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After years of trying to resolve my teenage and then adult acne these are a couple of remedies that have helped me.

Breakouts
I'm not sure how to prevent acne coming (I've not found any solution really) but I feel that the two products below are awesome in helping to clear up blemishes quickly.
I used to use sudocrem only which is good but the panoxyl provides additional bactericidal power (die beasties, die).

Healing
Sadly with some forms of acne (cystic acne especially) a scar may form but I feel that the way to diminish the appearance/severity of the scar is to keep the area moist while the skin is healing. Even if a scab forms, I was recommended not to pick this but keep moisturising. This allows the skin to heal smoothly under the scab.
I still get cystic acne occasionally and the way I deal with it is to try to stop it from getting inflamed (no poking/prodding/squeezing) and panoxyl the beast like crazy! As it is healing I also like to moisturise as much as possible.
I am currently experimenting with a homemade moisturiser as the A'kin products, although good, still can make me breakout I think.

Active breakout remedy (only on blemish)
Panoxyl 2.5%
Sudocrem (I use less under make up)

Scar healing remedy (in addition to normal regime)
Day
Moisturise scab ~8x per day (DO NOT PICK SCAB)
Night
A'kin cellular radiance essential oils
A'kin Lavender and Rose Night cream
(these last two can make me break out so am experimenting with replacement with own shea butter recipe)

Avoid
-picking cystic acne - LEAVE ALONE
-picking scabs
-scrubs or any abrasive lotion/brush/towel etc
Why the latter?
a) They irritate the skin and can hurt
b) They increase oil production (for me)
c) I think they contribute to scarring if not used properly (I think a large amount of my scarring could have been avoided had I not used an abrasive scrubber)
I now use a BHA as my exfoliant - far less irritating and no physical damage to skin = calmer and happier skin.
If you have to use an abrasive, no matter how bad your skin is, please don't do what I did and rub away at it as hard as possible. I wanted my skin to improve so much that I rubbed until I bled...I think this strategy may have contributed to ice pick and boxcar scarring on my face. So PLEASE try not to do this, no matter the temptation!