There's another product called phisohex that I personally use. Works great - your meant to use it 3 times a day but just once a day is fine for me. I just put the cream on my face while in the shower and wash it off. Far better then clearasil (however it's spelt).

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Hi,
I used to have really bad acne . It was pretty embarassing to go to college with my acne patched face and I was desperate to get rid of it somehow. I took plenty of efforts to keep my face clean all the time and also ate nutritious food and drank lots of water. Unfortunately none of it helped. I then recently read an article about a lady who got rid of her acne using a particular product. I tried it and it worked really well. Within 4 weeks my acne was gone completely. Really good stuff. You can read more about the lady’s article at the link below.

http://acnevanish.wordpress.com/

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Clinique doesn't really work on me; ProActive kinda does . . . Right now I'm using something called Differin .1%. You have to get it from your doctor, but supposedly it works really well. I haven't been using it long enough to tell if it works, but it might be worth looking into.

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I had struggled with acne my whole teenage life. I have literally tried everything. Of all the medications, astringents, and cleansers I have tried only two actually did anything. Proactive (that stuff you see on commercials) is the first thing that really worked. It comes with 3 things you put on your face. This stuff greatly reduced the number of pimples on my face. However, in the long run this just wasn't enough for me. Depending on what kind of acne you have this will show measurable improvement but not enough. For some it clears up their skin entirely, for me it didn't. The holy grail of acne medication for me was (drum roll please) Acutanne. This stuff was absolutely amazing. Not only does it start to clear up you skin within like 3 weeks, it keeps it that way forever! For about 95% of the population with acne who uses acutanne, this is the result that they will have. For the other 5% (like me) it is a little different. Ok, so my skin didn't clear up in 3 weeks (started too though) but it actually took about a month and a half. Then I think you are on the medication (which is in pill form) for like 5 months. By month 3 you are supposed to be completely clear and not getting new pimples. This never completely happened for me. My skin did clear up, but I still got SOME pimples. Now, my dermatologist said that I was in this 5% and that I would have to wait 5 months and then go on another 5 month period on acutanne. Which I did not want to do because there are some *BLEEP* drawbacks to acutanne.
Firstly, YOU CAN NOT DRINK ANY ALCOHOL WHATSOEVER WHILE ON ACUTANNE!!! Acutanne puts your liver at a severe risk to alcholol. So much so that you have to get blood work done every month. Secondly, acutanne has been know to cause you too loose hair. This happened to me also. While it looks natural, I still know I have what looks like a receeding hairline. It isn't bad whatsoever and now that I have been off acutanne it has stopped but no hair has or will ever grow back.
So i guess you have to way your options. If you do go on acutanne it will probably be the maricle that it is for 95% of those who try it. Not to say that I'm not happy with what I have. I barley break out, and when I do get a few pimples, they are not very bad at all. I could have gone for another 5 months of treatment but decided that I wanted to party again. lol. When you go to a dermatologist, they will put you on everything they can before they put you on acutanne. This is a last resort if nothing else works. So now all I do is wash my face with Noxema face wash once a day and my skin stays relatively clear. I'm sure if I went back to Proactive it would probably clear my skin up completely but I haven't done that yet.
Also, it really doesn't matter what you eat. Food doesn't effect acne at all so eat what you want. However, resting your hands on you face or excessive touching your face will rub dirt and bacteria into your pores so try not to do that too often.
One last piece of advice. Don't wash your face more than 2 or 3 times a day! The face washes that you use dry out your skin to much sometimes and washing excessively will actually cause more acne! You want you skin to be not too oily but not too dry either.
Good luck!

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I have not had alot of acne throughout my life but recenlty I started getting some, it seems to go away and then come back again.......I think it may be caused by stress or hormones.....it seems that I've tried everything and it won't completely disapear.

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