There are some basic questions you can ask yourself to help you get started…

• First, how often do you break out?
• Do you have blackheads?
• What do your pores look like?
• After washing with soap, how does your skin look and feel?
• Do you have facial lines?

By asking yourself these questions, you can determine what types of products will work best for you and how your skin might react to them.

There are three basic skin types, but this does not mean your skin can’t be a combination of them. They are oilly, normal, or dry. You could have any one of these skin types, or a combination of them, such as normal to oily, or normal to dry. There are different products for caring for each.

Let’s break it down. Each skin type is characterized by different things such as texture, oil production, and frequency of breakouts.

People with dry skin do not suffer many breakouts, and rarely ever hav blackheads. This is because oil promotes breakouts by clogging pores and blackheads are caused by oil. If your skin is dry, you are not producing very much oil, therefore, aren’t prone to as many episodes.

Dry skin is also characterized by nearly visible pores, and may feel dry and tight after washing. Most people with dry skin are fair skined, and often develop facial lines earlier in life. This skin type also burns easily.

People with normal skin suffer occasional breakouts, and can have blackheads that appear mostly in the t-zone (the area on either side of the nose and on the forehead). Pores often appear visible in the t-zone, and the skin may feel tight after washing, but will soon become comfortable with oil in t-zone.

The skin coloring is usually fair to medium, and a few lines may appear early on mostly around the eyes. This skin type when exposed to the sun, usually burns, then tans.

People with oilly skin often suffer frequent breakouts with blackheads. The pores are often enlarged, and after washig the face may be oilly, with the nose and forehead quickly becoming shiny.

The skin coloring is often olive to dark. Facial lines are usually very few to none in occurance, and oilly skin usually stays preserved longer and does not age as quickly as do the other skin types. When exposed to the sun, this skin type rarely burns, but rather tans easily.

After you determine your skin type,you can find products developed especially for it. There are a number of products on the market for dealing with each type, as well as for combination skin. Once you find a regimen of products that work for you, you can begin treating your acne properly.

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Help from our readers:

I am doing a science lab titled “Dietary Supplements or Drugs? ” The symptom I chose was acne, and the solution, Proactiv. Personally, I don’t use it, so I cant read the box, but if you do, please tell me about the pros and cons of Proactiv. It is fine if the information comes from the internet as long as you state the URL. Thanks!

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Does anyone know of an acne treatment that actually works? I feel like I have tried everything, even already tried proactiv, and it doesn’t work for my skin issues! I just wasted my time and money on everything I use.

I hate my face. Please somebody help!

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Ok, I’m here to ask if there’s anyone out there who has seen dramatic results from Proactiv.

My acne is as bad as it gets. My skin is oily, very dry, very sensitive and very fair.

Most acne treatments dry out my skin very badly (especially salycilic acid and benzoyl peroxide)

So, would Proactiv work for me? I don’t get those every-once-in-a-while zits, no, my acne’s full time, and on my face and shoulders.

I’ve tried all kinds of things, and so far none of them have made any difference. I think I’ve tried every face wash my supermarket supplies, I’ve tried prescription treatments, vinegar (OUCH!), drinking lots of h2o (that just made me have to pee a lot!), not eating greasy foods or chocolate.

I AM DESPERATE! And although Proactiv is too expensive for me, it’s one of the very few things I haven’t tried yet, and I’m willing to pay the small fortune if it means getting clear skin. IF IT WORKS. So before I go and spend a ton of mula, please give me your full opinion on it

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I have read this: “Because acne appears to have a significant hereditary link, there is some expectation that cheap whole-genome DNA sequencing may help isolate the body mechanisms involved in acne more precisely, possibly leading to a more satisfactory treatment.

(Crudely put, take the DNA of large samples of people with significant acne and of people without, and let a computer search for statistically strong differences in genes between the two groups).

However, as of 2005 DNA sequencing is not yet cheap and all this may still be decades off. It is also possible that gene therapy could be used to alter the skin’s DNA?”

Where in USA can I get on this treatment?

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