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Thanks Cavemanfan for the support and yes I have found that this whole weekened I was with my family and never alone and found that I never really thought about my face and the only times is when I'm alone and I let my mind wander about all the things that are wrong with me. Still doing the water only and on about Day 15 I wanna say? Haven't really been keeping exact rack on he days but know it's been about 2 weeks.
*realone2
Do you really need to wash your hair everyday? I only scrub my hair once per week. However, if my hair is standing on end from a full night of sleep, I will let water run on my head until my wet hair is "reset" to normal.
*Hello!
How many times have you removed the deadskin mask?
*assassin
Hang in there man. I've got full faith that this regimen can cure your skin. I'm officially devoting 6 months of my life to it. At the end of this healing period, I know my skin will be healthy and acne free.
*realone2Do you really need to wash your hair everyday? I only scrub my hair once per week. However, if my hair is standing on end from a full night of sleep, I will let water run on my head until my wet hair is "reset" to normal.
*Hello!
How many times have you removed the deadskin mask?
*assassin
Hang in there man. I've got full faith that this regimen can cure your skin. I'm officially devoting 6 months of my life to it. At the end of this healing period, I know my skin will be healthy and acne free.
Hey broseph,
I've removed the mask three times now. First time after thirty days, the other two times after fourteen day intervals. It hasn't slowed down at all, really. I have certainly seen some positive results because of this regimen, but I'm not so certain it is the end all for me. I'm thinking about washing once a week instead of every two weeks... I'm also curious as to how exercise may affect my skin while on this regimen.
I stated before that this regimen "worked" for me, but upon reviewing a picture of my skin at its best while I was washing every day and my skin at it's best while on this regimen, it looked about the exact same. Curiouser and curiouser...
i guess i'm on day 2 now of doing nothing and i can feel the oil sitting on my nose and forehead. my cheeks feel kind of dry/oily (problem areas). i never realized how little i actually look at my face until i examined it this morning. no new pustules so far. i counted this morning, i have 2-3 whiteheads and 6-7 pustules that have been forming for a while.
Has anyone doing this had any reduction in the frequency of their scarring or any improvement in the appearance of their scars?
When I say scars I don't mean red marks, I mean shallow indents and raised white lumps and such.
I am thinking of starting this regimen but am afraid of scarring even more if I break out once stopping my topical and cleanser. I already only wash in the evening with a cleanser and apply my topical and hemp oil to moisturise after and saw an improvement from washing this way instead of 2x a day, but my skin is still irritated as all hell and scarring far too much. I have never gotten clear from topicals; they've helped a bit, but they always make my face red, oily and dry.
Whenever I complain about my acne to my dad, who had supposedly severe acne at my age and grew out of it (he has some scars and no acne now), he tells me to forget about it and leave my skin alone. I'm starting to wonder if what worked for him will work for me, even though I'm female and have some underlying digestive issues that might be behind my skin issues.
Also, do any of you have a boyfriend or girlfriend? How do they react when your face gets really gross-looking? I don't wanna scare my boyfriend. 
*Quirky
I've only ever had slight scarring from my moderate acne, but its mostly redmarks. At any rate I do have both. The deadskin mask that formed has formed on top of both my scars and redmarks, so I don't know if the new skin underneath it will be flawless, or if it will still maintain some previous damage. Sorry I really cant help ya there, hopefully in time I will be able to answer this question more thoroughly. I believe Wapak had some success with scars healing, hopefully he will drop by to explain a few things.
About the relationship issue. When I tried this regimen last summer I had a girlfriend. She was really an amazing person. When I started building a thick deadskin mask, I explained to her that I've stopped applying topicals and that this was part of my skins healing process. She assured me that it didn't bother her in the slightest bit and that I shouldn't let it bother me, because she loved me for who I was, not superficial looks. This definitely helped alot, but I still felt a tad bit self-conscious about my skin when ever we were close...
Ok, long story short... Yea this regimen is more difficult if you are in a relationship.
*Hello!
Aside from the reoccurring dead skin mask, is your skin overall more clear than before you started this?
*realone2
Good luck man. This regimen is a journey.. keep us posted. Heres what I do to keep my face from getting wet; towards the end of my shower when I'm going to wash my hair... I keep my back to the stream of water and lean my head back (like im starring at the ceiling) I then proceed to wash my hair. Immediately after I'm done, I towel dry my hair, so that water doesn't drip onto my face. Don't get discouraged if you get water on your face though. Water IS NOT your enemy. Irritation is your enemy.
