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Hey guys,
I've been creeping over the past few days so decided to make a post! I need help!
Some background info:
I've always had 'spots' not necessarily acne since I was about 12. I'm now 23. The past few years have been up and down I've been on various contraceptive pills to try and sort my skin out as I'm pretty certain it's all hormonal. I found that Dianette worked fairly well after 3-4 months of trying. Now the doctor said that I won't be allowed to be on it for very long either because of the price of it? or because of what it contains i'm not sure. So that was about a year ago. I've tried creams and tea tree treatments and I don't think Benzoyl Peroxide is helping much, I am very weird sensitive, oily skin that can't work out what it's doing.
Up until around a month and a half ago, it was manageable. I even went outside with no makeup and wasn't entirely bothered if people saw me without makeup. During this time I wasn't on any contraceptive or using any creams to help, no particular skin regime, just (looking back, a fairly harsh) exfoliant and some Simple light moisturiser which I'm still using. By no means was my skin clear, it had a fair few red bumps and whatnot.
Now fast forward to the last 8 weeks or so. I seem to have angered something deep within my skin. It seems as though the anti-christ is trying to escape through my pores! I don't have a clue why or what's going on. The one side of my cheek is really quite bad, it's itchy and sore and nothing is calming it down. When one disappears another 3 appear. There's now a few creeping down my jawline onto my neck. I did used to pick at them purely because it was uncomfortable and itchy but now i'm trying to restrain myself and even that doesn't seem to be making any difference.
The only possibility I can think of is that life hates me.Hah. And probabally due to stress? I'm unsure whether this can contribute but I've just moved about 280 miles away from home to move to University. It's so annoying that all these 18 years olds have nice youthful skin, and me at 23 years of age still with crappy horrible skin. UGH.
Any ideas or tips or ANYTHING will be greatly appreciated!!!!
Loves.
This is EXACTLY what happened to me. I stopped using anything and everything a couple of months ago, and my skin was the clearest it had ever been in my entire life... then, out of nowhere, I started getting these HUGE!!! cystic zits in clusters, and went running back to my dermatologist. Not sure what to do 
. I've been trying clay masks (Queen helene's mint julep masque in particular) - and it has really helped calm my skin down. I use it every day as my skin is very oily - it's very drying.
I'm in the exact same boat as you! I also just moved to a new town for college, always had okay to moderate acne and the last 8 weeks I have become severely broken out, like so bad I look like a different person and nothing is helping. I think mine is because I got off proactive thinking I had outgrown my acne (26 years old) and a month later here we are. Back on proactive, on a birth control pill, clindamycin, and retin A. It's only gotten worse. I'm kind of feeling like life hates me right now too 
Hang in there and you and I can keep each other posted for things that help or not?
Could be folliculitis if it's itching. And if it's pustular/papular. You could consider trying an antifungal shampoo on your face, although they are harsh. If you want to try it, apply selsun blue or head and shoulders in the shower to the affected areas, leave it on for 5-10 minutes, then wash off. Make sure to wash all of it off. Then moisturize. Do less if there's lots of irritation. If it's fungal folliculitis it should respond to treatment by the end of a week and continue improving from there.
I could be totally wrong though. Hard to diagnose online without pictures. You might want to see a dermatologist.