I am 25 and have had severe acne since I was 9 all over my body and my face. I have been on all the diets, taken all the herbs , done all the cleanses, juicing done all the cupping and acupuncture. Read all the book (acne no more, eat to live and many more).

I have had all the testing - all hormones are normal. I have done all the drugs - accutane, spiro, antibiotics, creams, gels, tea tree oil, proactiv, oil cleansing, cave man regimen (wall water washing), acne.org regimen for 6 years and none have done anything to reduce my acne.

I saw all the doctors - derms, nutritionists, gastros, endos, psychiatrists, naturopaths, sleep therapists (did sleep studies). Participated in 12 acne studies from 2007-2013.

but nothing worked.

I have avoided all the "acne aggravating foods" dairy, gluten, casein, citrus and MSG, GMO and ate all the "acne alleviating foods" for many years to no avail.

I believe my acne is incurable and I will have it for the rest of my life. I don't understand why people recover from acne so quickly with diet alone while I don't?

my biological father had the same strain of cystic acne and like me tried everything - he ended up taking his own life at 46 as he couldn't deal with it anymore. I was 10 when he died (but had little contact with him). I fear I will go down the same road as him.

At 25 I realize I now have battles acne for 16 years. It has always been aggressive and never wavered or subsided. No matter what I eat, how much I slept, what I did, what my circumstances were it still remained recalcitrantly.

I guess I'm going to have to just accept it? I know all acne is a genetic disease but I feel I carry some faulty mutation my my father that makes my strain untreatable.