mandelic & whiteheads

I've just read all 45 pages on mandelic again (I purchased in Sept) and havent used it yet and was wondering if it will eliminate and prevent whiteheads? I saw how it will almost release a blackhead but what about whiteheads? They seem to be much more stubborn. I have tons in my chin area and you can not extract these no matter how hard you try. any ideas?

paulas choice 1%BHA

I've been using paulas choice 1%BHA solution and it seemed to keep things clear. I wasnt using it too often lately and I used it the other night and the next day i seemed to break out overnight.
Small little pimples, mostly in my cheeks where I have large pores and tend to clog. I was wondering if it brought things to the surface overnight? Some topicals tend to do that and think it might be the case with this one. Any one have this happen?

mandelic acid

Wow, I just spent 2 hours going thru the entire thread about mandelic acid. As I just received my 10% alcohol free version from Garden of wisdom I'm eager to try it but like others had a million questions and apprehensions. Lionqueen is quite the book of knowledge with this stuff! Kudos to you. Heres my situation. Was on experimental accutane when I was 13yrs. old. That was almost 30 yrs ago. It wasnt even FDA approved back then. It left me me with an orange peel texture look to my skin. Large pores with the hard sebum buildup that lionqueen mentions. I have to pick them out every night with either gentle pushing up of the pore or a tweezer. I've tried vitamin B5 to help oil production and it only gave me stomach aches. Right now I'm getting little tiny white heads that are in the corners of my mouth and sides of my chin. Things will be clear in the morning from all my extractions but by mid-day little sebum balls are present again. I've been applying Paulas Choice 1% BHA lotion and its quite gentle as my skin is the oily kind with dry sens. blotchy and red. It has helped somewhat in my cheek area but am noticing my chin area starting to to get the white heads again. I read this is called sebaceous filaments. Anyone ever hear of this? Is mandelic acid best to be used to spot treat or applied all over? I've already put the smallest amt on my cheeks but will it overall help reduce the pore from clogging up? thanks Diane

disgusting pores

My pores are so clogged I spend hours picking out clogged sebum balls with a tweezer. Is it an over production of oil becoming lodged in them. Every day they fill back up and they are hard. I have very sens. skin and dont know how to treat and what to wash with. I've used sal. acid, differin, finacea and nothing seems to help that area. Any advise?

sebum plugs

I'm looking for a treatment to reduce the white plugs that are in my pores. Someone posted several yrs back(2006 I believe) and their description and situation was similiar to mine. I have dry irritated skin on top but hard sebum plugs clogging my face as well. They can worse at different times of the year and month. Sal.acid and Benz perox are too hard for my sens. skin. I dont have pimples just the plugs. No matter how you pick them out they re-surface in the morning. Any ideas on cleansers or other treatments such as herbal supplements?
thanks