If you're looking for a lighter moisturizer the Neutrogena Combination Skin is pretty good, but it does tend to sting when layered on top of BP. The Olay Sensitive Skin is also ok. Pure grapeseed oil is nice too, because it's a very light oil, but it's not a true moisturizer. Honestly though, my sons have never really found a moisturizer that they truly love so I can't strongly recommend any particular one. It's a lot of trial and error.

Thanks for the recommendations. I guess I'll just stick with Dan's moisturizer for now as I have a whole 16oz bottle that I paid for, and when I run out I'll try the Neutrogena. Moisturizers always seem to be the hardest part of a regimen to get right!

It hasn't been a week since my last update, but I changed a couple things in the last day or two that I want to note:

1. I started using my BenzaClin at night (5% BP, 1% clindamycin) and kept using the acne.org BP in the morning - partly because I was feeling like the acne.org one wasn't strong enough/wasn't producing results, and partly because the BenzaClin has an expiry date so I figured I should start using it up.

2. This was sort of a one-time thing, but last night my skin was just feeling very sore and unhappy and I didn't want to attack it with more BP, so after cleansing I put on my Phytomer Acnipur lotion and let that totally absorb for about 20 minutes. It gives a great cooling sensation and made my skin feel a lot happier. Once it had totally sunk in, I applied BP as usual, but didn't moisturize on top of that. This morning when I woke up, my skin looked a lot less angry than it has in the last few days (see the photos from my last post).

I took a couple pictures to show you guys:

Week 5 Day 5

Obviously I'm still a very long way off from being clear, but at least my skin doesn't feel like it hates me right now. I'm really hoping that my most recent breakout will be the last one of my regimen journey, because I can tell that even if the breakouts stop, my skin is going to take quite a while to heal. I'm looking forward to starting the AHA+ to help fade those red marks on my right cheek; I ordered it about a week ago, so hopefully I'll have it within the next week.

The last photos do look a little bit better in my oppinion !

I am sure everything is going to be good and you will have a clear face very soon.

Two things to note as I head into my 6th week:

My AHA+ finally arrived, so I'll begin applying that as directed every few days. I just applied it for the first time tonight and it's stinging a lot and making my face pretty red, but I'm hoping I get some results as so many people here seem to.

Secondly, while the BP has never stung my face before, this week it suddenly started stinging. I'm still using the same bottle I got when I started the regimen, and haven't changed any other aspects of the routine, so I'm not sure what's going on.

I've been exercising more than usual in the past few days but I don't know how that could be related - if my face gets sweaty I splash it with some water and that's about it. I've also moved in to university but it's in the same climate and everything as my hometown.

As far as my skin goes, things aren't looking good. It now looks a lot more like my Week 5 Day 1 photos than Week 5 Day 5, with lots of whiteheads on both sides of my cheeks. I took some pictures but they just depressed me so much that I couldn't post them I have nothing else left to try though, so I'm pushing on with the regimen. At this rate, my derm will be prescribing me Accutane when I go back to see him in 2 months. I really didn't want to have to take it, as it will definitely exacerbate my already bad eczema, but desperate times call for desperate measures.

Wishing everyone else happy and healthy skin!

The last photos do look a little bit better in my oppinion !

I am sure everything is going to be good and you will have a clear face very soon.

Thanks a lot for the encouragement, Eduard! Have you successfully battled acne?

Thanks a lot for the encouragement, Eduard! Have you successfully battled acne?

I haven't got my face clear, but I am going in the right direction I feel. This week I'll also order some new products and start a regimen. Unfortunately, Dan's regimen shipped to my country is waaaay to expensive so I'll try to find some alternatives in my country.

Anyway, I'll take a look on your Regimen Progress Diary regularly. I wish you the best of luck.

I'm halfway through week 6 now and I'm starting to wonder now if I got a bad/expired batch of BP. I've never had any stinging or flushing when applying it, and haven't really seen any improvement at all in the month and a half I've been using it. My tube didn't even have an expiry date on it, so I've posted about that in the Products forum to try and get some help.

I've sort of given up on clear skin at this point, as I've been following the regimen exactly and my skin hasn't improved at all (when looking at my gallery photos, I'd say it actually looks even worse now than when I started). I'm really disappointed because I've spent so much time and money on this and I really believed it would work... But I might as well keep going since I've already bought all these products, and I have nothing else to try until I go back to my derm and he puts me on Accutane. Until then, I've started to accept that this is just what my face is going to look like, and the Regimen is just another failed experiment.

