mystory

I'd like to offer some advice as I have quite a bit of experience in the water-only method. I first tried washing with just water years ago but ultimately gave up. Why? Because it made my face red, fl...

Hi everyone, I posted this on another post and I pasting it here because I would like to strongly warn you against taking Diane. It is a SHORT term fix, a bandaid that will make your acne so much wor...

Hi everyone, I posted this on another post and I pasting it here because I would like to strongly warn you against taking Diane. It is a SHORT term fix, a bandaid that will make your acne so much wor...

Day 3 update: Forehead which is usually smooth is now quite disgusting, bumpyish with a lot of dead skin and oily too. Looking forward to be out of the "dead skin" build up phase. No new pimples on f...

Here's my story: As a teenager I had great skin on my face, a little oily with the occasional pimple, but I never thought twice about my face. My back had very light acne, and for that reason at the ...

Has anyone taken Saw Palmetto for a long time, i.e. years? Is it safe to do so? I'm obviosuly looking for a long term solution! Also, do you think your acne got worse AFTER stopping the Saw Palmetto? ...

Has anyone taken Saw Palmetto for a long time, i.e. years? Is it safe to do so? I'm obviosuly looking for a long term solution! Also, do you think your acne got worse AFTER stopping the Saw Palmetto?...

UPDATE LONG OVER DUE!!! Hi everyone, I've come back to update. I've seen that thereisalwayshope is doing great, and that warms my heart. Unfortunately for me, the regimen did not work. Here's why: m...

I AM HAVING AWESOME IMPROVEMENT EVERYONE!!!! I WOULD SAY AN 80% IMPROVEMENT SINCE STARTING THE REGIMEN! ALL MY HEALING STARTED HAPPENING SINCE SATURDAY AND THINGS COULD NOT BE GOING BETTER! **Stick to...

Day 31 Update: Hi acne.org! I put another thin layer of BP at night, and moisturizer, and I woke with no breakout! YAY! Also 5 active pimples were completely dried and are not flat! So what me and a ...

Quick background: Family history of severe acne (sister went on Accutaine) Oily skin Mild acne in adolescence Stopped birth control pill in mid 20s, acne became worse (scientific point: this changes ...

Day 29 Update: Start of week 5. I am finishing off month one and being brutally honest, this regimen is tough tough tough! I, just like everyone would like to see more results faster, but this regimen...

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Day 28 Update: I am trying to overcome this big breakout and what a challenge! Especially since I am breaking out every single day so it makes it harder. I am just keeping myself as busy as possible a...

Hi Mystory, I am a newbie to the boards (longtime lurker, new poster) and last year I started getting cystic acne. I thought it might be because I got off the pill 8 months before (8 months is a long ...

Day 24   Zen feeling persisting. My face still looks like crap after the makeup outbreak but yesterday it was painful and today it's more comfortable. I've ramped up the BP dosage at night to a ...

just dropping by to say I'm still here with you! hope you had a good day.

Day 23   Although my face is not technically better, I do feel a weird sense of zen today. I feel very optimistic about my makeup switch and like I'm getting closer and closer to resolving the pu...

Day 24 Update: Hi everyone! I do not have nothing new to report! I am waiting for the day that I can come to this site and report on some progress haha and not on all the bad happening with my skin. I...

Day 24 Update: Hi everyone! I do not have nothing new to report! I am waiting for the day that I can come to this site and report on some progress haha and not on all the bad happening with my skin. I...

OK computer is low battery so this will be a fast one.   3 WEEKS COMPLETED   Skin is less itchy and irritated but: I broke out like a mad person yesterday after I had to pile on makeup the ...

Day 24 Update: Hi everyone! I do not have nothing new to report! I am waiting for the day that I can come to this site and report on some progress haha and not on all the bad happening with my skin. I...

How is your skin doing? Mine as expected haha has had another bad breakout. Oh well.   Yup new breakouts today... I think my makeup is causing this to be honest. I have to find new makeup whic...

I read this whole thread and feel like there is no solution. The BCP is an evil thing and messed us up really badly

Uh oh. Had a breakout that happened within a few hours I swear! What the heck! Haha.   You know what I realized? We have to stop panicking about the new breakouts for a few weeks at least. We a...