I cant speak for Aczone as I have never used it but I can speak forDifferin!

I would think it's definitely initial breakout. On my week 3 I had about 30+ zits and bumps on either side of my face and felt like giving up but I have just completed 20 wholeweeks and been acne free for 9 weeks. It's tough but I would try and soldier on until youre at least at week 12 to gauge whether it's IB or just not working for you.

Good luck!!

Thank you for the reply! And the advice...as hard as it is I'm going to push through this! I don't have an appointment with my dermatologist for at least another 4 weeks so I'm just going to keep using the topicals. Another thing thing that I've noticed and I'm pretty sure it's not the aczone is my skin is super oily. In the mornings it's really bad. It's got to be the differin. Do you remember when you started seeing some noticeable progress? I'm hoping I see some here in the next month.

I think Im an oddball I have read so many people get super oily on differin but I got really dry lol! I stopped breaking out around week 10 and it only got better from there. I still have a ton of marks, but of course theyre gonna take way longer to clear! Think I was TOTALLY clear around week 16? If you get a spare couple of minutes check out my blog for specifics if you like  but yeah sometimes I get a tinyy clogged pore but it goes away whilst I sleep so I dont count them haha! I hope you get some results too, I always fobbed off topicals as I have been on accutane twice so didnt think theyd ever work.

See I was on Benzaclin/clindamiacin (I most likely spelled that wrong) for over 8 years and it worked really well but it stopped once I turned 30. Most likely because of hormones. I tried spironolactone and I was on it for over a year and never got clear. So now I'm on two completely different that my skin is not used to so it's likely purging because of that as well as going from really dry skin ( due to the benzoyl peroxide) to now oily (from differin). I wish I could just fast forward to 12 weeks so I could see if I am wasting my time or not...I'm sure most would like to do that;) I saw some pictures from your blog and your results look absolutely wonderful!! I'm sure you are so happy, I know I would be. I just want to get on with life and not worry so much about my skin. Blah!