I'll post again if anything changes.

I haven't got my face clear, but I am going in the right direction I feel. This week I'll also order some new products and start a regimen. Unfortunately, Dan's regimen shipped to my country is waaaay to expensive so I'll try to find some alternatives in my country.

Anyway, I'll take a look on your Regimen Progress Diary regularly. I wish you the best of luck.

Thanks a lot. I'm glad your skin is going in the right direction! What country are your ordering from? I'm from Canada and I found it a little cheaper to order from amazon.com than directly from this site (but still quite expensive).

Hey guys,

I wanted to update you now as some things have changed. Since I've become convinced that something weird is going on with the acne.org BP I bought, in the last few days I've altered my regimen to the following.

Morning

Wash with Dan's cleanser

Phytomer AcniPur Blemish Solution Fluid OR BenzaClin Gel, depending on how sensitive my skin is feeling

Dan's moisturizer on any areas that are still dry

Night

Wash with Dan's cleanser

BenzaClin Gel

Dan's AHA+ (every night or every other night; when I don't use AHA I will use Dan's moisturizer)

My skin seems to be doing better with this new regimen and I can actually see improvement from day to day, which I hadn't seen in a month on Dan's official regimen. This just makes me even more sure that something is wrong with the BP I was shipped, but customer service is refusing to replace my tube, so I'm either going to go forward with the BenzaClin or start using Dr. Song's BP, which is a popular and cheaper alternative to Dan's.

I've taken some pictures to show you guys, although I've only been following this new and improved regimen for about 4 days. They don't look quite as good as the last set of pictures I posted, but between that post and now my skin had gotten so gross I didn't even want to post updates, so it's a big improvement over where my skin was about a week ago. Things are starting to flatten out and look less red. Fingers crossed that this trend continues!

Week ~7 (NEW BP)

Glad to see a well detailed thread with a "regimen" progress. I've got nowhere near the same situation as you, but can tottaly understand that "frustation." Barely @ week 2 myself; your journey really is interesting, you're definately braver than me haha. Good luck with the new switch up!

Hi, do you use the Clarisonic Mia cleansing brush? I am female too, and I found out that I need to use this cleansing brush to clean my face, or else makeup is not cleaned from the face adequately.

Also, do you use sunscreen on a daily basis? It's important to use a sunscreen that won't cause breakouts.

If your period is irregular, you should do a blood test to see if you are iron deficient. It might be causing the irregularity.

Using clay masks regularly to clear the gunk from the pores is also helpful.

I am rooting for you! Hoping for the best.

Week 8 Day 1

I finally have some positive news to report! After a week or so of doing my new regimen (with new, prescription BP) I am starting to see improvements.

My right side, which has always been the worse one, is actually probably doing better than the left, and while there are tons of red marks, most of them have flattened out. The right cheek was pretty bad in the last week or so, and there are still a number of raised bumps there, but they also feel like they're calming down. My forehead is almost totally flat, with just some marks left over from past breakouts. Same thing for the chin.

I noticed in the last couple days that when I wash my face, my skin still has nodules, but they hurt a lot less and are smoother than they've been previously. I think this is because of the AHA that I use at night + the fact that I don't always use BP in the morning, and when I do, I put something soothing on first.

I'm hoping against hope that as I pass the 2 month mark that things just get better and better. I really don't know what to think about the Regimen right now, because when I scroll through my gallery images, I can see that although I thought my skin was absolutely horrible at the start, it actually looked better than it does right now, and way better than my skin has been in the last month for sure. I was a little surprised to realize it's been almost 2 months since I started the Regimen, and it's been a pretty awful journey. I can't say at this point that I'd recommend it... But hopefully a few more weeks on this modified regimen will get me clear.

Glad to see a well detailed thread with a "regimen" progress. I've got nowhere near the same situation as you, but can tottaly understand that "frustation." Barely @ week 2 myself; your journey really is interesting, you're definately braver than me haha. Good luck with the new switch up!

Thanks, Apex. I wish you a much less painful Regimen experience than mine! Let me know if you start a progress diary and I'll follow along.

Hi, do you use the Clarisonic Mia cleansing brush? I am female too, and I found out that I need to use this cleansing brush to clean my face, or else makeup is not cleaned from the face adequately.

Also, do you use sunscreen on a daily basis? It's important to use a sunscreen that won't cause breakouts.

If your period is irregular, you should do a blood test to see if you are iron deficient. It might be causing the irregularity.

