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A couple facts: I am 24 years old, I was previously on the pill for years and I've used Proactiv for the pat 3 years and it's worked wonderfully (until recently). What's up? Here's a little time line that helps understand the sequence of events.
August – September 2008: Went off of birth control after 7ish years of being on it.
\t(While off of birth control I started to notice breakouts but not \tcystic \tand I think this scared me which was one of the reasons that \tI wanted to go back on bc)
September 28th, 2008: went back on Zenchent (BC), continuously again
End of October/Approx. 20th or later: I started to seriously do job searching and planned on going back to school (technical college). I stressed myself out A LOT; I tried to figure out for which career, started doing tons of job quizzes and even a couple of job shadows. (I work full-time as an Admin. Asst).
Approximately November 9th, 2008: Acne started full force and it was sudden. Could it have been stress from job searching, etc?
\tA week later I tried a different kind of face wash (Murad) but it didnâ€2122t \thelp. It felt \tnice but it was exfoliating like the Proactive is. Didnâ€2122t \twork after a couple days, I could tell.
\tAfter that, I went back to Proactive and it helped for a couple/few \tdays then back to acne. Couldâ€2122ve been a coincidence.
End of November/Approx. 20th or later: I washed my hands of being stressed about it and considered my blessings and decided to hold off on any major changes.
Present day/December 17th: Not stressed and still breaking out. It seems to always be on my cheeks under cheek bone, back a little farther towards the jaw line as well as on my chin. Theyâ€2122re always under the skin. Sometimes they come to the surface, sometimes not. Always a cluster; one cheek and then the other, not usually the same time.
August – September 2008: Went off of birth control after 7ish years of being on it.
\t(While off of birth control I started to notice breakouts but not \tcystic \tand I think this scared me which was one of the reasons that \tI wanted to go back on bc)
September 28th, 2008: went back on Zenchent (BC), continuously again
End of October/Approx. 20th or later: I started to seriously do job searching and planned on going back to school (technical college). I stressed myself out A LOT; I tried to figure out for which career, started doing tons of job quizzes and even a couple of job shadows. (I work full-time as an Admin. Asst).
Approximately November 9th, 2008: Acne started full force and it was sudden. Could it have been stress from job searching, etc?
\tA week later I tried a different kind of face wash (Murad) but it didnâ€2122t \thelp. It felt \tnice but it was exfoliating like the Proactive is. Didnâ€2122t \twork after a couple days, I could tell.
\tAfter that, I went back to Proactive and it helped for a couple/few \tdays then back to acne. Couldâ€2122ve been a coincidence.
End of November/Approx. 20th or later: I washed my hands of being stressed about it and considered my blessings and decided to hold off on any major changes.
Present day/December 17th: Not stressed and still breaking out. It seems to always be on my cheeks under cheek bone, back a little farther towards the jaw line as well as on my chin. Theyâ€2122re always under the skin. Sometimes they come to the surface, sometimes not. Always a cluster; one cheek and then the other, not usually the same time.