acne on chin and forehead
 

how do i get rid of this w/o doctor?

i heard rumours of peroxide, alcohol, and soap....

any tricks you guys use or know? its jsut on my chin and forehead so its kinda wierd...and they only come at a few at a time, but they are annoying and make me look worse

thanks

Moved to ANGST (that's where you ask for advice on personal issues).

I'm afraid I have no miracle tips to offer (though I've heard rumours about toothpaste working wonders), but in my experience, the best way to avoid acne issues is a healthy lifestyle. I've noticed I'm much more likely to break out when I pull all-nighters, skip meals, neglect to shave/wash and stuff.

Oh, and god help you if you scratch it. Though I know it's hard to resist sometimes...

Drink lots and lots of water. No soft drinks, or other methods of injecting kilos of sugar into your bloodstream. No chocolate. Eat healthily and excercise. It works wonders.

Besides the water part, wash your face often, especially after you've been to someplace dusty, or when your face is really oily. Try to use organic soap, so the chemicals won't dry up your face entirely.

Yeah, I was wondering that. Does this mean that switching to diet soda should help? 'Cause I was drinkin' 3-4 sodas a day, but switching to diet didn't help my acne (though I'm sure it helped me in other ways).

Soda is soda. Diet soda or whatever soda doesn't help in anything in anyway. Oh wait, soda actually helps to deteriorate your voice and helps you put on weight. Cut soda and drink more water for a healthier lifestyle.

It still has tons of other bad crap in it. Like Scarlet said, just try switching to water for a while. You'll probably even feel healthier.

Wash your face in the morning, when you get home from w/e you're doing during the day and before you sleep. It doesn't have to be anything special, it can be as simple as using a wet cloth to using those special soaps/facial cleansers. I simply use a wet cloth.

After that, ya like it was said earlier, drink more water. It might be due to the fact you have long hair (bangs) and facial hair. Is that the case?

Sadly, I hate water. I dunno... if I drink a lot of water, I just feel yech. So I figured... if I'm gonna drink soda no matter what, might as well pick the one that kills me slower.

Besides, diet soda doesn't cause you to gain weight. It can cause you to crave sugar, the eating of which would cause you to gain weight.

Even better, drink tea

Well sure the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition says that! But it's even worse for your teeth than coke, isn't it?? That's the only thing that worries me about it. Personally, I like tea. But my teeth aren't exactly pearly white.

As long as you brush your teeth regularly you can drink most anything and they'll be just fine.

I find my facial hair gives me more acne then anything else like oily skin.

I have looong hair that rest on my forehead. I've never had any acne problems there. My chin/cheeks/neck area where I shave though, is very hard to keep acne-free. I think it comes from agitation while shaving... Dang sensitive skin. What can you do?

I used to have a bad case of acne and really, I just think it's hormones. There comes a period of months (or a couple years) where it gets bad, and no matter what you do it won't go away. What I recommend is that you wash your face 3x a day with facial cleanser. Avoid touching your face. And just eat a lot of fruits and vegetables. I won't expect fantastic improvement, but it's better than nothing. Once the period of acne wears off, continue keeping care, because sometimes when a stressful time occurs (finals, etc) it may come up again, but not as harshly.

It seems I've had the opposite experience of many of you. When I started growing facial hair, acne almost stopped entirely. Perhaps it was due to some unrelated occurence.

I've actually noticed the same exact thing. But that just might mean that the acne phase of my life was over, and facial hair was my reward. But who knows.

When I have facial hair I don't have as much acne, I agree. Either it's because the facial hair covers it up, or shaving causes the pores to become irritated or something.

Use benzol peroxide [I think I spelt it right], and just be healthy overall. I never had a full-out pizza face problem, but I had them come and go. Try to resist popping them though, because they will probably scar.