Using clay masks regularly to clear the gunk from the pores is also helpful.

I am rooting for you! Hoping for the best.

Hi Kikutea,

I do have a Clarisonic, but I haven't used it in quite a while because my face is just so sensitive and tender that I feel the brush will be too irritating. When I wear makeup, I use a separate makeup cleanser on my whole face before beginning the regimen.

I don't wear sunscreen anymore because I don't want to add any extra products that could break me out during this stage. Before starting the regimen, I used Cetaphil Dermacontrol sunscreen, which didn't seem to break me out (but I never used it when I was completely clear, so I guess I don't know for sure).

I've done a number of blood tests and no abnormal results have come back, my doctor says it just takes a long time for your cycle to stabilize after you come off the pill.

I have a few masks on deck, but again, I don't want to add anything new into the mix right now since my skin is having such a hard time already. Once things calm down, I will do a clay mask.

Thanks for all the tips and well wishes! I really appreciate it

Looking at the pictures and reading your information, it looks like you might be a good candidate for Spironolactone. Have you tried it before? You should try this before trying Accutane. My brother is a doctor at Kaiser Permanente. He tried Accutane for his acne, and it left him with ringing in his ears. Don't try Accutane unless as a last resort. Spironolactone is great for female hormonal related acne.

How it works: "Spironolactone is in a group of drugs classified as anti-androgens. Androgen hormones , like testosterone, are typically thought of as male hormones. But androgens are also present in the female body, although in lower levels.

Some women produce more androgen hormones than needed. Anti-androgens like spironolactone block androgen receptors in the body, preventing cells from absorbing androgen hormones. Simply, spironolactone limits hormonal fluctuations that can contribute to acne breakouts. Hormones, specifically androgens, have been linked to the development of acne."

Acne.org reviews here: http://www.acne.org/spironolactone-reviews-305/

Looking at the pictures and reading your information, it looks like you might be a good candidate for Spironolactone. Have you tried it before? You should try this before trying Accutane. My brother is a doctor at Kaiser Permanente. He tried Accutane for his acne, and it left him with ringing in his ears. Don't try Accutane unless as a last resort. Spironolactone is great for female hormonal related acne.

How it works: "Spironolactone is in a group of drugs classified as anti-androgens. Androgen hormones , like testosterone, are typically thought of as male hormones. But androgens are also present in the female body, although in lower levels.

Some women produce more androgen hormones than needed. Anti-androgens like spironolactone block androgen receptors in the body, preventing cells from absorbing androgen hormones. Simply, spironolactone limits hormonal fluctuations that can contribute to acne breakouts. Hormones, specifically androgens, have been linked to the development of acne."

Acne.org reviews here: http://www.acne.org/spironolactone-reviews-305/

I hadn't looked into that, thanks for the tip. I've heard so many stories of negative side effects from Accutane that I really don't want to go on it if I don't have to, so if my dermatologist still wants me to go on it when I see him in a month, I'll ask him about Spironolactone.

Looking better !

Week 9 Day 2

Time seems to be going by a lot more quickly now, probably because I'm nice and busy with school, so I'm actually posting this a day later than I planned.

I've been using AHA+ pretty much every night (this is the first night in at least a week that I'm going for just moisturizer), and I haven't gotten any of the sunburned look that others have gotten when using AHA with BP. I guess my skin is just super hardy from all the different things I've tried over the years!

Overall, things are continuing to flatten out and hopefully fade. The right side of my face is almost completely flat for the first time in months and months! Unfortunately, those months and months of severe breakouts have left a huge amount of scarring and hyperpigmentation, so dealing with that will be the next big challenge once I get totally clear of active acne. I just got one new whitehead on my forehead today, but that area has pretty much flattened out, just leaving some scarring around my brow line. My left cheek is now the last remaining trouble area with a fair bit of active acne, but it too seems to be slowly calming down. I'm so happy to say that I've regained some hope of finally having clear skin, though I know it will be a long time before these marks fade (and I'm desperately hoping I won't need surgery for the small indented scars I'm starting to see).

I may post an update sometime showing my face with foundation on so that you can see how much flatter and smoother it is under the hyperpigmentation. For now, here are some photos from tonight:

Good luck and happy Wednesday, everyone!

Week 12 (5th Week of New BP & Regimen)

Wow, I can't believe it's been almost a month since I last posted! I've never been this busy before and just have had a million things going on with school/work/etc that I haven't had a free minute to post until now. My sincere apologies to anyone who has been following along and wondering what happened to me!

