I've been down a lot in the past, I too have had severe cystic acne, although now it's a bit calmer.
You know what though, sometimes I feel like my condition might have been good in some ways. I mean, I think most people run into a couple (or many) immature boyfriends and girlfriends, or very superficial people that they don't want to end up with. Acne may have kept those types of people away from me, leaving only the kind hearted and good people. Having low confidence can drive away even the good people though, it's something we really have to work on. I definately think I'm more confident now than I ever was, but I'm still shy and quiet, just not so self-conscious anymore.
Believe me though, there ARE guys who don't care about such things as acne, I know I don't in other people. The only reason acne bothers me on myself is because I felt it was an obstacle for me. The truth is acne isn't likely the thing that set me apart, it was my attitude and confidence issues because of it. You need to work at it slowly, assess yourself. Ignore things like acne, brittle hair, or maybe not so perfect teeth, things like this just don't matter. You need to assess yourself on what does matter, what will last with you? Who are you? I look at my aunts, uncles, grandparetns etc and the last thing that comes to my mind is that they sought each other out for looks, when you get older, looks will fade. But you'll still be smart, or artistic/creative/imaginative, funny, or nice or whatever. Do you see yourself as a good caring human being? This is what you should base your confidence on, not your day to day appearance.
I never had a girlfriend either but I feel pretty good right now, I feel like if I went outside and actually tried to find someone, I would.
Just a question though, do you want to get rid of your acne because you want people to think you're beautiful, or would you rather want your inner beauty to be most important? Getting rid of acne is fine, it's an imperfection that we would all rather not have, even if its just for ourselves. I no longer think acne is an obstacle for me though, because its only shielding me from the shallow people of the world, the people with real substance and character will look past it like many other things. I should pretend like it's not even there, I think we all should.
Not all guys base on looks, many do I'm sure, but I know I don't, so there MUST be many more like me. I'm also sure theres many girls that don't, that's who I want.
Tell me what you think of what I said or PM me if you want to talk about it.
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I'm really wanna get out and meet people...especially boys 
. Deep inside I wanna be in a relationship and do "the love thing"...but I'm finding it very difficult to do that...when you have SEVERE CYSTIC ACNE with the lovely scars included..yes the makeup may cover up the scars (somewhat) but it does'nt cover up the pimples and it sure as hell does'nt cover up how I feel inside. Now too me when its comes to dating..confidence means everything (which I dont have) and most of all you gotta have the abilty to look some one directly in the eye and get close to them(which I can't) 