For those of you interested in my progress
Day 39
Forehead is breaking out with pustules, as well as the area between my temples and eyes. the dead skin mask is ever thickening, and sometimes it falls off in large flakes... lol
As you can see my jawline and cheeks frequently get red bumps. Hopefully these will pass in time.
I will be removing the dead skin mask in its entirety December 22nd. Hopefully my skin will look nice an healthy for Christmas, when I see all of my family. I'm really hoping alot of these red bumps go away, because when I remove this dead skin, I don't want to aggravate them.
Quick update:
I posted about a month ago about my thick, scab-like mask which I left on for about 2 months. My oil production has reduced and my skin looks much better but now I am getting really really itchy skin. I am having a hard time not scratching since it is driving me crazy. Does anybody have any suggestions for my itchy skin. The only thing using to help is vitamin e capsules that I break open and spread on like lotion but this does not help much. Any suggestions?
day 3: so far so good. i have no new breakouts and the ones that were already there seem to be healing faster. my face feels less oily today, maybe a little dry, which i'm assuming is from dehydration because i just woke up a few minutes ago... also because winter is just starting here. i'm trying really hard not to touch my face because i do that a lot lol.
what can i expect within the next few days?
about the scars.. i think that can't be helped anymore since that is not a skin anymore but a scar.. though i'll check in the morning if i see any difference.
check out if you have developed sebhorric dermatitis..
*QuirkyI've only ever had slight scarring from my moderate acne, but its mostly redmarks. At any rate I do have both. The deadskin mask that formed has formed on top of both my scars and redmarks, so I don't know if the new skin underneath it will be flawless, or if it will still maintain some previous damage. Sorry I really cant help ya there, hopefully in time I will be able to answer this question more thoroughly. I believe Wapak had some success with scars healing, hopefully he will drop by to explain a few things.
About the relationship issue. When I tried this regimen last summer I had a girlfriend. She was really an amazing person. When I started building a thick deadskin mask, I explained to her that I've stopped applying topicals and that this was part of my skins healing process. She assured me that it didn't bother her in the slightest bit and that I shouldn't let it bother me, because she loved me for who I was, not superficial looks. This definitely helped alot, but I still felt a tad bit self-conscious about my skin when ever we were close...
Ok, long story short... Yea this regimen is more difficult if you are in a relationship.
*Hello!
Aside from the reoccurring dead skin mask, is your skin overall more clear than before you started this?
*realone2
Good luck man. This regimen is a journey.. keep us posted. Heres what I do to keep my face from getting wet; towards the end of my shower when I'm going to wash my hair... I keep my back to the stream of water and lean my head back (like im starring at the ceiling) I then proceed to wash my hair. Immediately after I'm done, I towel dry my hair, so that water doesn't drip onto my face. Don't get discouraged if you get water on your face though. Water IS NOT your enemy. Irritation is your enemy.
For those of you interested in my progress
Day 39
Forehead is breaking out with pustules, as well as the area between my temples and eyes. the dead skin mask is ever thickening, and sometimes it falls off in large flakes... lol
As you can see my jawline and cheeks frequently get red bumps. Hopefully these will pass in time.
I will be removing the dead skin mask in its entirety December 22nd. Hopefully my skin will look nice an healthy for Christmas, when I see all of my family. I'm really hoping alot of these red bumps go away, because when I remove this dead skin, I don't want to aggravate them.
Hey man,
Yes, I would say my skin is more clear than it was before starting this regimen. I am very glad to have gone through with it. It has clarified to me what my skin's natural state is; in this regard, I can treat it accurately.
I've decided that I'm going to try a mild cleanser or gentle manual exfoliation every week along with a BHA or AHA; the dead skin (and thus my complexion) is not going to improve by itself.
I also need to start exercising again and see how that affects this regimen; there are a lot of new variables to take into account.
Do you think this will work for moderately-severe to severe acne?
I have used it before for moderate acne and it helped over a period of a couple months, but now that my acne is nearly severe, I'm not sure it will help as much.
how did your acne go from moderate to severe? topical?
*QuirkyI've only ever had slight scarring from my moderate acne, but its mostly redmarks. At any rate I do have both. The deadskin mask that formed has formed on top of both my scars and redmarks, so I don't know if the new skin underneath it will be flawless, or if it will still maintain some previous damage. Sorry I really cant help ya there, hopefully in time I will be able to answer this question more thoroughly. I believe Wapak had some success with scars healing, hopefully he will drop by to explain a few things.
About the relationship issue. When I tried this regimen last summer I had a girlfriend. She was really an amazing person. When I started building a thick deadskin mask, I explained to her that I've stopped applying topicals and that this was part of my skins healing process. She assured me that it didn't bother her in the slightest bit and that I shouldn't let it bother me, because she loved me for who I was, not superficial looks. This definitely helped alot, but I still felt a tad bit self-conscious about my skin when ever we were close...