The good thing about being so insanely busy was that I literally didn't have time to worry about or pick at my skin. I made time to do my regimen every night, but that was pretty much the only point during the day that I thought about my skin (which is crazy, because normally I think about it constantly!). I feel like that probably helped things heal up as I wasn't touching my face as much as usual.

I've been doing the same modified regimen as in my last few posts (BP mostly just at night, and using BenzaClin instead of Acne.org BP). I've eased off my use of the Acne.org AHA because although I haven't gotten any redness or 'sunburn' from it, I just felt like my skin was getting tired of it. I also bought a new foundation, Dior Forever, which I wear maybe twice a week on days when I have something special to look good for. I haven't gotten any breakouts from it yet, and it has fantastic wear and coverage, so I'm really happy with it! Definitely a good one to try for anyone looking for a medium to full coverage, long wearing foundation.

Without further ado, here are some pictures I snapped today. I recommend clicking on them to get a bigger view, which shows a lot more of the texture of my skin.

I know they look pretty bad at first because of all the redness - apparently I scar really easily... - but hopefully you can tell that my skin is almost completely flat! It hasn't been this smooth in forever, so this is a huge improvement for me. I have probably one active pimple right now on my entire face, which makes me SO happy that I can bear the massive amount of hyperpigmentation. That being said, if anyone has any great remedies or products to recommend for this kind of scarring/HP, please share it! Like I said, I want to move away from AHA because I feel like I've been using it too much, so something a little more gentle would be good. I've heard good things about oils, and I've been thinking about using vitamin E. Let me know if one thing has worked better for your guys than another!

Anyway, it's such a relief to finally have a (mostly) smooth face after how awful and bumpy it's been for the last 10 months or so. I estimate that 1-2 weeks from now I'll be 100% smooth and acne free! When that happens, I plan to do a little write-up summarizing my experience and all the advice I want to relay to anyone starting or going through the regimen. I've had a pretty singular experience with it, so hopefully I gained a little knowledge on dealing with the potential problems people may have.

Until then, best wishes to everyone in the quest for perfect skin! I really appreciate all the support I've gotten so far, I probably would have quit a while ago if not for you guys!

 

ah, that sucks to hear. Hopefully, your hormones normalize and the regimen does its thing.

Thanks, I really hope so too. I seem to have the opposite problem as most people, who clear up fast but have lots of irritation and flakiness. I don't have much of either but I also am not clearing up! Maybe my skin has just become immune to BP over all the years that I've used various forms of it. I'm tempted to just stop using BP and see what my skin does on its own, because I haven't seen any progress in weeks, but I don't know.

Hello! Since then I am using natural Manuka honey and I can also see progress with my skin. Huge pimples are really disgusting.

Congrats on flat skin!! Keep it up, you're doing great!!!

Feel free to check out our regimen progress:

I haven't been on the site in a long time but I just came on today and checked out your latest pics. Your forehead and upper lip area look really great. Much improvement! You mentioned that the acne has flattened out, but your cheeks look really red so I hope your skin isn't overly irritated. Comparing your latest pics to your early pics it seems the redness in your cheeks has gotten quite a bit worse, so while it's great that the acne is getting under control, is it possible that you are having a bad reaction to anything you are using? Please be as gentle as you can so your skin can repair itself, sometimes less is more. You're a pretty girl with a great positive attitude so I hope the best for you!

I haven't been on the site in a long time but I just came on today and checked out your latest pics. Your forehead and upper lip area look really great. Much improvement! You mentioned that the acne has flattened out, but your cheeks look really red so I hope your skin isn't overly irritated. Comparing your latest pics to your early pics it seems the redness in your cheeks has gotten quite a bit worse, so while it's great that the acne is getting under control, is it possible that you are having a bad reaction to anything you are using? Please be as gentle as you can so your skin can repair itself, sometimes less is more. You're a pretty girl with a great positive attitude so I hope the best for you!

Thanks for your kind words! I agree that the redness has increased, though I'm already only using BP at night and have stopped using the AHA+, so I think it's residual from the past couple months of the Regimen. I'm planning to use more natural, gentle products from now on to let my skin heal up. I think I might add a face oil to my daily regimen to take the place of AHA as a more gentle scar-fading product. Have your sons used anything that worked well for red marks?

Congrats on flat skin!! Keep it up, you're doing great!!!

Feel free to check out our regimen progress:

 

Thank you, DeLovely! Best of luck to your son

Hello! Since then I am using natural Manuka honey and I can also see progress with my skin. Huge pimples are really disgusting.

