What's your most effective acne medication?

[Anonymous]

Or regime?
When I breakout, I get one huge gigantic disgusting white-head and can't get rid of it. What medication do you use for these monsters? I'm done having kids and breastfeeding so I can finally do something "stronger." yippee!

[Anonymous]

If it's just "a breakout," that's not acne. If you truly have acne, get antibiotics from a dermatologist.

[Anonymous]

Pro-Activ. It works.

[Anonymous]

A second vote for proactive.

[Anonymous]

Tetracycline and doxycycline worked for me. Go to a dermatologist.

[Anonymous]

i know people who are huge fans of proactiv. and for spot treatments, this little bottle of stuff from mario badescu. it looks like oil with calamine on the bottom. i know a handful of people that swear by it.

[Anonymous]

I use Tea Tree Oil. It's really the ONLY thing that worked on my face. You can buy it at Trader Joe's or Whole Foods.

[Anonymous]

My skin was breaking out like crazy and my dermatologist prescribed me epiduo. It worked really well. I used it every night for about 3 months and now my skin looks great. I don't use it anymore. Now I wash my face twice a day with a neutrogena wash that has salicylic (sp?) acid, and in the morning I use Burt's Bees acne control moisturizer, which also has salicylic acid. In the evening I use the neutrogena wash, then Philosophy's Save Me lotion with retin-A, and a nighttime aveeno moisturizer on top of that.

[Anonymous]

Proactiv. Love it.