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[bookyone]

Excellent question. OK, I am a little strange, as I don't use a cleanser, just Ivory soap and water. I have tried different cleansers and other soaps in the past, only to find that they irritated my sensitive skin and frequently caused breakouts, (I have rosacea as well as acne - the acne is pretty much in remission now, thanks to spironolactone, knock wood. I wish I could say the same for the rosacea).

Anyhow, my derm was surprised that I use Ivory soap, as she said it is drying for adult skin. Funny, but it doesn't dry my skin out at all and actually seems to help with the oiliness. My Dad also uses Ivory and he is 75 and has very oily skin, (as I have his skin type, something tells me I'm in this for the long haul)...

Best wishes from bookyone

[coca_cola]

My dermatologist had prescribed Stievamycin to me but i dont see any progress.. (after 2 months using it) so i've been using lately sulfur soap.. which is only 2 dollars! i used to have oily skin, after 5 days using the soap my skin looks cleaner, i also put some natural yogurt, honey and sand mixed.. after that mix youll see results cos your skin is very soft.. i still have some spots, so im considering using a tca peel, actually i just ordered on ebay... i hope it works.. does anybody had tried a tca peel (100%)? is it good?

sorry for my english

[JBHK]

For the people who's acne have improved and are almost clear or are clear...

what cleanser do you use? I use clearasil sensitive skin...But I still break out...

anybody ever use Dove Bar soaps for face? I use the body wash and IM always clear on my back...I don't understand why its different for the face beacuse I can't get the same results with a washcloth..

I will start to use Sea Breeze astringent..

any advice..

thanks

Hi. I use Kiss My Face Olive Oil Soap just because it has minimal ingredients (like 4) and is a little more natural than most other cleansers. That said, its quite uncommon for a cleanser alone to be sufficient to clear acne so you will need to consider the rest of your regime. I got clear from Accutane.

[Maylin]

If you use a toner, try something that has little/no irritant in it.. like Nivea Toner. I use cetaphil as my cleanser btw.

[miss_ashley]

shu uemera's balancing cleansing oil.
I love it, but I feel uncomfortable washing my face with the ingrediants in it, so I'm just going to finish the bottle and pray there's something like it out there (ocm never worked for me).

[sunshinedaydream]

In the morning I use neutrogena extra gentle cleanser with a little bit of baking soda mixed in, just to get the lotion and BP gel off my face from the night before.

At night, I like to use a little stronger cleanser to get all the crud from the day off, so before I go to bed I use neutrogena oil-free acne wash.

if I need to wash my face any other time during the day (which i usually don't do, unless it is hot out and I am especially sweaty), I stick with the extra gentle cleanser, so I am not using the acne wash more than 1x per day.

[Hrose]

I use the Purpose bar, I love it, been using it for almost two months now I believe.

[Marlena]

I used to use Neutrogena Deep Pore Cleanser, it's really good for OTC, can be used as cleanser or mask, but the doctor gave me Glades Benzyl peroxide wash, 5% and that seems to work better than Neutrogena, my face is almost clear, really... just a few cysts on my cheeks... at that time of the month, I get worse and nothing stops that, but it helps keep it under control. Good Luck!!

[Karisma]

I used to use regular soap, then face soaps, etc but started to notice these all made my face red. I then went with Cetaphil cleanser (i think for sensitive skin) and it was an improvement. My acne is WAY better and the redness has subsided My latest regime with just [u]wate (yes after all these, ive actually reverted back to the starting point!) has even managed to make the redness possibly almost all gone (i've become paranoid about the redness but its probably all gone). Then again maybe my acne has finally decided to leave

[Groovygumph]

You want something soap-free and PH balanced. Johnson's baby top-to-toe is therefore great.. funny, i've stopped using BP, and have just started using this instead (on my mild to mod face/body acne). I apply it with a wash-cloth, and though it's only been 9 days my skin feels so much smoother. It's like the fire's gone out of it and the spots are all drying up and dying (mwahaha). I think i was just overly irritating it before. Here's hoping this alone will clear me up! (damn cheap way of doing it if it does, woo!) Actually (why are they always right?).. my mother who always had prob skin like myself (what a gene to pass on)..discovered johnson's PH balanced washes (applyed with a super clean wash cloth) cleared up her acne and made her skin super smooth quite a few years ago, and has stuck to this simple regime ever since. Sure it wouldnt work for me, i've used every darn acne product under the sun (as well as BC), until now. If this works for me too.. lessen learnt, always listen to your elders!

[j2tham11]

Everybody is gonna hate me for this but I use proactiv. If your wedding is not till a month from now than use proactiv. Cause u won't see great results till like the 3rd week. Oh and use suncreen everytime u out in the sun.