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You will need to exfoliate your skin and clean it in some fashion. The dry skin you're seeing is your skin not being exfoliated because our skin continually renews itself. If your skin doesn't get e...

Are you also still taking the minocyline? I will just chime in that Cetaphil breaks out many people. Their ingredients are not acne friendly. It does work for some, but it causes massive whitehea...

Proactiv + has taken out the toner and added a moisturizer as the third step.

I tried to get my daughter's doctor to prescribe it for her acne, and they wouldn't either, stating it was for extra hair growth and not for acne. Fortunately, the birth control pill, along with the ...

It works best if you use it nightly.

If it worked, I'd go back to it. Some people's skin also doesn't do much with SA. You may want to try using glycolic (AHA) exclusively. Mario Badescu has an AHA toner.

If your hair is oily, you will get acne from it touching your face. Can you wear it back in a ponytail for a while and keep it off your face? If you want to clear your acne, you will need to be co...

I would think AHA would help improve the scars faster than BHA. I would recommend giving it a try.

If acne is hormonal, you have to do something to affect the hormones. Medication affects the hormones effect, which is why it doesn't prevent acne, but it does help treat it. You will need to look i...

You may want to contact customer service at Pro Activ for that.

How old are you and are you male? I started my son on DIM. He is taking 2 tablets. It did not clear him at all but there was minor improvement. He's now also taking saw palmetto as well, 320 mg one...

Use black soap and AHA.

If you decide to try the black soap, I recommend the authentic bar soap you can get from Amazon for about $10 for a block. It lasts a long time. I like its later. My daughter has used it exclusivel...

Black soap is great for getting rid of blackheads.

I've heard washing with Head and Shoulders also is helpful for back acne. You could also try black soap body wash for a more natural approach. I use black soap as a face wash and prefer it over all ...

What I would do is call a couple estheticians in your area and describe the product to them. Most people on these boards are not purchasing $100 scrubs, so you have a better chance of getting some id...

First of all, how long ago was this when you got the treatment?

Use the AHA or glycolic acid to exfoliate or use black soap as your cleanser, which will exfoliate as well. Personally, I think St. Ive's products are not very acne friendly to begin with.

Kaiser pays for the blood work, aside from a small copay.

Cetaphil makes many people break out in whiteheads. If you're getting a bunch of them, stop using the Cetaphil. Some people it's fine for. I would also stop the jojoba to see if it's breaking you ou...

What products specifically are you using that you've changed?

Some pills will break you out more than help. My daughter was originally on a generic version of Yaz and it didn't bother her skin but bothered her stomach big time. We switched to a lower androgen ...

Are you changing your pillowcase nightly and keeping your hands off your face? Sometimes the side you sleep on breaks out more.

The washes are not going to be very effective. You want the acid to be on your skin for a period of time to break down and exfoliate the trapped skin cells. Also don't think you can't go over 2% bas...

My daughter has extremely sensitive skin. She cannot use BP and uses sulfur because of it. She tolerated the SA without any issues. You would start with Salicylic 1 and by the time you're done with...