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I basically had a few break outs during my Junior year in High School, but then for a large amount of my Senior year...and that's when I would say I had mild/moderate acne. I would get somewhat large, painful red bumps on my cheeks which took forever to go away, and when they did, they left nasty red marks. Sometimes I would get pustules on my chin, smaller ones however, and larger ones (or those huge red ones) on my forehead. I have been using Proactiv for a little over a year (not as religiously as I used to) and it cleared me up a lot. (I'm now going to be a sophomore in University.) I basically am left with fading red marks and small break outs which I can deal with.
However, about three days ago I noticed two pimples near my right eye, a small one about an inch below and a larger one which would be sort of "between" my cheek and jawline. Anyway, today is day three and despite normal treatments, it looks like these bad boys just want to stay put. The small one I can deal with, but the larger one is very painful and very red. Neither of them have heads, and I wouldn't pop them if they did.
Sooo...it's Saturday night and I have plans. I know they can't possibly disappear by tonight, but I would like to shrink them considerably or get rid of a lot of redness so that my make-up does the rest. (I always wear my hair down too so that should help in covering them.) I already put some drops of Visine on them, and some redness has gone away, but not much. Should I ice them, and for how long? Or should I just apply some BP every hour? I've done that before and pimples have actually dried up within half a day, but this particular one is nasty.
Thanks to all who reply!
What I do is I use a pack of frozen vegetables, wrap it in a couple of paper towels and put that on my pimples. I use as a compress for about five minutes. It works pretty well. I also ordered dans bp yesterday. Have you considered going on dans regimen? That might help the redness
Washing your face with warm water four times a day might also help 
