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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, not at all affiliated with the brand, but I highly recommend the acne.org three-step system.  I have had acne since my teens and it has worked wonders.  Proactiv worked so-so; I tried everything else short of Accutane, and the only other thing that was okay was BCP.[/quote]

NP. I was just scrolling to the end to post exactly this. It takes time to work, but everything does -- there aren't any quick fixes. But one of the key messages of acne.org is that acne is inflammation, and stripping your skin's protective barriers and being rough physically in popping, scrubbing, rubbing, etc. can cause or exacerbate acne.

There are detailed instructions on how to use the acne.org products, and you can order them in small/travel or intermediate sizes. If they work you can get the large bottles and I think they have a subscription.

My 17 year old DS started having bad forehead acne recently (not helped by the fact that his hair is long in front and he messes with it all the time, putting his hands on his face, and he also touches/squeezes his acne all the time). The acne.org system has helped clear it up where Differin did nothing -- it's not gone but it's at least 85% better. The key thing I've had to nag him on is consistency in using in twice a day, not just at night after he showers. And that he has to do the washing part, not just slap on some zit treatment and go.

In addition to trying to cut out dairy and also cut way, way down on sugar (which is healthy anyway for many reasons), your dd might also try supplementing with a zinc/copper balanced supplement. And definitely get those silicone pimple patches and have her use them at night, after her treatment has dried. It's like those fancy Band-Aids that you use for blisters -- it helps reduce the zits and inflammation, and it also covers them up so the zits don't get touched or squeezed. Even if, like my ds, she only wants to wear them at night, they really do speed up healing.[/quote]

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