Had serious acne for more than a decade. Tried many products, only to make it worse. Anyway, now it's fully cured after treatments; no more acne eruptions or scars. Most of my treatments were restorative; only the cheaper ones were for aesthetic purpose, like mani/pedicure, which most girls also like, esp. for attending events.

Had serious acne for more than a decade. Tried many products, only to make it worse. Anyway, now it's fully cured after treatments; no more acne eruptions or scars. Most of my treatments were restorative; only the cheaper ones were for aesthetic purpose, like mani/pedicure, which most girls also like, esp. for attending events.

So do you have acne scars, or just growing new pimples?

If you've done the necessary skincare to your skin, then it's most likely to be internal problems = need to change lifestyle or diet, coz you mentioned "Some pimples at the same place come and go".

FYI, where the pimples grow can indicate which part of the internal organ has problem. Are you aware of this? Can google, or if you need more info, can pm me.

Please consult a dermatologist and not a random stranger on the Internet for matters relating to your personal health.

Having unhealthy skin is a symptom.

You need to treat the disease.

Ah, I see. My acne was caused by stressful lifestyles, and I focused more on treating acne scars. In this case, follow cfa28's advice (as below) since you can't identify the root cause.

When you see a dermatologist for acne, the 2 common thing that they prescribe to you is usually oral antibiotics & isotretinoin right? So what does those 2 do to you? The antibiotics is to clear off the bacteria that causes acne i.e. propionibacterium acnes & propionibacterium granulosum. Those are the 2 common strains of bacteria on our skin that causes acne.

Next, isotretinoin.....commonly known as accutane or raccutane here. What does it do to you? It shrinks your oil glands until it can’t produce oil, thus your skin won’t be oily. So on top of disrupting your oil glands (touch wood if it gets permanently disrupted), isotretinoin also kinda damage your liver. Hence, something to consider before you pop those pills.

So the doctors remove the bacteria & remove the oil to solve acne. The big question is, are there alternatives to achieve those? Yes of course.

Work backwards a bit, if oil is bad then why is our skin producing it? What is your skin trying to tell you? Answer: our skin produce oil as a self defense mechanism to protect itself & to tell you that it’s dry & dehydrated. So, respond to your skin - keep it hydrated & moisturized all the time. That’ll help to solve the oiliness.

As for the bacteria, plenty of other alternatives to clear off the bacteria without side effects. Also more often that not, it is we ourselves that puts the bacteria onto our face via our bad habit i.e. touching our face. So never touch your face unless your fingers/hands are absolutely clean & don’t put any objects on your face either to avoid contamination. Think back do you usually put anything on your face? Selfie much? Peace sign? Fruits? Pen? Toys? Pillows?

If you have the money, try this milia seed treatment.

http://www.vl.com.my/rs-follicular-extraction.php

Then relook at what you’re using, look deeper.....does it really hydrate your skin? Does it really moisturize your skin? Or is it just merely marketing claims on the label. Front labels can be deceiving sometimes. What’s inside it that hydrate & what’s inside it that moisturize your skin?

Is your toner actually drying up your skin instead hydrating it?

If you have acne scars what are you doing to heal the scars?

Sometimes, it’s all about relooking at what you’re currently doing with a different perspective & question it. You may find the answer to your problems that way.