I had bad acne most of my life until the last few years… with scars to prove! I was on everything as well especially as a teenager. I agree with others about it being an internal issue relating to what we put into our bodies. I didn’t do any of the following to intentionally get rid of my acne but I found it all helped:
– I stopped wearing make up (as in foundation of any kind)…not an issue with boys of course!
– started drinking more water and cut down drastically on sugar intake (no sodas, rarely sweet tea), rarely processed foods, more raw veggies
-don’t know if this had anything to do with it but I discovered I was lactose intolerant (which gave me hives and eczema) after baby #2 a couple years back so cut out most dairy except hard/aged cheese, yogurt/kefir, and only raw milk I get locally. I am just predisposed to sensitive skin I suppose.
-started taking a probiotic prenatal vitamin when pregnant with #2 and found my skin really cleared up a lot. So probiotics are definitely a help in conjunction with a good diet.
I used to wash my face religiously and used hydrogen peroxide or some kind of topical solution/cream prescription or otherwise. Now I don’t even wash my face some days, or just splash some water on it and it’s good. Thankfully! I wish I had known what I know now when I was younger with my parents and I spending so much on special treatments/prescription medicines.
