HELP! Itchy dry skin on neck and pimple problems too...eek

I'm glad to hear that. So far, the only other person who's been excited about it is my mom, lol.

you need to promote, get people who have blogs to do it

Sudocreme I find is good for the spots and is recommended for acne and e45 is great for the dry skin, perhaps ask the doctor for some cream for the dryness like epaderm or dermol. I work in dementia care and these creams are fantastic on delicate skin and i suffer from eczema so i have always had problems with dry skin and they work well but i do need to find a good non greasy one for my face.

its hard isn't it, to find a good face cream

When I had bad acne when I was like 15-16, my physician gave me a prescription for Differin, but I can't remember what it was like other than it worked without making my skin too dry. I would wash with benzol peroxide or whatever, dry my face off, then put on a bit of Differin. Did that for a couple weeks and my skin cleared right up. I haven't had acne problems at all since then--just the occasional stress zit.

I used to get really bad "backne" when I was 13. It was horrible! My back looked so bad I would never show it, not even in the pool. It would hurt a lot too and be really itchy! I think it was mostly from hormones because I'm 20 now and it has calmed down a lot. I ocasionally still get the odd pimple on my back. What I do is use Spectro Gel and a loofa on a stick and I really exfoliate my back and I find it helps a ton! I used to just use a shower puff and reach for my back but I find the loofa on a stick gives me the torque I need. hahaha

The only draw back is that sometimes the loofa is too rough for my sensitive skin but I guess that's the trade off.

With exfoliating bath stuff, you have to let the gritty texture of the ingredients work on their own; if you scrub too hard, you damage your skin which can lead to irritation and increased acne.

I heard that too. I like using honey and brown sugar scrubs

i have pretty bad acne on my face, and my skin is very oily, i have even have a few scras, i mainly suffer from alot of breakouts on my cheeks, would all these suggestions help for me too? and sorry michelle i don't mean to intrude on your post just want to see if the same thing would work for me.

All the suggestions should help you, as well.

But keep in mind that acne during your teens is likely a hormonal thing so it's going to be a lot harder to get rid of--time is usually the best healer for that aside from taking good care of your skin. Adult acne is usually related to genetics or stress and can be taken care of a bit more easily.

Sometimes, bad acne during your teens might require prescription face creams to really help get rid of it. Going on birth control can help get rid of acne, but it can also make you gain weight if a particular prescription isn't right for you. Certain pills, if they have too high a dose of hormones, can sometimes cause you to menstruate every two weeks, but if they have too low a dose they won't do too much for you at all. I had to live through all of that crap, so I'm not just BSing. lol

the hormon pills killed me, they made me too sick

lol okay then monika thanks again and i am on birth control, been on it for two years but i've never had any bad side effects