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MegaMuttMom

I am 46 and I get zits. My Charlie, tell your DH to take a hike.

At night, I wash my face with cetaphil then use biore toner with salicylic acid, then use benzoyl peroxide cream. In the morning, I use the apricot scrub in the shower. I love it becuase I have teeny tiny pores and very oily skin so, they get clogged very easily. If I miss even one of any of those steps, I will break out a few days later. So, it works, if I don't screw up. (I am just trying to copy Proactive for cheaper).

Criosphynx

Where do you get this? Does it have a brand name? I know that its the reason proactiv works so well but i can't find it! Thanks

MegaMuttMom

I just use the CVS brand benzoyl peroxide cream. There are other brands too. It is in the acne section of the drug store. You should have no trouble finding it.

Criosphynx

the fact that i haven't found it yet, when i've looked, makes me feel dumb. LOL

thanks again.

rosemaryninja

Have you guys tried tea tree oil?

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cshellenberger

Yep, I use Tea tree oil on them to dry them out. I'm 41 and have a very oily T-zone. On a daily basis I use Clinique Liquid facial soap (Oily skin formula), Clarifying lotion 3 (toner), and Dramatically Different moisturizing gel.

I stay clear of liquid foundations and use Bare Minerals, which almost never breaks me out (any liquid foundation will have me pizza faced within 36 hours of application).

AkiraleShiba

It works great !! but it's a bit stinky

Persagel-10 works great from clean and clear, it's medical grade in most countries other than the USA.

Annamarie

Proactiv is the only thing that works for me. I'm allergic to their regular formula but they sent me a "gentle formula" which they don't advertise (don't ask me why, this stuff is great!) which has worked amazingly well.

Another thing that people don't normally think about is what shampoo you're using. When you rinse it off it goes onto your face and you can end up with irritation from the perfumes, dyes, and chemicals in your shampoo. I use a shampoo from the health food store that has none of that harsh stuff and it's helped a ton.

Unfortunately with hormonal acne there's not a WHOLE lot you can do about it but keep your pores clean. But spot treatment with tea tree oil works well. Try not to wash more than twice a day, but you can use gentle baby wipes to give your face a once over and get rid of that excess oil in between washings.

allison

I've used that CLean & Clear persagel.. it works really good! I LOVE the Biore toner too... but sometimes I can;t find it Clinique is AWESOME but gets expensive...

Apricot been working OK ... we'll see!


Crio... look at any of the zit creams in that aisle and it should say benzoyl... like Oxy...

Oh yeah and tea tree makes me break out! I wish it worked for me!

Shampooo hmmm.. I'll have to try the non chem stuff!

MegaMuttMom

You can get the Biore on Drugstore.com, at least I have in the past.

Lorina

I haven't found a great way to prevent zits yet (and I'm 36), but the Chlorhexiderm Scrub I got from the vet (for Beavis when he had an infected sebaceous cyst) works great to clear the little buggers up really fast! It dries out the rest of my skin too much to use it all the time.

allison

blah... those are the hormonal ones I get... maybe I should go to the vet...think he'd notice I don't have fur and a tail?

Criosphynx

I went out today and bought the Persagel....so we shall see what happens.

I think im alergic to the tea tree oil. It makes my skin worse.


Clinique is awesome.....but im a cheap ***

allison

The persagel is really good but be careful, it dries out my dry areas A LOT!

I too think I may allergic to the Tea Tree.

I must be a cheap *** too

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