The pictures, to me at least, appear to be tiny in size so, to be honest, all I can see is some red marks on your cheeks. Nothing more

It's much worst. I know my pictures are small. I have losts of black heads. I pop them (yes, I know I shouldn't) and they leave tiny holes. I also have millions of tiny bumps on my face with can be covered with makeup but, when I'm in the sunlight, all is exposed! I have small cystic acne also. The red you see are acually brown spots due to makeup I belieave and popping pimples. It's a vicious cycle.

It's definitely a vicious cycle, no doubt. Even though I try not to pop, and most times I manage quite well, when a big whitehead appears I can't help it... I mean, I hate being around people with a huge, full of pus, pimple on my face ready to explode. So, yes, I do pop them! But these are not my usual acne friends. The kind of pimples I get is the red ones, with no head, that do not hurt but take AGES to resolve. Cystic like. Occasionally I will have bigger nodules/cysts as well that hurt like a mofo! And everything leaves a scar/pit/mark... Oh I hate acne... SO MUCH!

As for the pih, in my experience, a cream with aha I have been using seemed to help. It didn't work overnight, of course, not even fast enough but I think it helped.