I use the Acne.org guy's stuff. I started out in the summer just using the products he recommends, and they definitely helped, so I figured it couldn't hurt to try his products. They're even better than the stuff I was buying at the drugstore, I'm almost acne free. I still get the odd pimple, but considering that my cheeks, jawline, and nose used to be covered in pimples, I'm pretty happy. I had cystic acne, and it was pretty painful. Now all I get are a few blackheads and small whiteheads. If I went back on birth control I'm thinking those might clear up too, it always seemed to help a bit, never completely cleared my acne or anything, but I didn't get such bad breakouts at certain times of the month.

I used ProActiv for a few years and had good luck with it, but then they changed the formula and it pretty much stopped working. Do not like the new formula at all, I'm not sure what they did but I've heard the same from a few other people. I also tried Clidamycin (as an oral antibiotic, I tried the cream first with little change) it only helped a little bit, and once I stopped taking it my acne got just as bad as it ever was. My doctor and I were thinking about Accutane, but I don't like the sounds of the side effects. I'm glad that I've found something that works now, that won't harm my body.