23 and still have acne... Blotchiness and discoloration!!! S.O.S!?

I have had acne since I was 11 and it was only a few pimples here and there and now they are all over. I thought it went away as you got older. I am african american and I have a lot of blotchiness on my neck, face (of course) and a few other places. I was wondering what products, procedures are good for my skin. I need a confidence boost! Thanks!

23 and still have acne... Blotchiness and discoloration!!! S.O.S!?
Applying lavander essential oil works wonders. I didn't really believe it until someone reccomded I try it instead of the standard on the shelf stuff.





Besides that, I have found the following things matter and tend to effect acne.


1) Eating sugar (and artifical ones). If you eat no sugar your predispotion to acne drops a lot. Mine completely vanished when I did.


2) Eating greasy fried food (aka fast food). I noticed I was able to feel outbreaks coming on as I ate the stuff. I think sugar matters more though.


3) Getting rid of hair covering the face (so beards, sideburns, or long curly hair that gets to your cheaks). I don't know why this one matters but it does.


4) Washing the face with water from a shower. The more you wash it the better it gets. However, chlorine which is in all tap water irritates it as well, so if you get the chance to get a chlorine shower filter that goes a long way to fixing your skin (and hair).





There are some other anecdotal things I am not sure of in anyway about acne, but I'd leave it as; if you are generally healthy then you will not get acne, so most of the time its best to just think of acne as an indictator for your body. Then again its a pretty awful one to deal with, and I went through a lot of grief before I figured out what I just told you.
Reply:you can use a mix of antibacterial liquid soap %26amp; hydrogen peroxide to bath in every-day and after words use a heavy moisturizing cream or lotion so your skin does not get to dry.


the peroxide boils out the pore and the soap kills the bacteria that causes the acne (pimples) all at the sametime
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