bad enough acne that he needed a prescription for it, and he did all that frequent washing. I, on the other hand, never washed my face separate from taking a shower, which I did more like every three days instead of each day, yet I never had more than the slightest amount of acne. I'm sure admitting that will probably get people trying to insult me and saying I have bad hygiene, but I don't think washing your skin every single day is even healthy. It was when I took showers every day that my skin felt awful, and decreasing the frequency felt so much better. I'm no expert, of course, but to me it seems likely that it's similar to the immune system and diseases, where if you live your life in a clean room and never have any exposure to anything, you won't develop any immunity. Cleaner and cleaner isn't always better.

tea tree oil was a winner for me

Tea tree oil is pretty nice and can work well given the right context. In high school and the begging of college, I had pretty bad acne as well. I also sebaceous cysts, or at least I think that is what it was, which sound like what you are describing. I have had some that were so big the I could see them out of the corner of my eye, which caused a lot of frustration and depression in my life, I would like to think that I am a more confident person as a result, however. For me, I did have bad hygiene at first but even when I started taking good care of myself, the symptoms persisted. The solutions that I have found effective are: -Keep the linens you sleep on clean -Cut long hair (Sorry, but it has to go if it keeps rubbing on your face) -Stop drinking soda (Many people don't realize that this seemingly harmless beverage causes lots of problems in many people, it may just be the amount of sugar that is consumed in each can but it is an unhealthy drink, period) -Don't eat greasy foods -Drink a lot of water I wouldn't trust Accutane as I have heard it does horrible things to you that really aren't worth it in the end. I haven't heard anything about proactive but judging by the previous comments, I would not trust that either. You might want to pick up so moderate face wash in addition to the steps I have listed above but IMHO, that should do the trick.

make up doesn't help. it makes it look like acne with make up on it. and make up makes it worse

Honestly, Accutane is different for every person. It has the potential for some nasty side effects, and if you are pregnant you are told to not even touch the pills. I had some pretty severe acne and not even prescription creams and things like that would help. I took Accutane and after the full 6 month period i was free of acne and havent had problems in the 3 years since. I didn't have any problems except for the fact that I got sunburned easier and had chapped lips.