What do you use for Acne break outs?

I am very prone to Acne. What do you use to wash your face with at night and in the morning? What do you use in general for skin care?

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I also use Proactiv and love it! It's a little pricey but it's been the only thing that has worked for me!
Best of luck with this..acne is hard to deal with!!

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Clinque
soap the mild one
toner #2
and lotion

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I used proactive for a long time but I found that it stopped working as well as it did. Maybe I should start to use it again.

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I just started using it and I already notice a difference. It is $40 every two months for the package that I purchased, but it is worth it.

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I wash with noxzema every morning and when i get home and take my make up off.

i also use this brush on mask that peels off, its made by sally hansen but now i cant find it anywhere. I use that once a week

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I use Neutrogena face wash. I tried Proactive, and it didnt work for me

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I love proactiv, I haven't gotten a zit in years and my face isn't oily anymore.

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Everyday I switch using BlissLabs Low Fat line - or Dermalogica line,
cleanse with facial brush, use the exfoliator, then spalsh 15 times very warm water 15 times cold.
Follow with toner. I use eye cream like crazy and leave the rest of my face alone. My skin perfect if I do this religiously.
If all eles fails and I need it taken care of ASAP I use the wash and night treatment cream my Dermatologist gave me and make an appt for him to shoot me up with some cortizone.

I also get a professional facial every 3 months. I also take orthro tricylen.

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I haven't washed my face with soap since I was in jr high school - soap dries out my face.

Sometimes I swab my face with witch hazel in the morning. At night I use clyndamiacin (sp?) pledgelets. For breakouts, I use rx strength Brevoxyl 10%.

I've tried Clinique and other products - they just make me break out. I have oily skin - I'm a Greasy Guinea - LOL and still I get dried out if I use anything on my face but warm water or witch hazel.

When I was on ortho-tri-cyclen I broke out worse than when I was 13 - I broke out in cyst-like zits. It was awful. My face finally cleared from the scars - but it took about 1 1/2 years of being off of it before that happened.

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Accutane.
It's a wonder drug

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I never had a problem with acne. If I do get one, I cover it with Rezamid which works as a cover up as it kills the pimple. The only downfall is it is a little stinky. Hubby can smelly it on my face if he is within two feet of me. He hates that stuff.

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I use Purpose soap and love it. It has really worked for me.

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Does this work if you break out due to hormones and lack of sleep?? I think it is also acne but it majorly flares up with those two things

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I use purpose face wash, but I never really had a problem with my skin, even when I was in high school. Knock wood it's all in the genes...

A friend opf mine uses Proactive and LOVES it. She swears by that stuff.

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I wasted a ton of time on antibiotics- even tried Proactive. Went to the dermatologist once a month. I never had terrible acne. I just always broke out with cyst-like pimples just on my chin.

Finally, I went on Accutane!!!!! It is a wonder drug. I have not had one pimple since. You only take it for five months. The only thing I regret is not using it earlier. But I figured because I didn't have awful skin I should not use it. However, I was wrong. My problem area was so recalcitrant that it was the only thing that worked.

Not only do I not have break outs. But it changes the texture of your skin. You can't see any pores and it feels incredibly soft. It is never oily.

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I have terribly oily skin. Foundation slides right off of it (yeah can't wait for my wedding day- ugh)

And I'm on medication that I think makes me break out. I tried proactive, I guess I have to use it long term to see if it works. I also have been on Retin A micro (prescription), didn't do jack ****. I use Rosanil (prescription) and that sorta works - it's a sulfur based medication.

If you get one once in a while - I think Duane Reade or CVS makes a benzoil peroxide (10% which is strong) cream you put on after you wash your face. Cetaphil is supposed to work wonders but I find it very greasy when I use it. But my friend swears by it.

If you breakout alot - first off try to stay off of anything made with refined sugar (most processed foods, white bread, pastas) and that might help. If not I would cut potatos and other carbs for awhile or eat sparingly.

Otherwise probably best to see a dermatologist.

Good luck

ps: I would be careful about Accutane. My dermatologist gave me this booklet about the side effects and I personally decided against taking it.

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Murad skin care products...they saved my skin
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