Hi Mandy, do you apply the honey as a spot treatment on pimples?

The only product I can really recommend for preventing acne and clearing red marks is La Roche Posay Effaclar Duo, i think I recommended this to you in an earlier post. This is the one product that has given my sons the biggest improvement. They've been using it once a day for a few months now and neither of them has had any big pimples or whiteheads since they started, just some smaller pimples that don't last long at all and any red marks are very small and fade very quickly.

If you want to try a light natural product I would suggest grapeseed oil. Its moisturizing and non-irritating, and should help repair skin. You may want to try adding just that. Be careful of adding any more than one new product at a time. If your skin is clearing, you don't want to risk new products causing a breakout. Keep your routine as simple as possible.

 

I haven't been on the site in a long time but I just came on today and checked out your latest pics. Your forehead and upper lip area look really great. Much improvement! You mentioned that the acne has flattened out, but your cheeks look really red so I hope your skin isn't overly irritated. Comparing your latest pics to your early pics it seems the redness in your cheeks has gotten quite a bit worse, so while it's great that the acne is getting under control, is it possible that you are having a bad reaction to anything you are using? Please be as gentle as you can so your skin can repair itself, sometimes less is more. You're a pretty girl with a great positive attitude so I hope the best for you!

Thanks for your kind words! I agree that the redness has increased, though I'm already only using BP at night and have stopped using the AHA+, so I think it's residual from the past couple months of the Regimen. I'm planning to use more natural, gentle products from now on to let my skin heal up. I think I might add a face oil to my daily regimen to take the place of AHA as a more gentle scar-fading product. Have your sons used anything that worked well for red marks?

 

Congrats on flat skin!! Keep it up, you're doing great!!!

Feel free to check out our regimen progress:

 

Thank you, DeLovely! Best of luck to your son

 

Hello! Since then I am using natural Manuka honey and I can also see progress with my skin. Huge pimples are really disgusting.

Hi Mandy, do you apply the honey as a spot treatment on pimples?

Yes. If you are familiar about this Manuka honey. It is a natural treatment that contains manuka honey and manuka oil, two powerful antibacterial plant extracts which penetrate deeply into the skins pores, softening blackheads and whiteheads. It kills the bacteria that causes the swelling and pus, heals blemishes and prevents scars. It stopped my acne from spreading.

Week 17 (I think? It's been a long time!)

Hello again to those who have been following my progress log! I've been posting less frequently as I have fewer developments to share each week, but I'm happy to report that things are going well with my skin I'll get into the pictures right away:

These pictures were taken this morning, and I'm wearing nothing at all on my face! PROGRESS! There's still a ways to go, but I was just going through my gallery photos, and I'm just so happy that the worst of it is behind me now.

I've had a couple tiny pimples on my cheeks here and there, but the breakouts have largely stopped at last. I've been able to shift my focus towards fading the redness and scarring that was left in the wake of my acne, and have modified my regimen quite a bit over the last month or so. Here's what I do these days:

Morning

Wash with a gentle cleanser - I usually use SpectroJel

Apply Philosophy No Reason To Hide spot-fading serum onto areas with redness/scarring

Apply moisturizer - I've been alternating between the Acne.org moisturizer, since I have such an enormous bottle of it, and Cerave Moisturizing Lotion, which I find a little more hydrating

Apply more intense cream onto eczema-prone or very dry areas - now that my acne has faded, my skin has become extremely dry and I've had more problems with eczema; I like Avene XeraCalm Cream for those super dry areas, and I sometimes also mix in some pure argan oil for even more hydration

Night

(If wearing makeup, remove makeup with Shu Uemura Cleansing Oil)

Wash with either SpectroJel or a more exfoliating cleanser - if I feel like I need to get rid of some dry skin flakes, I'll use AmorePacific Enzyme Peel, which is a gentle exfoliating wash, or one of my very gentle scrubs (but DO NOT DO THIS if you have active acne! I have only started using anything exfoliating now that my pimples are completely gone!)

Spot-apply BenzaClin prescription gel to any bumpy/clogged areas or pimples

Apply Philosophy No Reason To Hide serum to HP marks

Moisturize the same way as in the morning

I think that the Philosophy serum has had a huge impact on my redness! I got a couple samples of it with a recent Sephora purchase, and just in the last 5 days that I've been using it, I have noticed a huge decrease in my HP. The full size is very expensive here in Canada ($85 for 1 oz), but I think I'm going to invest in it. After all, if I didn't get rid of that redness I'd be spending the money on makeup to cover it up! I have tried a number of other serums in the last month or so (including FAB's Triple Brightening Serum and Ole Henriksen's Truth Serum), and nothing has faded the marks nearly as fast as this Philosophy serum. Hopefully one bottle will be enough to mostly banish my scarring!

