Acne treatments

[miss_thenorth]

I'm hoping that since ther are alot of people here with all different experiences, I might get your opinion on acne treatments that anyone has used. My ds, who is 13, is starting to break out--not bad bad acne, but regular teenage pimples on his face and back.

What has worked for you? Home remedies, commercial remedies, doctor prescripts . Please share!!

 

[Mattemma]

Spot treatment with tea tree oil seems to help. I have read that using 2.5% benz. peroxide is good after a face wash.It does not dry as bad as the 10% one,but I have yet to find anything but 10% at the store.

 

[Beau coop]

My daughter had a script for Duac wash and ointment from the doctor. It is a combination of antibiotic and benz. peroxide. Worked great until she started reacting to the benzoyl peroxide. She got a new script (can't remember name- will ask when I see her shortly) that doesn't work quite as well but doesn't cause her face to itch and sting.

 

[fordmommy]

Every night after I was my face with Dove facial scrubs, I put a dab of hand santizer with aloe on my face. It has worked wonders on my face. I has kept everything in check and doesn't dry out my skin. And I am sensitve.

 

[Hippie Chickie]

I use the Burt's Bees acne treatments. I'm over thirty and still get it. The Burts has really cleared it up without agitating may skin.

 

[newchickenfamily]

I've tried MANY things over the years and the only thing that has EVER worked for me is Proactiv. Kind of pricey, but it's been a sanity saver for me. I never "grew out" of pimples.