Bringing this post up because this just might have saved me. After 26 years kf battling severe cystic acne, I stopped washing my face completely. No facewash, no water. The logic is that our skin produces the oil because we need it. Its not something to remove. The problems start when we continuously start to strip our skin. I started on Jan 28 2026. So it has only been a little over a week.
since then

1. Only one new pimple came out because I had Mcdonalds icecream sundae late at night. Since then nothing. Before starting the no wash method, i had 2-3 new pimples every day. Extremely red painful cystic.

2. First things i noticed, complexion became normal and redness went away.

3. Small whiteheads started coming up and would fall off the next day.

4. I shower once a week and use a showerhead to tilt head back to wash hair trying to get as little water on face as possible. Use lukewarm water to shower. Dry face with a paper towel gently afterwards and apply a couple of drops of oil. Im using Ono oil from Hawaii. When I run out, ill try jojoba oil. Just press it on lightly. Dont rub.

5. Old acne is healing super fast. Like crazy fast. I see some dead skin coming which means its working.

6. a little tingling feeling where a pimple is healing.

basically same experience as other people have shared on this thread.

i just have a two week old cyst which is huge. It has 3,4 clogged pores clustered together so its filled with pus but not draining fully. For anyone who has done this, can I use anything on it to help it drain faster? I tried polyfax last night but dont see a difference