Linda Jane asked: I’m almost 22 years old. During my teen years and puberty I never had acne- with the exception of the occasional but rare pimple on my face, I consider myself lucky for not having to go through the acne phase most of my life.

As I’m getting older I’m noticing more and more acne starting to develope on my face. I don’t have an oily face or T-zone acne, it mainly developes on my chin area- and at the edges of my eyebrows. It’s not the acne thats full of puss and nasty- it’s 99% little annoying red bumps that usually turn out to be a black head in the long run.

My mother struggled with adult acne, so could this be happening to me? And what products would you recomend? I have semi-sensitive skin so Noxema or Neutrogena just breaks me out more- which is also a problem!

Any advice?

Help from our readers:

Hi, I used proactiv for about a year. It was amazing. My acne was gone. Then all of a sudden in December Proactiv started to severely dry my skin. Since then, I have transfered to natural methods of clearing skin. This only works so well though.

Anyhow, I used Proactiv once a day for a year. Again, it worked great, but dried my skin. I want to start using it again because it worked amazingly for the first year, but I am afraid it will dry my skin like it did the last month I used it again making everything worse. Any suggestions?