I've had severe cystic acne since I was 20, it's been about 11 years now. I've tried everything under the sun, spent thousands of dollars and nothing worked. My skin is extremely sensitive. The last few months I have started washing my face with water and a clean white face cloth. With the white color cloth I can wipe off the coverup makeup until I dont see the makeup on the cloth. I have to admit it was scary in the beginning, so I took cephalexin (my face meds) for the first week or two. After that I ate healthy every day (fruits and veggies), drank water and washed my face with water and a face cloth 2x a day. After a few weeks I noticed that my face was no longer red and my face matches the rest of my skin tone! I have had a few minor pimples since then but they heal much more quickly. I highly recommend trying this method. I think since I no longer irritate my pores with chemicals they got smaller, no longer inflamed and were able to heal properly.

My acne was actually caused my irritation and I didn't realize it for years. If I use any facial wash besides just water, I break out. I just take a sea sponge, wet it with water, and gently massage my face with it. If my face is more oily, I just do it more often. My skin glows and feels lovely. My acne became terrible after using Proactiv. I started water only after that experience.

I have hormonal acne, being a teen. I tried to get rid of it with Benzoyl P and other topicals, but lets just say it didnt get better. After looking at my 3 siblings' relatively acne-free faces (they're about the same age as me), I realized that this could NOT be genetic, adn it was something I had done. I stopped using the benzoyl and facewashes, and even stopped washing my face for a while. I started drinking a lot of filtered (NOT tap, read about chlorine and copper) water, and I wash my face every couple of days, and my acne is almost gone/unnoticeable.

Suffered from the biggest breakout of my life when my acne finally reached around my cheek bones and my cheeks. Used Cleansers, AHA, B.Peroxide, Moisturizers on my face and left noticeable hyperpigmentation on my face. It was only then that i realized that all those chemicals probably contributed to the inflammation of my acne and caused hyperpigmentation. So, I decided just to only use water in the morning with luke warm water, mid day with luke warm water, and then take a shower at night. All i can say is wow.. these three simple steps finally cleared my acne and is slowly taking care of my hyperpigmentation. So, to all that have super sensitive skin maybe just water will do.

It's winter in Ulaanbaatar, with awful pollution and -20 celsius temperatures. I've been wearing makeup since summer, and acne issues hasn't stopped for me. I tried washing with soap as well as cleaning with a creme when the weather became colder - neither worked. The oily cleanser helped the dryness a bit, but acne (pustules) continued to appear.

Then I stopped using all products, excluding a very thin layer of Pond's creme on my cheeckbones and top half of my forehead (where the skin is dry). It's been a week, and I can tell that I have no new pimples, and the existing ones are healing fine.

Also, it's helpful to learn how to pop pimples properly - using a sterilized needle and alcohol wipes.

I'm now looking forward to wearing makeup on my smooth skin for the holiday parties! Until then, no makeups!

Is it better to have perfect skin and never wear make up, or occasionally mess up your skin by wearing makeup, and hence having to wash with harmful products?

I always had good skin, with the occasional pimple, but i always wanted the perfect skin that movie stars had. With this i began using a cleasner,benozyl peroxide and moisturisers..... WORST MISTAKE EVER. It became my life and there was little improvement. In fact my skin became so bad i was ashamed to go out. So i decided to go back to my old ways and in 4 weeks i have clear skin. It takes a week for your skins oil production to reach a normal level. Marketers have made us believe that it is needed to have all these products. Although its not needed because it violates oil production levels, destroys new skin cells and causes dryness. Its weird at first, especially but you will get used to it.

I've been not washing my face for around four days and it has never looked so good! I started breaking out months ago and tried everything I could think of. I then found the caveman and the do nothing regimen pages on the fourms and alot of other people had success with it so I thought I would give it a try and it works!! This might not work if you have used topicals for YEARS because your skin might be to damaged for it to heal itself.

When other people can wash with just water and have no acne, that's fantastic, but if you have an acne problem, water probably will not do it for you. It doesn't get rid of the oil your skin naturally produces (I have an oily nose that looks shiny when I wake up in the morning, and water DOES NOT get rid of oil, read any science textbook). It doesn't clear acne. And the quality of water in all parts of the world varies wildly - even though it is tested 3 times a day in most of the US, that doesn't mean water is the same everywhere. I washed my face with water per my mother's instructions my whole life until one day in my tween years I looked at my face and saw that it was doing nothing for me - I was breaking out everywhere and water was not solving it. Even today, after the wild fluctuation of tween/teen hormones, I would not consider going back to water - it just doesn't get off makeup or oil, and that's just not enough for the modern American.

My friend has been using water only to wash her face for the past 10 years and her skin is amazing! And she only washes her face every 2-3 days. We both stuggled with acne in our early 20's and her skin is now clear while mine is still a mess (because, unlike her, I've been using chemicals on my face for the past 10 years. So I started the "no wash" method 2 days ago and, already, my skin is clearing up. I can't believe I waited so long to try this!

well it just makes sense loads of people dont use face wash in other countries and even here and they have fine skinnnn

along with a healthy diet fruit veg nuts etcc this should work soon.

try a few days see what happens if it doesnt get alot worse keep it up