How did you manage your acne when you were a teenager? (Or right now)

[Anonymous]

How do/did you manage your acne when you were a teenager? I can't go see a dermatologist right now and I'm struggling with acne.

[XRabbitHeartX]

Well the pill has worked wonders for my skin. I have super sensitive skin and just leaving it with no internal help is a no go. I can't afford dermatologists either! But they all apparently recommend Cetaphill but I've never tried it. Most of the time dermatologists also recommend Benzoyl peroxide cream which I'd assume you can find at a pharmacy. I've just heard that from friends who have gone to dermatologists. Drinks lots of water. I'm almost positive though that the pill will clear your acne. Or most of it. I still get spots sometimes on my chin but I stress a lot and apparently spots can also be caused due to stress.

[XRabbitHeartX]

Oh and just another thing I thought of, a lot of anti acne products at drugstores are rubbish. I've tried heaps when I was younger and most of them just made it worse. You need to get something that really targets the acne and a moisturizer or cleanser won't be enough. Hence why you should opt for either something like Benzoyl which is solely just to help with acne and not to actually moisturize, OR the pill.

[snowangle]

Birth control. Really the best thing I ever did for my skin haha.

[Asker]

Was there a specific kind you took?

[snowangle]

At first I took Loestrin which was awesome but it was like $80 a box. So I just switched to the generic brand Microgestin and it works just as well. I've never had any side effects.

[Jonny_]

I never really had bad acne, I mean I have like one or two spots the very odd time and it's always been that way... I used a lot of products if I'm honest, especially now there's one that has charcoal in it and it works very well. I was more prone to blackheads than spots. I don't really like clearasil... if anything it provoked me to get spots, I'd tried it once to get rid of a spot and ended up getting about three shortly after.

[GuyAdviceFromGuy]

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