Lori C- Texas Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 We are entering into puberty!!:blink: It is like over night her skin has become pimple city! She is freaking out. I have not had to deal with pimples for over 15 years. What is new out there to help with the battle?? I was going to ask her doctor today at her well check appointment but I canceled. I was to afraid we would end up with the swine flu if we went to the doctor!! Lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc123mom Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 My 12 yr old dd developed a bad case of pimples mainly on her forehead--we tried home remedies(milk of magnesiua(sp?) and that helped some-basically dried out her skin-but what has really taken care of the problem is Proactiv--she uses the product faithfully and her acne has cleared up- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jann in TX Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 We get ours at WalMart. It works great and costs a LOT less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momof3Maidens Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 My daughter has really bad acne like I did when I hit puberty. She uses over the counter Cetaphil Daily Wash. It works really well but does dry her skin so she also uses the Mosturizer to go along with it. It does the trick for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only me Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Acne.org is a great website. We found it several years ago when dd (now 17) started having trouble with acne. Within a few weeks her skin was clear. She hasn't had any problems ever since. Her younger sister (14) uses the same routine with great results. We don't use their products but buy products that they recommend. Basically you need a mild cleanser, a cream with 2.5 benzoyl peroxide and a moisturizer. It's important to not use a harsh soap. It will irritate the skin more. Use 2.5 benzoyl cream. We use Neutrogena On The Spot cream. Anything stronger will be too irritating. The key though is to use a good amount of the cream and really let it soak in. 5-10 minutes later apply a good moisterizer. We have found this is very important. The skin can get irritated from the benzoyl. Irritation makes the acne worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori C- Texas Posted April 30, 2009 Author Share Posted April 30, 2009 Thanks for the advice! I will look into all of them. I have seen the proactiv commercials on tv but didn't know if it really worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat19 Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 We get ours at WalMart. It works great and costs a LOT less. What's it called? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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