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Finally clear in 2012

I don't expect perfection now, but looking back on how far I've come in a year, it is remarkable. I have some scarring left but the holes and purple marks have faded due to Veltin and finacea. I changed my diet and over...

Personal Regimen

I am using acne.org cleanser day and night, with olay pro x brush at night. I do not use soap or sodium laurel sulfate on my skin. I also use olay regenerist serum and day moisturier.

Week 9ish

Ok, well I have to take a break from BP since my back and chest broke out in hives, and these itchy dry/oozing patches of skin on my cheeks are healing. I just have nice scars that are very embarrassing. I'm trying not to l...

Finishing week 6

So minor breakouts still but they clear ina day or two. Dryness/redness is subsiding. I can't believe how smooth my skin is. My skin seriously looks worse than it is because of the redmarks, but I want to treat the scars af...

The DK Regimen

This is what my skin was during the regimen. I hope to update my albums and provide a current album of how my skin is since all the experimentation of 2012.

out with friends

I'm grateful that through this site I can encourage my friends to get their skin clear!

Dec 2011

I attribute clear skin to cutting out gluten and milk and coffee. Such a peace not to worry about skin anymore!

December 2011

This is about 3 months of using Finacea. It has greatly helped with redness, smoothed my skin without drying it, as well as help vanish red/purple marks and even my skin tone. I am wearing Aveda dual powder foundation.

image 10 week 1

This was before the DKR and before I got on the right birth control. Ups and downs the last 10 months, but I've come so far!

image 1 Day 20

This was back in January. Awful and sooo painful!! So glad that its all gone now.

Oct 21 neck And Jaw

No jawline acne anymore! (minus the one on my left cheek

Oct 20 right side Of neck

Idk if the old pic from Jan is still up, but breakouts on jawline and neck are very minor and occur once in a blue moon.

Oct 20 left side Of neck

K this may seem like a weird pic, but if you look at what my neck USED to be...this is sooooo smooth now! yay

May 25

I wear very little makeup now. I don't really try to hide my scars..just minimize redness

May 18

OK, I just needed to put makeup on and make a face so I could feel pretty about myself.....

May 10 left side

left side....rrrr No acne (yay!) but red marks. Skin is very smooth but doesn't look like it.

May 10 right side

No acne...just scars now :-

left side with very light makeup

I'm so discouraged sometimes by these scars....

today with makeup

no makeup just mascara

can anyone tell me that my scars aren't that bad? :-

Forehead

Forehead is 99% clear! Have two pimples on my temple (grrrrr) but I can't believe how smooth it is!!!

Left side

Two or three active pimples. No pimples on jawline or neck! It's soooo smoooth (but still dry)

Right side

Minor breakouts (three-four that i can count.) Could be that I ate icecream last week and have had dairy products last week. :-/ Or it could be from the AHA. Dunno. Actually this album should be week 5....

Week 4 day 4

Again, wearing foundation sort of...I blotted a lot of with jojoba oil because it was so blotchy

Week 4 day 4

So today I decided to wear makeup and I regret putting it on. I bought some Almay smart makeup, but I just hate the flakes that come up when I apply it with my fingers. It doesn't matter how gentle I am. I only want the al...

the regimen week 4.JPG

I don't wear any makeup now. It just doesn't go on smoothly and the dry skin balls up underneath. Ugh. Very uneven texture, color, and redness. But at least I don't care much anymore and can go out without makeup. I...

Day 18

I couldn't believe how fast many of the pimples dried out!

Day 15

The middle of my cheek, chin, and neck mainly have acne.

Day 15 on Dans regimen right side.JPG

Yes, this is the worst part of my acne. A lot of red marks from previous acne. Many cysts and painful bumps under the skin have come to the surface. The Purge week.

Day 15

My main problem area is my right jawline and neck area. On my left side, it is the flat side of my cheek. http://www.acne.org/messageboard//public/style_emoticons/default/whistling.gif ( But things are clearing up haha

Before the regimen

my whole face just hurt! lots of pimples just...everywhere haha I think this was the week I cried all day every day because my skin was so horrible

Before the regimen

So a lot of painful bumps under the skin as well as these little "pebbles" or bumps. I was so embarrassing and looked HORRIBLE in ALL lighting. Looking back on this, I seriously believe it was from the makeup I was usin...

Before the Regimen

The acne on my forehead was a huge mountain range of cysts and horrible bumps. I had started using Proactiv's salicylic acid and my skin went crazy.

Right side. week 1 of acnepril

This is my right side after week one on acnepril. I had a very bad initial breakout from the detox. Most of my face though is covered in old acne scars. Painful lesions and pimples on my jawline and neck.