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I wasn't getting a few little red pimples. I would guesstimate that my entire face had a red dot/ blocked pore / white head. Some of them were larger whiteheads that looked disgusting. I looked like...

I was getting many, many bumps of all sizes. I was getting lots of red dots (not cysts or painful, just red zits but on the tinier side), whiteheads, blackheads, and flesh colored bumps (wherever the...

Hello Ramsay and XScarring, No, I never let a single product touch my face in those thirty days. I didn't use any topicals, soap, or makeup of any kind. I never once let a moisturizer touch my face....

Hi Ramsay,   It's a toss up on who you talk to. Everyone has had different results. I think the people you want to talk to are the people it worked for. Your problem sounds like how mine star...

The water only dried my skin out. The dry skin led to more breakouts. The itching never went away. I don't know. Some people are just lucky that this works for them! Maybe some day I'll try it agai...

@Lewis, I feel for you. Honestly, what works for one person may not work for another. That would just be too nice of mother nature. I've thought a lot about going back on water only (with wash clot...

@clark, How far along are you? My face broke out severely towards the end of the 30 days. It's now healing immensely since I stopped the method. I totally agree with the acid mantle thing, though,...

@Thehoper, Regarding dove sensitive soap or "beauty bar" as they market it, ha. I am aware of the problems people have with soap. However, I used this soap for 10 years 1x day and had perfect skin. ...

@dejaclaire Staph infections? Ouch! I think I was headed down that path but I finally intervened. I'm a little worried since I have two lingering whitehead/pustules. I keep hoping they aren't some...

@Skydive, I was on Finacea for a couple of months. It itched, thinned the hell out of my skin and gave me a dull complexion. It also did not get rid of my cystic acne. It made it so it was somewhat...

You are using just water to wash your face? I did that and after a month my face exploded with whiteheads and red marks.

I, unfortunately, had the same experience as Tracy521 after dropping topicals. There are many people on here who did not though. Since you are a guy, you may have an easier time with it since you do...

Wow, that's amazing that you are clear now. I originally tried this because the fenacia wasn't doing anything. I had a few cystic bumps along my cheeks that would keep returning or form new spots wh...

No my acne is worse. I broke down and used a gentle cleanser today and plan on using one every day or every other day. I also plan on doing a honey mask this weekend. I don't have cystic acne (went...

Yah, I'm at this point where I feel like caving and just using a gentle cleanser every other day. I'm in week 3-4 and the breakouts are terrible. I never really had an issue with acne my whole life....

The more I read on these boards, the worse things get for me. It seems like a lot of people struggled with the water only method...some people reported seborhheic dermatitis. I'm very nervous now. ...

@Thehoper and Alternativista, I have a lot to learn! I had never heard of GLA and I googled it. It said something about Omega6? I wonder if I'm deficient in it. So, oils high in linoleic acid? I t...

Hello,   I am new to this website and just found this post. I should tell you I am in the middle of the exact same thing as you. I am on day 26 I think of the water only regimen. For five day...

@JenGK, You just went to your regular doctor and asked to get tested for this? Or was this a derm or holistic doctor? I didn't know they could test for that and would be interested if it's something ...

@Missac, I am really hoping it's a purging period. I don't get big pimples but rather tiny whiteheads and red inflamed areas that turn into these tiny whiteheads. Some of the whiteheads get big. I ...

I know how you feel. I used to have perfect skin. I look back at pictures and sigh. I had no idea how good I had it. And I literally did nothing except maybe occasionally wash it with a bar of soa...

I started the water only wash regime 25 days ago and my skin is the worst it has ever been in my life. However, some people tell me that there might be a light at the end of the tunnel. I just have ...

Thehoper, where would I be able to find that type of honey and hemp oil? I'm assuming I would have to go to a health food store? Also, when your face was bad the first two months, did you notice a lo...

Thank Thehoper and Misssac. I'm happy to hear this method is working for someone.   I only started it because my finacea and cetaphil weren't stopping or controlling the couple of cystic zits I...

Hello,   I have been trying the water only method for 3-4 weeks now. I have breaking out pretty badly in red spots and white heads but no cystic acne. I tried going caveman for 5 days and doing ...