I’ve fought with acne since I was a teenager. I tried almost all of the over the counter acne treatments in existence back then, and few of them helped at all. There was only one that helped at all, and it didn’t do much. I more or less gave up until I went to the doctor when my foot was run over (long story) and he brought it up.

Back then you didn’t hear much about prescription acne treatments, and most of what I had heard was negative. All of the prescription solutions I had heard of dried out the skin terribly, and I had no desire to replace one problem with another. But the doctor said he could give me treatments that wouldn’t do that, so I agreed to give it a try.

He put me on oral antibiotics and an antibiotic face cream. After a week or so, I saw a huge difference. Before long, I was acne free.

Unfortunately I had to quit the treatment because I got sick and had to take other medications that I couldn’t take with those. After that was over with, he quit the oral antibiotics and gave me the cream only. I broke out a little with that, but not nearly as much as before.

I eventually quit using the stuff altogether, and started having breakouts again. They’ve never been quite as bad as they were, but they are really annoying. I thought I would outgrow them, but so far I haven’t.

Given the fact that I don’t take care of my skin as well as I should, I guess I’m doing okay. Maybe if I start using something other than plain old antibacterial soap, it will get better. It’s probably worth a try, huh?