breakouts when you get sick

does anyone else break out really badly when they get a cold or the flu?

im just trying to figure out if that's what's causing my current breakout.

thanks in advance!

Does BP expire?

I am about to move on to another bottle of my old Proactiv BP, and I saw an expiration date on the bottom - it was for July 2009.

Does BP truly expire? Or, like some medications, does it not really mean anything, and it will work just as well?

All responses appreciated. :)

WEEK 2 BREAKOUT

i know it's to be expected, but still. i feel like crap. i was doing so well, and then a massive breakout.

& i know it's probably a combination of purging and hormones (my period's in a few days), but still. it sucks.

and to top it all off, i've started picking again. i'd been doing so well, too. :(

sorry for the rant.

SO HERES MY QUESTION:

how quickly will the purging acne clear up? one week, two? a few days?

all answers are highly appreciated. thanks in advance. :)

exfoliating?

i've been on the regimen for about 2 1/2 weeks, and my face is mostly past the flaking phase. i was just wondering if it'd be alright to use a gentle scrub once a week in the shower. it's what my esthetician told me to do, but then again she told me to never ever use bp. lol. so what do you think?

will the redness eventually go away?

i started the regimen 2 1/2 weeks ago, and my face is constantly red, like a really bad sunburn. people have started noticing, and i get comments like "why are you so sunburnt?" "did you go tanning?" and once my teacher told me he thinks i'm easily embarrassed because "your face is always so pink." i just dont know if it will go away on its own, if i should decrease the amount or frequency i use bp, or if maybe bp is just too harsh for my skin. does anyone else have a lobster face? and what should i do about it?

thanks in advance.