My cycle is very regular – I have not had acne since a teen – I also just started having migraines 3-4 times a week starting about 3-4 weeks ago.

I have cystic acne, and my doctor told me that I should definitely try Accutane. The only issue is that my insurance doesn’t cover it and it would cost over $1000 a month. I’ve been using the Murad acne process and that’s been working well for me, but that doesn’t work for the cystic acne under the skin, only the blemishes on the top layer. Are there any other medications or products that have worked on cystic acne that you know of? Thank you times ten in advance.

For about the past 6 monts to a year I have been getting really bad acne on my cheeks, chin and neck. Hello I’m 37 years old. I thought I had my time with pimples when I was a teenager. Does anyone know why this could be happening and how I can make it go away. I can’t cover it with make up because it causes me to breakout more. I have tried the acne washes and astringents with no luck. I really don’t want to dry out my skin to much because it will create more wrinkles. So Yea, Can it get any worse, pimples and wrinkles.
Help me if you can Please.

Some kids are more prone to getting acne than others.
Some teens’ hormone levels are out of control, which means higher the hormones, the more likely the sebum will produce oil, which in turn causes “pimples”. Doing physical activity like sports make you less susceptible to having an oily face.
But thats just the beginning. Once someone gets “a zit”, they don’t have alot of choices before them and some people ‘pop’ pimples. Popping causes the ‘puss’ inside to spread out around the face if its not managed properly. Puss is basically oil inside that bump we call a pimple/zit.
And again, thats not even half the story, many factors can contribute as to why some people have it worse.

I am asking this because I am 27 and have a few little pimples that pop up constantly! My boyfriend does too and he’s the same age as me. People constantly think we are in our late teens, early 20′s. It is very annoying. Does having acne instantly make you young forever in other people’s eyes? We have an 8 mth old and older (and sometimes younger!) people are contantly “tsk tsking” us for having a baby so young. I have even had people say “aren’t you a little young to have a baby?” Can you believe that? Should I just be happy that I look so young or do I have a valid reason for being annoyed?
Also neither of us go sunbathing so we have no wrinkles starting at all.

I want to lessen the aprearance and occurance of the blemishes. I can even see them through my foundation. I pick at my skin and am trying to stop. I’ve tried every facial clenser I can think of. And the stronger ones geared to teens for oily super acne prone skin seem like they dry me out too much.
Btw I’m 22
Any foundation recomendations????

I’m going on vacation. I have a bikini that exposes my upper back, which unfortunately is covered with back pimples/zits/red spots.
What are some products I can use to get rid of them before my vacation? I don’t use any lotion or creams on my back regularly. I bought the acne body scrub, but that doesn’t seem to help.
And, what else can I do to get rid of this? Like, a particular clothing, etc.

proactiv is pretty expensive, but I’m looking for a good acne medication that really works.

Does anyone else in their mid twenties have more acne now than they did when they were a teenager. I do and it really bothers me because I cant find any face wash or acne cream that helps. Any ideas about something that might help?