Hey All,

I have been suffering from acne for almost 10 years now and after i got married it was much worse. The come in herds for a few months and then for the rest of the 5-6 months I struggle to clear my skin of acne scars. But recently in past 1 year or so I have started a new regimen and it seems to helping a lot. With very few breakouts even when I am on my monthly cycle and scars are reducing significantly. These are the things I have been using, may be some of these would help you too. I know how emotionally stressful it is to live with acne so if any of these things help you i would be happy

Good luck with you acne struggle.

1) Spironolactone - 100mg daily (I started with 50 mg for 3 months and then 75 mg for another 3 months and now I have found my sweet spot with 100 mg daily. Initially I jumped too quickly to 100mg and it messed up my periods so I had to start again slow :\)

2) I take 1 vitamin e capsule, 1 selenium tablet, 2 vitamin c tablets, 1 pantothenic acid capsule and 1 zinc tablet daily. I occasionally also take vitamin b complex to keep my metabolism healthy.

Morning routine:

vitamin c cleanser

toner

moisturizer and I add some licorice extract to it

Sunscreen and then regular hypoallergenic makeup

Evening/Night routine:

makeup removing by massaging with (cleansing milk on some days and massage gel on some, I mix rose water with this to help with the massage and thoroughly clean the dirt from the face)

Salicylic acid face wash

** twice a week I use face packs too after washing. I dont like to stick with one kind for a long time. I like my skin to not become immune to one product so I keep experimenting with new ones. And face packs specially

Astringent or vitamin c serum

Then my retin a and azealic acid cream which I like to mix in a gel moisturizer as this really helps with the absorption and so effect is significant every moring.

Moisturizing night cream and again add licorice root extract to that.

SA spot treatment if I have any active zits

Also I am doing salicylic and glycolic acid peels every 15 days so that is also helping

This treatment seems to be helping me and any new zits that are coming are not leaving any major scarring behind. My skin is moisturized, not peeling at all and redness also has gone down significantly.

Hopefully this helps.