I am fifteen years old, and I have suddenly broke out in acne on my forehead. It’s not severe but proactive or any other fash washes don’t work. I’m going to the doctors but I heard that when you take acne medication you can’t wax or else your skin will rip off. I wax every few weeks, my eyebrows and upperlip, so I can’t pluck. If I use YAZ birth control that is proven to treat acne, will I be able to wax?

Okay so I have pretty moderate acne and I am so sick of it. I’ve had it for 5 years (since I was 10) and now that I’m 15 it spread from just my forehead to my cheeks nose chin and basically every freaking part of my face that isn’t covered with hair. Well, I want to change my diet in hopes that it will help a little. I also know stress is a trigger and so I guess having depressing, anxiety and panic attacks and such isn’t really helping. So I also finally told my parents about it and start counseling next week so thats one work in progress. Plus I stopped wearing makeup. Which is really scary for me since I start school in two days and can either A, and a disgusting makeup caked face, or B a disgusting red blotchy acne face. Either way I lose. Now back to diet. I don’t eat much but my diet is pretty average I guess. But I rarely eat fruits and veggies. I don’t eat all take-out or junk either though. For drinks I usually drink gatoraide or lipton ice tea (with lemon). I don’t drink pop or soda anymore because it taste gross to me. I was planning on drinking just water and V8 juice (I love that stuff). For diet, I want to have mostly fruits and veggies with only some other things so my body doesn’t go out of whack for the sudden change of diet. So I was wondering a few things…

1. Do you think I’m doing the right things to get clear skin?

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Its very spotty with brown and sometimes red spots. It kinda looks like acne sometimes but if I stand in the sun for too long it gets better. The 1 time I actually had the best results was in a road trip to these mineral springs. The water was really hot and the natural minerals in it made my skin very smooth and decreased the spots. Later they came back tough. Any advice or sites you know that could help me? Here are some pics I found on the net to better describe how my back is.

http://www.google.it.ao/imgres?imgurl=http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/jan2010/7/8/alex-reid-s-spotty-back-pic-channel-4-image-3-671461480.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/01/28/celebrity-big-brother-alex-reid-s-top-10-best-moments-inside-the-house-115875-22002493/&usg=__FyBuPhbNs2zeg2c4ctnpbyoOc-g=&h=260&w=450&sz=30&hl=pt-PT&start=7&tbnid=dp6oNckJaG9-zM:&tbnh=115&tbnw=149&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dspotty%2Bback%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dpt-PT%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D585%26bih%3D340%26tbs%3Disch:10%2C255&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=49&vpy=90&dur=3936&hovh=171&hovw=296&tx=173&ty=140&ei=fjFhTKXjKqeR4gacqrS3Cg&oei=LzBhTJCwDYmB4Qb-vqDbCQ&esq=14&page=2&ndsp=8&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:7&biw=585&bih=340

http://www.google.it.ao/imgres?imgurl=http://www.acnepilot.com/images/back_acne.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.acnepilot.com/body-acne/home-remedies-for-back-acne-bacne.php/pt_BR/&usg=__hXfLQ4P7BOHZ6UmQAZBw45fsNt4=&h=120&w=240&sz=24&hl=pt-PT&start=8&tbnid=114dsSRcHSDykM:&tbnh=77&tbnw=153&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dacne%2Bback%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dpt-PT%26biw%3D758%26bih%3D337%26tbs%3Disch:10%2C268&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=423&vpy=130&dur=1328&hovh=96&hovw=192&tx=118&ty=90&ei=DDJhTJnMMczd4gal-fjNCg&oei=AjJhTLKdC8eG4QbP2tT1CQ&esq=3&page=2&ndsp=9&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:8&biw=758&bih=337

Only if it’s really worked, if you’ve seen true results. Anything that can help?

from time to time i get some back acne, i dont pop it on purpose but usually i accidently.like sometimes it gets itchy and i scratch it, then it hurt soo bad. They left alot of scars on my back and now im so embarrassed of it. i really wanna wear spaghetti straps and stuff like i used to but now i dont. can you use facial acne products on your back too? well can anyone recommend something good for back acne? oh and neutrogena body wash for back acne doesnt do shiiit!!!

Ok so i have had this new kind of acne on my face for the last 5 months and it is really starting to bother me. I used to have acne on the forehead mainly but that has cleared up and now once that area cleared i have had a ton of acne on my jawline. I am 19 and i am a guy. I have heard that this kind of acne is hormonal but I am not sure how true that is and does that affect men and women or just women? The acne is terrible and it is starting to wreck my self confidence. It is so annoying because it is symmetrical. It is bad on both sides of my face which is really annoying! Right now I am using a sulfur mask 3 days a week and then i am using a neutrogena product with salycylic acid 2 times a day. I have tried basically every product you can except proactiv. Also I drink lots of water and am very active. I clean my sheets and pillow cases once a week. I am very meticulous with my face and my acne and I rarely touch it. I am at a loss because all other acne usually goes away but not this kind. Below is a link to an album I made of my face and the acne spots. The acne you see in the pics is probably the best it has been in a long time but I have spells where it gets better then all of a sudden it gets worse than ever.

If anyone has ever had similar acne please help me and tell me what you did to rid this stuff away. Right now i am up for any treatment or anything no matter the side affects. I just want this stuff gone.

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I’m not 17, I’m so against medicine so I was wondering if there’s something I can take for when I PMS, because It gets really bad. When I PMS I get bloated, acne, sweet cravings, anxiety, depressed, fatigue, irritated, I have difficulty concentrating… it’s awful, the worst part about psming for me is the depression, I just get really low and I hate school I become really insecure and extremely shy. I just want to get rid of it, so pleeeease help me out if you can. I’ll greatly appreciate it. Thank you =]

My boyfriend and I have been together for three years, we are both 24 years old. The first two years I was on birth control pills. I started to hate them after awhile and stopped taking them. After that the only birth control we used was condoms, until that became a problem.

For one my boyfriend doesn’t like condoms because it takes away some of the feeling and also how he has to stop and put one on. But the biggest issue was a pregnancy scare, which turned out to be negative.

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Acne has never been a huge issue for me, but for the time it was, it was mainly on my chest and upper back. There are only minor small round scars there, but they haven’t much diminished. I’d kind of like to get rid of them. Is there a body wash or lotion (lotion that wont STICK to my clothes) that will help reduce these scars? Thanks.

Ok right now I dont have health insurance so its tough. Ok I have been stressed but I have been stressed out b 4 and other times my hair has not fallen out this bad. Could my problem be emotional, hormonal or are there some illnesses that cause your hair to fall out that I am not aware of. I have been crying a lot and not sleeping good. but my hair has fallen out since I was 18 I always thought I had a hormonal problem since I every 4 or 5 months I get cystic acne I have been suffering from anxiety so I wonder has anybody gone through the same thing?