back is remarkably clear if kept under constant, and i mean constant, control, face kinda broke out on my chin a teeny bit with pms, picked at it, oops, nothing bad though, little dry til it started raining again here, two large zits on collar but going down
some eczema bumpies on the back of my hands, have to keep those moisturized with my stomach, legs, and face now i guess, oh well

thanks to god for miraculous turn arounds though
not perfect, but don't have to be

so much peace, loce and happiness, happy valentines day to all

EDIT: btw, a little over 3 weeks on modified bacne regimen
day 76 for spiro
day 138 for retin-a

hey everyone, still getting a few small zits a week on the back and.or chest, for which i use benzaclin

trying out the cheaper walgreen's aha now

eczema has (knock on wood) been a very minor problem lately
just a few bumps on my knees/back of my hands

and i have a really annoying (but quickly healing, yay!) neck zit right now too

and i had a heart palpitation last night that scared me so badly i got almost no sleep

possibly due to spiro?

didn;t retin-a for almost 3 days and broke out a bit, b ut quickly resumed my regimen and all is well now, thankfully

i'm a bit upset im not clearer, but i'm so transformed from this summer, how could i possibly complain?!

bout 5 weeks for dan's bacne regimen + benzaclin (and head n shoulders as body wash, though not as a treatment)
day 94 for spiro
day 155 for retin-a

love, peace, and all that jazz to everyone out there. my prayers are with you all.

ugh i tried doing the whole leaving head n shoulders on your back thing but my back is still too sensitive for theat, now im all dry and peely and gross. not even peely, like the peels almost seem underneath my skin. ew.

skipped a few spiro whilst pmsing and broke out a bit on my chest and under jaw area. still get a few zits on my back but not much to worry about, though i still wish they'd go away. and now i have to worry about exfoliation and moisture because i screwed it up with the hns!!!!

also some under the skin bumps near nose on cheeks, but i thinkt hat they are from dryness/ leaving make-uponand they usually go away qutie quickly

bout 8 weeks for dan's bacne regimen + benzaclin my bacne regimen
day 110 for spiro
day 169 for retin-a

broke out slightly on chin, chest, and lower back when pmsing and then on a trip

starting to clear up though... slowly...

http://www.acne.org/messageboard/long-freak-for-t230718.html

FINALLY cleared up from that trip!

one large shoulder zit from another trip where i was constantly carrying a heavy bag on my shoulder

otherwise jsut a few tiny bumps on back, shoulders, chest, face, etc.

pretty damn clear, though!

back was dry for a while so i've been moisturixing like mad, especially since my eczema has been cropping up on my arms and legs, maybe a tiny, light spot on tummy too, but ot sure

moisturizing there, too, for good measure.

i also realized on my trip that more of my friends have bacne than i thought did! makes me feel so much better!

and i realized how much i LOVE georgetown university. anyone on the boards who goes/ went there?

peace, love, happiness to you all,
jj

hey guys
had my first week of a completely free (with the exception of a tiny whitehead or so in a nonconspicuos area) of acne free back! some laziness on my part brought back 3 or so zits this week, but the regimen is still working beautifully for me. I LOVE YOU SPIRO AND DAN! on the subject of spiro, ive also been neglecting my hydration duties and noticed a few heart palpitations so im trying to drink up. any tips on how to remember to keep hydrated? i try bringing a jug of water to school, but then i always end up drinking it half way. thinking of getting those fiber/flavor packs to encourage myself to drink more.
a bit of a break out on the face, nothing bad, chest looks pretty good, one or two tiny things here or there

YAY!!!!
xoxo
peace love and joy
jj

and thanks to god ;]


EDIT: btw, i've found i must moisturize my back pretty regularly to avoid the flakies
jsut an fyi

Hey guys! long time no post
so ive been retin-aing for almost 9 months now! less for everything else
with the exception of a teeny chest zit now and then and maybe an under the chin pre menstrual sucker or two ive been pretty much acne free until these past two weeks

it was finals, i felt too dehydrated whilst studying and stopped with the spiro regualrly instead of just hydrating more efficiently
then the rest fo the regimen kinda fell apart, because i was having some personal problems

i ended up with small zits on the lower half of my face, some neck and chest zits, and a big back zit on my right shoulder blade

live and learn

though ive foudn that i could possibly get away with doing the bp just in the night, and just doing moisturizer with the aha in the morning (quicker dry time, dont have to wear white shirts, which is easier during the school year with my school uniform)

i think ill try that once im free of this breakout

itd be really helpful


thanks again for all the peace, love, and support,
if anyone needs any, im around to help give some back,
jj

so, over a year since starting this journal... after years of struggling... i am now at peace
i will get the occasional zit, but other than that I'm almost one hundred percent clear and see no signs of it returning (knock on wood)
the only problem area i have left is my chest, which now only gets teeny tiny lil suckers around hormonal changes, and its only a problem cause i cant really treat it too heavily since its such a sensitive area

i do retin a each night, spiro usually every night, but i often skip it because i dont want to be any drier in the california heat and because i forget... the only time i make sure to take it is when im pmsing
i do my back regimen, consisting of just the alpha hydrox and benzoyl peroxide each night, but often forget or am too tired, and unless i dont do it many many nights ina row i seem to be fine
if i break out i do it more or add benzaclin or a antibacterial
if i run out of back supplies i use head n shoulders as a subsistute til i can get more

thanks to all of you and thank goodness this is (hopefully) behind me- its not that i have perfect skin 100% of the time, if ever, but that i feel comfortable in my own skin now in front of others, and that its a flexible program which is easy for me

xo, peace, love, happiness
jj