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proactive
Does proactive really work? I know its different for certiain people but im just wondering if it worked for you. I dont have wicked bad acne but i have my breakouts. If it doesnt work for you what do you use that does work?
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Yes!! It works amaaazingg. My skin is really dry and I get blackheads, not bad acne but it does work really good and makes your skin feel really really soft. If that doesn't work then, I don't know. Proactive is the best I've used.
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the whole time i had proactive i had maybe 2 breakouts and that was about a year. it was amazing! and i was like you, i didnt have acne just random breakouts that i hated.
but the proactive starts to get expensive after a while. so if money is a problem for you, i found this other stuff called AcneFree, its the same as proactive, just cheaper and you can find it at walmart.
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ohh my gosh yes! i had the worst acne ever - and everything my dermatologist gave me NEVER worked. i had cystic acne too and it rly worked. my mom&i decided to go back on proactiv (the last time i tried it i didn't give it enough time) its AMAZING. except if you go off of it even for a couple of days - you'll break out like mad. i think it's deff. worth it though.
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Well, a friend of mine used to have pretty bad skin but her skin has cleared up after using Proactive. She still has some scarring from her acne, but the product has cleared up most of it. She told me that in order for it to work you need to use it everyday, so its not something that you use every few days. I never used it, but I think you need to use it religiously in order for it to work.
~Maria, 17
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We bought the ProActive for my 16 year old daughter and it worked really well for about a month. Then it just stopped working. She has since started taking care of her skin the same way I do and hasn't had major breakouts in about a year.
Wash your face with plain ol' Ivory Soap. Before bed, because your face gets oily overnight, use plain alcohol. If you have a major pimple coming up put toothpaste on it before you go to bed, after the alcohol and it will either come up or go away in the morning.
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Okay, so I'll tell you what I do to keep my acne under control. Yeah, I wasn't exactly blessed with perfect skin, but these products that I use are very inexpensive, and seem to work well. It has taken me awhile to see results, but you have to keep at it, and have some patience. I have tried everything, and these are the products that are the cheapest that *I* could find and seem to work well. Then again, everybody's skin type is different. You just have to see what works for you!
I wear makeup to cover my zits, and it seems to work well. However, MANY many many people make the mistake of forgetting to wash it off! You can do this with a simple bar soap:
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You don't need a special make-up remover to take off your makeup. However, for eyes, this is what I use since I can't always get to my eyes with products not designed to be close to them [results in stinging, and general pain in the eye]:
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Every other day, I use this very inexpensive mask to clean out my pores [I used to have large pores on my nose], and to keep my skin feeling fresh and clean:
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The thing that I love about this mask is the way that you can take it off. You can peel it off, it's kinda fun. :-P
I use a cheap/imitator version of Pro-Activ called AcneFree. I have tried a friend's Pro-Activ kit for about a week. Honestly, I think that they work the same. AcneFree, however, is a LOT cheaper.
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Using these products in a 'routine'. First, I use the AcneFree in the morning when I wake up, and in the evening before I go to bed. IF I wear makeup that day [powder, foundation, blush, etc.], I use the Dial bar soap. And finally, I use the peel off mask just to open up my pores and clean them out.
My results: I have noticed that my acne has gotten a lot better, zits do not appear in clusters as they used to. Now, I just get zits on my hairline [since my bangs are always in my face, need to do a better job at managing that], and my pores on my nose have gotten a LOT lighter, and are barely noticeable.
Again, like I said, I had to try a lot of different products to see what works. A thing that you can try is, is if you have a friend who has acne has well and is willing to share their products, then you can 'sample' them before you buy them for yourself.
Good luck! Hope I helped!
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i used proactive and it worked in the beginning but now it doesnt really work as well. i have perfectly clear skin like no lie but i just like to keep it clean and i have 1 pimple every 6 months or something. but i suggesdt you try it for yourself cause some people are different
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