Zach Zach

I'm 23 and have had body acne for a long time but I'm also like the OP and rarely get a spot on my face anymore (took long enough to get here!). Body acne is an entirely different animal from facial a...

Before n after pics please... what age did you "give up?"

Lips, hands down. Thankfully I haven't had a bad one around the lips recently, but good god do they suck... usually very painful, especially at the corners of the mouth, and I'm sure some people think...

No worries! At least you get to use makeup. I'm a guy and just had to grin and bear it most of the time

You're not alone, man. It took me until age 21 to finally get my face clear... high school was a nightmare! What personally seemed to do it for me was a combination of things: Everything from using Ce...

OP, I tried to read your entire post without taking a breath (since you didn't use periods) and almost needed a defibrillator halfway through. But, I agree with goodz19... tell your derm you like th...

If you haven't experienced this issue before, I'd instantly say that the dentist's fluoride is the culprit! If you don't mess with the spots too much, I'd imagine they'll go away within a few days.

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is to try just one more time." - Thomas Edison Not saying everybody can be as successful as Thomas Edison, but seriously... i...

If the brother is a true friend, he won't give a sh*t. He may notice your acne but won't let it cloud his judgment of how you really are. That is, if he's cool. Since I've been through hell with acne ...

al13: Interesting post but it's ultimately just your opinion, which I disagree with. If you believe that acne is caused by modern civilization, how do you explain the fact that "acne" is an Ancient Gr...

I've used Nubian Heritage black soap on my body - never on my face. It smells great and it *usually* feels great, but Nubian Heritage sticks oats into the soap and they're basically the consistency of...

I'm with Ripon10! Think about some AHA. Maybe try extracting them (as long as you don't cause too much irritation by extracting) and then putting AHA or some sort of topical medication on right after ...

I'd wait for the AHA+. I honestly think that will help you out. I recently started using AHA+ on my body (not my face) - maybe two or three months ago. I'm someone that has had body acne for a LONG ti...

Ah, well the ramen backfired. It's funny you mentioned strokes, I had gone 6 days straight eating nothing but ramen and I had nonstop migraines halfway into it, and at that point I began breaking out....

Really interesting stuff OP... it's tough to avoid dairy (especially in North America) but it's do-able. Keep it up! Just be careful with Ramen as most of their stuff is incredibly high in sodium. No ...

Imo, looks better now... keep sticking with the same routine for at least a month. Make sure you know whether or not it works for you. What made you not want to go back to Skin ID?

Okay, that all sounds good! Good sources of non-meat protein. I had trouble gaining weight as well so I understand. When I first started working out, I basically just gorged myself and worked out all ...

Acne products do not ALL dry your skin out. I use Clean & Clear Foaming Facial Wash and I *know* that it dries my skin out. I've had combination oily-dry skin for a while (oily forehead and T-zone...

Sjora, if you think you can stomach all those bland foods (I personally would need a ton of Thai spices on top of the rice + quinoa to make that worthwhile), then I think you'd be okay. If I were you ...

I agree with Avada Kedavra Acne... just take a quick shower / bath after a workout to rinse yourself off. Get all of that sweat off of your skin; imo, the sooner the better. If you can't get to a show...

Hehe that's a good plan, I've written it on my calendar but I get nervous when people look at it but oh well, gotta do what you gotta do! Hmm, do you mean people seeing your calendar online? You can...

I used Bactrim back in 2011 - I think I used it for two periods of 2 months each that year, in tandem with Ziana gel. It was pretty helpful and cleared a lot of my spots away, iirc, but it was definit...

It's a tough situation, and just yesterday I felt really tempted to mention it to a couple people I saw. But, I know that I would get upset (perhaps not visibly) if someone had said something to me ab...

Done it plenty of times in the past! I don't have very bad acne now but I sometimes still find myself blowing off plans probably just because turning things down is ingrained into my brain. Usually no...

Could be due to a lot... you might put your hand around your mouth sometimes, it could be due to fluoride, perhaps it's just hormones, or maybe you just shove food in your face so fast it inflames the...