What facial products actually work for acne and dark spots?

Beware of using any products for acne unless they have been prescribed or recommended by your doctor. People make all kinds of suggestions about the best thing to do to cure acne. Some cures I’ve heard include putting oatmeal, honey, lemon juice, tea tree oil, cucumber, vinegar, milk of magnesia or toothpaste on your face. Practically every cosmetics company and company that makes personal care products makes something that is a “sure cure” for acne. If we think about this, and use some common sense, we have to come to the conclusion that there is no quick or easy cure for acne, because if there was it would be well known and doctors would be telling everyone about it.





Numerous companies make a lot of money persuading people to buy products that at worst will make the acne worse, and at best may help some people a little. Often fewer products are better. People often make their acne much worse by using too many products. There really is no quick fix for acne. Don’t spend a lot of money on products just because their ads say that they will cure acne. Your doctor is the best person to ask for help, and he or she may recommend some prescription medication or non-prescription treatment that may be suitable for you..





There are some very simple and basic things you can do that cost nothing. Keep your face or any other area affected by acne very clean. Any mild antibacterial soap will help with that. Rinse the area well to remove all soap residue. Drink plenty of water – it really does help to clear up acne. Eat a nutritious diet and get enough sleep. A healthy life style will make a difference. Try to reduce the stress in your life – stress contributes to acne, so also probably the more you worry about the acne and focus on it, the worse it will be.





Probably the most useful and effective things you can do are to apply hot compresses to pustules and cysts and never to pick or squeeze pimples. Playing with or popping pimples, no matter how careful and clean you are, nearly always makes bumps stay redder and bumpier longer.





Here are a few informative links with additional ideas about preventing and treating acne.





http://www.medicinenet.com/acne/article.…


http://www.acne.com/cause_effects/causes…


http://www.acnerecovery.com/acne-informa…





What facial products actually work for acne and dark spots?
Pro active is a load of **** with good advertising... the only thing that it has that works is a 2% solution of benzoyl peroxide... differin has a 5% solution and works quicker and more effectively... pro active may get the job done but as soon as you stop using it acne will come back...





the top of the line stuff will run you about 100 - 200 dollars but some insurance plans will cover it... you should use a combination of Duac and Differin... Duac will help with those dark spots your asking about cause it has a light bleach solution... for example some people who have sun burn put Duac on and when they wake up the sun burn has been bleached away...





for the most part Duac acts as an acne killer while Differin acts as more of a preventer... put em together and you get the ultimate acne fighting team...What facial products actually work for acne and dark spots?
definitely clean and clear products i use them all the time


at first i was like who cares about labels tried all types of products and theres this clean and clear cream in a little white tube which is by far the best works in under a day too.
Products like Neutrogena that have 2% salicylic acid in them work great.
clean and clear works great


just wash your face more often to prevent certain things


;) good luck
The Clean and Clear toner [in the blue bottle] works great for me. ^.^
Proactive works well for Acne.
oxy
oxy!!! works really well