Ok, long story short... Yea this regimen is more difficult if you are in a relationship.
Thanks for your answers! 
I fortunately only have mild scarring from moderate acne as well, but I have a lot of it. I would think that it's a good sign that the dead skin forms over your scars, because it seems like that would mean they're healing a bit.
I was expecting it to be more difficult in a relationship, but is the mask any more difficult to deal with than moderate acne? I've been (foolishly) self-conscious around my boyfriend about my acne before, so I'm not sure that having dead skin on my face would be much of a change. It must have been a relief when your girlfriend said she wasn't phased by the dead skin, though! I think any significant other worth sticking with would feel the same as she did.
It seems like in addition to healing the skin, this regimen helps to heal any emotional issues like self-consciousness that one might have due to acne because you need to train yourself to stop giving a damn about what other people think in order to succeed. That alone is probably worth more than the clear skin.
day 4: MY SKIN FEELS SO GROSS. i thiiink it's mostly dry due to winter but i can't tell if it is dead skin or dryness. however, i think i have a new pustule forming on my nostril. how long does it take for the dead skin "mask" to form?
yo realone I'm day 4 too!! my face is super oily right now, and ive got a couple new zits in places ive never had before, which concerns me, but other than that i'm really liking it. Are you using water at all or just striaght up?
day 4: MY SKIN FEELS SO GROSS. i thiiink it's mostly dry due to winter but i can't tell if it is dead skin or dryness. however, i think i have a new pustule forming on my nostril. how long does it take for the dead skin "mask" to form?
yo realone I'm day 4 too!! my face is super oily right now, and ive got a couple new zits in places ive never had before, which concerns me, but other than that i'm really liking it. Are you using water at all or just striaght up?
my skin doesn't feel too bad since i went to bed. i even drank alcohol and didn't breakout, which is something new. and i have no new breakouts other than the one forming on my nostril. i'm trying not to get water on my face for a few days are you using water?
I have never done this for more than a few weeks but i can tell you it bloody well works. i was surprised to find this thread because i thought i was the only crazy person going around like this. I have moderately servere acne and nothing, i mean NOTHING works except this. I find that the more i wash and clean the worse i get. I find that if someone says 'this regimen' or 'that lotion' or 'this age old natural product' or whatever is going to help my skin it is almost a certainty that it will do the exact opposite.
I don't understand it but when i wash my skin looks red and irritated and dry as hell and blotchy and always breaks out. If i use moisteriser it breaks out even more!
But for some strange reason if i dont wash, my skin looks bloody amazing; clean, even tone, break outs slow down and in some areas stop all together. Healing is much faster and it's soft and not too oily.
However some areas break out abit more to start with then they clear up but i have never tried it long enough to see what happens. I am now trying it and even after about 5 days it's better than it;s been in months.
By the way making sure to not squeeze makes a huge difference as well.
What i don't understand is how break outs stop when i have all this dead skin covering my face but if i wash the dead skin off acne returns. It's almost as if everything they tell us about acne is a lie?
By the way I never get a dead skin mask, i don't even know what that means. I get dead skin some places around mouth and nose but it;s hardly a big deal. infact it;s better thaan when i wash. when i wash it all flakes off and is horrible dry, when i dont wash my oil keeps the skin smooth and i hardly have any dead skin. if it does starts flaking somewhere i just gentely rub it off with my finger then it's perfect.
I can't imagine what you guys are talking about with the dead skin mask thing? but maybe after a few months? I dunno.
ya I'm day 5 now, and I can feel a cyst coming, cause its painfull, but overall the acne marks on my cheeks are already flaking, and so is my chin. I think that if I keep this up then maybe in 2 weeks the skin will shed and ill have fresh skin. Ive been keeping a photo log so it will be really interesting to see the results. I think why keeping the dead skin on is so important is that it blocks all the bacterica and debris from penetrating the new skin, and when the new skin is strong enough, the old skin just flakes off. but yea so far so good.
Im 15 years old and I am now gunna try this only cuz i once remember putting on a 10 % facemask over night and in the morning in the shower my face felt good and smooth, but then i washed it and it made it bad! So im gunna stop washing my face now starting today, but my question is what about body acne?
5 days into the regimen and let me tell you, it has been a long time since I felt so good about my skin. For the most part of year 2009, my face has been blemished and pockmarked and was uglier than sin itself. Thankfully, I found this thread and started following the regimen. IT WORKS WONDERS!!! 