Scorpio Rising

Proactiv has been a miracle for my skin! I hate to gush over it but I have tried so many different things over the past 12 years that I had all but given up hope. I saw a dermatologist back in '89 and got 7 shots in my face the first visit. I had whiteheads and blackheads. The breakouts were so bad it literally hurt to smile. Besides being embarrassed of the lumps I also hated the red marks that seemed to take forever to fade. I would just try to cover it up with heavy makeup, even trying Dermablend at one point out of desperation. I was on Tetracyclin, retin A and a host of other oral and topical medications over the years. The acne would get a little better but never enough for me to go makeup free. Accutane was a huge waste of time. The best reults I ever had was after my diagnosis in '99 with Demulen (BCP's) but that caused me to go into a clinical depression. Spiro alone never helped my skin either. Last summer I went off all meds in an effort to try and go natural but unfortunately my hairloss excellerated and my skin blew up! I was devastated (my own fault I know) and couldn't believe that at the age of 35 I had breakouts worse than most teenagers I know. Crying only made it worse. Anyway, this past May I saw the Proactiv infomercial again on TV and dedided to give it a try. My skin looks better (clearer and firmer) at 35 then it ever has. I rarely get a pimple and when I do I just put a little extra repairing lotion or the refining mask on it and VIOLA! the next day it's all but dissapeared. I am also back on spiro and have been taking Yasmin since Oct '02 but it was the Proactiv that really made the difference. I wish I had before and after pictures so people could see the difference. I rarely wear foundation now except to cover two very old red marks and my freckle mustache (Yes, my freckles have ganged up and formed a mustache on me! It's quite attractive, really!). I'm trying Philosophy's Lighten up kit for the freckles and red marks but I haven't been using it long enough to form an opinion yet. Anyway, that's my success story with Proactiv. I LOVE IT and am so thankful it has worked for me that I only hope it can help someone else. Good Luck ladies!

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