1. Start with dial soap or dettol. Just wash the areas when you take a shower.
2. If that doesn't work, you can graduate to a stronger face wash with at least 2% salicylic acid.
3. If this isn't helping after a month or so, you need to see a dermatologist. I started with creams, then antibiotics, neither of which worked, and now I'm on Roaccutane which has a 94% cure rate. You do need to go through the stages before taking medication though as it can have bad side effects like severe skin dryness and susceptibility to sunburn!

Above all, don't pick or pop, if you have whiteheads mario badescu drying lotion (Around $12 I think) is good. Drink lots and lots of water and use an oil-free moisturiser and oil-free makeup if you use that. Bobbi Brown makes good oil-free stuff!

Good luck. It's a tough one, but I resort to wearing scarves with open tops etc. to hide the chest acne if it's flaring up. It's tough, but it will go away eventually!

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Here's what I found out after lots of research and trial and error, the hard way.

It's not a topical issue, it doesn't help much to treat it from the outside, it's an inside job. When you treat it from the outside it's like treating the symptoms, not the cause. You'll hear from many people that's not the case, and it's usually because they want you to buy their creams or lotions, and keep buying them month after month after month (or they haven't experienced the truth). Of course, when you stop using it (as you've experienced) your blemishes come back… because you're not treating the cause. And the costs for all of these routines/drugs add up month after month.

If you think about it logically, it makes sense. Why do we get rashes, breakouts, or other skin irritations? It's usually because of something we ate, something that wasn't meant to be put on our skin, something that caused us stress and our body reacts to all those things.

Bottom line is that most every cause of acne is related to what you eat, how you feel and how you take care of yourself. Your skin is a reflection of what's on the inside. We have lots of toxins building up in our systems and they have to be cleaned out on the inside and that will reflect on the outside. The blemishes, rashes, acne, etc are indications that your body is reacting to what you're eating, to stress, toxins, chemicals, hormones… literally a great number of things.

Basically what I did in a nutshell was clean out my system by taking out the processed and junk foods, and added as much fresh fruits and vegetables to my diet as possible. This part is key. I also started drinking a lot of water daily, starting with 3 or 4 glasses when I wake up (adding a squeeze of fresh lemon at times). I also got more active every day, walking, running, sports, jumping, whatever, just getting active. It not only gave me more energy, it help flush out the toxins that were clogging up my system.

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