In my last gallery post, I included a few pictures of my face with foundation on to show the improvement in texture of my skin, and a couple people asked what I used. I've tried a few foundations lately and the one I use now (and was wearing in these photos) is DiorSkin Nude.

It's a nice foundation and I haven't noticed that it breaks me out, although I only use it once a week or so when I need to look good for something. I also tried DiorSkin Forever, and that definitely gives fuller coverage, but I found that it looked too matte and dry on my already-dry skin. It's probably a better choice than Nude for someone with oily skin or with a lot to cover, but I recommend getting samples of any foundation before investing, because everyone's skin reacts differently!

Anyway, I guess that's all the updates I have for now. Let me know if you have any questions about my updated routine or anything else I talked about!

Best of luck to everyone still striving for perfect skin, and thank you all SO MUCH for your support over my journey. It really makes everything bearable to see your encouraging comments

One last comment on the Regimen itself: looking back at my progress log, I think it's clear that the Acne.org BP really wasn't working for me, whether because it was expired/defective or because my skin just didn't like it for some reason. As soon as I switched to BenzaClin (which is 5% BP and 1% clindamycin), things got better very quickly, and I just regret so much that I didn't start off with the BenzaClin, since it might have prevented the insane terrible breakouts that I had while on the official Regimen. I also stopped using the Acne.org AHA+ after a few weeks because I think it was actually preventing my skin from healing itself.

I know that the Regimen works perfectly for many people, so by all means, try it if you can, but everyone's acne is different. From my personal experience, I would say that if your skin is looking as much worse by Week 6 as mine was, don't be afraid to listen to your skin and adapt your routine to what you feel is good for you. I really, really wanted the Regimen to work for me as it worked for so many others, so I think I clung to it for longer than I should have. While the products didn't work for me, however, the philosophy of being gentle with your skin is definitely valid, and I followed those principles even when I switched out the Acne.org products for my own.

I guess there really is no one-size-fits-all solution to any problem, and people with problematic skin like me may have to go through a lot more trial and error before finding what works for us. I'm confident that we will all get there someday, although the journey may be tough!

Wow, thanks for keeping us posted on your progress! This has been quite a battle for you and seeing how you have persevered and did not give up is truly inspiring for anyone dealing with hard-to-treat acne. You are absolutely right that everyone's acne is different, responds differently to treatment, and that there isn't a one-size-fits-all solution for everyone. I'm sorry that the Regimen did not work out for you. It worked beautifully for me as it has for so many others and I know you went into this with high hopes. To see your skin not responding must have been quite a disappointment. Glad this did not dampen your spirits or your determination to win. But I am so happy for you that you figured out what was going wrong with your skin care plan and made the necessary changes to get things back on track. It certainly is not an easy thing and you deserve to be proud...well done!

BTW, my son's skin is almost clear! We're hoping he'll be completely clear by Christmas!

Wow, thanks for keeping us posted on your progress! This has been quite a battle for you and seeing how you have persevered and did not give up is truly inspiring for anyone dealing with hard-to-treat acne. You are absolutely right that everyone's acne is different, responds differently to treatment, and that there isn't a one-size-fits-all solution for everyone. I'm sorry that the Regimen did not work out for you. It worked beautifully for me as it has for so many others and I know you went into this with high hopes. To see your skin not responding must have been quite a disappointment. Glad this did not dampen your spirits or your determination to win. But I am so happy for you that you figured out what was going wrong with your skin care plan and made the necessary changes to get things back on track. It certainly is not an easy thing and you deserve to be proud...well done!

BTW, my son's skin is almost clear! We're hoping he'll be completely clear by Christmas!

Thank you so much! I took a look at your son's progress log, and I'm very glad he had a (relatively) smooth journey on the Regimen. Glad that it worked for you as well. I guess I'm just part of an unfortunate minority!

Wow what a touching log. As I was reading your logs I've noticed that though acne.org didn't solve your acne issues, it did at least in some way steer you to other products that ended up turning your skin around 360 degrees. It's great that something great came out of the acne.org regimen. I hope my skin turns into a new leaf in this upcoming future.