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22Aug/11Off

How do ii get rid of a spider bite on my face?

I woke up with what i think is a zit but i later find out is a spider bite. I want to know how to get rid of it. I don't want any websites please. I want personal experience. And remedies you have used. Please ?

7Jun/11Off

How do i improve healing time of peeled skin?

I popped a zit a couple of days ago and I peeled it this morning and now it looks like a mess. How can I speed up the recovery process?

6May/11Off

What acne products should I use? (Read description)?

I have a LOT of tough blackheads and a few whiteheads. Occasionally I will get a zit but I never have trouble with them. I have combination kind of skin (oily everywhere but dry on my chin and nose) Also I get sunburned really like REALLY easily and hardly ever get tan no matter how long I'm in the sun. Oh, and I want something pretty cheap. Thanks so much!!

7Apr/11Off

How do I get rid of these on my face?

I have dark circles around my eyes, mild acne, blackheads, and zit scars on my face that I would like to get rid of. Can anyone recommend a good method or product for any of these?
I currently use Nutrogena oil-free acne wash at night when I shower, but I has only helped to the way it is now.

2Mar/11Off

What's a really quick spot treatment (acne)?

For that one stubborn..well zit. I have one on my chin and it's disgusting.

Thanks!

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27Feb/11Off

Need Serious Help. Has Anyone Sought Professional Treatment For Their Acne?

My acne got on my last straw today - I walked into the shower this morning and overnight a giant, .75 inches in diameter, zit appeared on my chest. Yes... I have acne... on my chest *sigh* in addition to my back, forehead, cheeks, neck, chin, even some on my lips, and I've gotten acne on my legs and arms before, places people wouldn't typically imagine. I am an 18 year old male and I'm ready to give up on these little WalGreens treatments that suppress the problem for a few days after weeks of repeated use. Even if a patch of red and pus fades away, an even uglier one will replace it somewhere else.

I've always had constant acne since the age of 12 or so but only two or three pimples not dozens or even a hundred at any given moment. This kills me to look at the mirror, to look at my peers who have clear faces (limbs, bodies, etc.) without even trying. I'll admit that a year ago I would pick at and pop my zits and that would leave gross, crusty, fleshy red marks on my skin that only hours later would be replaced with another capsule of opaque pus. I haven't done that in a while but at least then the acne was only on my face! I have run cross country for my whole high school career, obviously causing me to sweat everyday (except Sunday) but I would think that showering wouldn't make that such a huge problem. One more potentially key factor to consider is that this year I joined the weightlifting team and we work out every weekday and on Saturday I go the YMCA to get in more cardio exercise. On Sunday I go to church, work on my video projects (I hope to be a visual effects artist, SCAD accepted me), do the homework I probably put all off for today, and lastly attend youth group. I don't regret my rather packed schedule of honors courses and my part time job as a cashier, I went from flat to six pack and broke to thousand-naire since the beginning of this school year, it's like a dream minus the overbearing, hideous acne. I am not overweight, I am 171 lbs and exactly 6'.

I want to know if anyone has gone to a professional doctor for acne treatment and has had highly satisfactory results. How much would it cost, how long does it last for, what are potential side effects? I am in the Chicago area. Anything, any seriously effective safe treatment, advice, foods, or anything that has worked for your severe bodily acne please do share.

5Jan/11Off

Any acne product you recommend (for dry/combo acne prone skin and acne scars)?

I recently started getting acne. (And by recently, I mean last year in 6th grade. The same year I just started getting my menstrual cycle. a.k.a period.)

Any-whoo. I'm in the 7th grade and I'm 12 years old. I have combo/dry skin, and I've tried almost every product in the world. Which isn't very wise considering the fact that the economy's bad. :P

HISTORY:
When I started getting my monthly, I also got a zit once a month. I used some products, but it didn't work. It started getting worse in the beginning on 2010. I started getting 2-3 zits a month, and then, right when I went to go to China, (around July) I had 6-7 zits all over my face. I just broke out. Blackheads, whiteheads, crystalline acne, anything and everything. You name it, I had it.

I couldn't stick to a daily regimen because when I was in China, I was in a village, and plus, you don't see many 12 year olds with travel size acne kits, now do you?

Anyway, when I came back to America, some of my acne had diminished. I was stuck with a lot of scars. But my skin was still pretty bad because my pimples just kept coming back. When one zit had disheveled, another comes. When that goes away, another comes. It was a never ending cycle. But then I started using Neutrogena Acne Stress Control Cleanser and it went back to 1-2 pimples a month. I'm still stuck with scars.

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Now that that's done, can anyone recommend me some products? I know that everyone's skin is different, but I'm still willing to try anything and everything to reduce my acne and my acne scars. I know I inherit my acne from my mom (she had had it when she was little and my brother has acne too...but much less milder than mine) and maybe because of my period? I don't know.

PRODUCTS I'VE USED:
[Dx]Neutrogena | Oil-Free Acne Wash
[Dx]Neutrogena | Alcohol-Free Toner
[Dx]Neutrogena |Oil-Free Moisture Combination Skin
[Dx]Neutrogena | Rapid Clear 2-in-1 Fight & Fade Gel
[Dx]Aveeno | Daily Moisturizer

[:)]Neutrogena | Acne Stress Control
[:)]Sana (Japan) | Namerakahonpo Haritsuya Cream

Please list some products! (It can be through YOUR personal experience)

3Jan/11Off

Acne treatments anyone?

I have this red zit on my nose, i need to get rid of the redness like by tomorrow, anyone know any home remedies to make it not so red? please help :)

10Dec/10Off

Does sun help get rid of body acne?

I have been suffering from awful back acne for the past 2-3 years, and some mild chest acne. Ironically, I have the odd zit on my face, other than that i'm clear.
It gets really bad in the winter, and in the summer it pretty much goes completely away.

So my question: Should I go tanning to help get rid of it? I've been scrubbing my back for months and it has helped, but it's still pretty bad.
Also, if I only go once or twice does that increase my risk of cancer?

7Dec/10Off

Getting rid of chest blemish marks?

So occasionally I have a little chest acne. Actually I don't even think I could call them zits because sometimes alot of it is just these little bumps on my upper and lower chest area. I exfoliate, use face wash on them. If one is actually a zit and I do have to pop one however, there are always these little raised white marks on me after it's gone. I have very fair skin, and they always show on my chest unless i'm tan. It's not bad, but it's enough to bug me. Would anyone call these post bump marks a scar, or new skin marks? And how would I go about getting rid of them? They seem to not go away at all.

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