HikeLover I might suggest the AHA lotion that is sold here on the site. It's awesome. I was really skeptic - as you can read in this thread - and had some initial purging. But now I wouldn't go without it. And really, in the huge fight against acne, the $16 for the tube isn't too bad.

Hello people!

Well, it's stress time (super busy at work, lots of family stuff, PMS, and classes start tomorrow) but I am holding up pretty well.

One larger pimple - probably hormonal - on the side of my chin right now. Not huge, but it's been about 4 days and there's no visible or palpable head. That's kind of annoying. It's probably going to take forever to go away. Pretty much nothing anywhere else, though! Some old stuff is taking a LONG time to fade, and that's annoying. Wish I could speed that up.

I've decided to try a different moisturizer because I needed one with SPF. Having sunblock as a separate step is too much in the morning and sometimes I forget. I don't want to forget. So I went and bought the Olay sensitive skin with SPF 15 that Dan has recommended for so long. I know that they recently changed the formula and it now includes Avobenzones which people aren't thrilled about, but I am going to try it. Today was the first time using it and it felt fine. A little thicker and it has the SPF smell (which I LOVE). It didn't screw up my makeup either, so that's good.

I also have a makeup primer from MAC that I want to try. Actually, I used it today and I just realized how stupid it is to introduce 2 new things at once. If I break out, I can't tell which it is! I'll probably stop with the primer unless I absolutely need it for a certain day (like this Friday will be a long one).

I hope everyone else is doing well with their regimen!

super amazed with the results. hope the same happens to me, i started this month.
Keep up the good work!

I really enjoyed reading your log. Your story is truly an inspiration. I will you all the happiness!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand we're dropping the Olay.

I don't know if it's my cycle, or the moisturizer, but I have 7, yes 7, zits. Only three of which are small and easily popped. The other 4 are large, painful, swollen and ugly. Two on my chin, one on my cheek and one on my cheekbone (which I think might be two because it's so big and painful).

I am ordering a large bottle of Dan's moisturizer as we speak. Not having this crap!

Well, Dan said they recently changed something in Olay which has been proven to cause irritation or acne. That may be the problem.

Yeah, I think that was the addition of the avobenzones. But my regular sunscreen has those, and it never caused a problem. (At least I think it does...) At least I can use the Olay on my hands and chest. I never put sunscreen on those areas enough.

Anyway, I ordered a 16 oz bottles of the cleanser, BP and moisturizer. I go through the cleanser quite quickly because I've discovered a few different uses for it. It's a great makeup brush cleanser and body wash. I also use it to shave my legs after I've exfoliated them with St. Ives Apricot Scrub. I almost never have a problem with razor burn anymore (previously an issue). I'm glad the cleanser is cheap. I wasn't going to order more yet, since I still have about 8 oz left, but I figure it'll save on shipping.

I do have good news. Even though I'm broken out, I've been getting quite a few compliments about how glowy and pretty my skin looks. So, the zits suck, but the rest of it looks great. It's nice to hear, especially considering my summer tan is fading, so the glow is actually healthy skin, not tan.

Also, I think I am going to up my nightly BP to about 1 1/2 or 2 pumps until this most recent flare up goes away. In the future, I will likely have a regimen that coincides with my cycle. When I'm ovulating and menstruating, more BP. During the down time, 1 pump will be enough. That should work.

just wanted to say that your skin looks amazing! i hope the regimen works for me too )

Halon,

I think you are doing so well. I've been changing things up here and there for the past months. I was on DKR regiment months ago, I had flaky, red, irritated skin. It wasn't working. I switched to proactiv to get me through my wedding and it worked. Fast forward 4 months and my face still had a slight pink/red tint and acne on proactiv, so now I'm on 2 weeks back on DKR. I'm using different products this time though...

Alpha Hydrox Cleanser
Proactiv BP (only bc I was too nervous to go back to using Dan's, my face burned too much)
Cetaphil Moisturizing Lotion

It's been 2 weeks so far... lots of the blackheads are surfacing and kind of falling out? Is that normal? Some are becoming inflamed though... I have about 4 red blemishes right now. I have a habit of picking. I've tried numerous times to stop. Then I pick scabs because I hate dark scabs sitting on my face and half way peeling. I don't really "scar" per say, it does turn reddish, then fades after about 1 1/2 weeks to 2 weeks. My face is slowly losing the redness. Hoping that it clears up this acne that is coming out and then prevents it from more and more...

Thanks for keeping up with your log.

Wow, it's been a long time. I guess that's good news!

The regimen is still working very well. I do still get hormonal acne, but the severity has gone down. I don't think it will ever go away unless I get meds for it. I don't think I want to do that though. I'd rather have normal (for me) hormone levels than perfectly clear skin. What I get can be covered.

Good news for now, I'm still using mineral makeup and only on my cheeks and chin for coverup. I use it on my nose to even skin tone, but other than that, makeup isn't necessary. Woo!!

Sorry about the complete lack of posting. I'm in my last semester of undergrad and trying to 1) get straight A's, 2) dealing with a horrible roommate and her creepy anti-social brother, 3) savoring the last few months. Time is going too fast on one hand, not fast enough on the other!

Still doing the regimen day and night. 1 1/2 pumps BP at night, 1 in the morning. Dan's moisturizer in the morning, AHA @ night.

Thanks to everyone who is still following along! And to others on the regimen, keep going and good luck!

Thanks for a motivating log I am just entering my second week at the moment. It's hard to go through the red- and dryness, but threads like this make me feel like I am on the right track.

Keep going, Enry! If you're read and flaky, try backing off on the BP a little bit. You should still be using less than half a pump. If you're using the right amount, try just once a day at night.

So many people give up right at the beginning because the regimen Dan outlines makes them red, dry, and/or flaky. Just adjust it to what works for you. It may take longer - it did for me - but in the end, it is so worth it!

STICK WITH IT and make it work for you!!

Hello my peeps! How is everyone doing??

Things are GREAT for me. This is my last semester of college, and even though I'm super stressed, my skin looks awesome. I haven't been super-dedicated lately with the regimen, but I'm thinking that's ok, because my skin is doing fine. As long as most of the week I'm dedicated, I can skip an app or two of BP.

Even hormonal acne has gone way down! My sister has noticed a correlation between the severity of her hormonal acne and the severity of her period, so I'm going to watch that and see if there's a link. Hopefully I won't be able to tell because the Acne.org regimen is SO FREAKING AWESOME.

The best news it that I had to make my own graduation announcements and my mom really wanted a picture on them. I didn't have time to take one, and I couldn't find any good ones from my friends of just me that were close enough to make a decent picture. Eventually, I poked through my pictures I took keeping track of my regimen progress and I found the PERFECT picture. So, not only does my skin look amazing - even makeupless - this site saved me hours of photo searching and manipulating! Woo!

Sorry, this probably makes little to no sense, but I'm on my 3rd cup of coffee and am totally wired.

So how is everyone else that's started the regimen? Y'all still with it?