how do i control my acne??

[beana3]

well ladies, i recently stopped using the pill for a number of reasons, mainly because the ONLY thing it EVER helped me with was controlling my acne, and nothing else. since then my face has developed a lot of tiny little bumps and some small pimples (nothing too major at the moment).
my grandfather told me to wash my face at night and apply fresh squeezed lemon to my face and let it sit for 10 mins and rinse with cool water. he reccomended that i do this for 10 days..... now i know that this helps get rid of dark spots and helps the face have a nice glow to it, but im not exactly sure if i remember it helping with my acne too much. (i've used this method before, but i was on the pill and cant give an accurate measure of its effectiveness) ...
this lemon recipe has apparently been used all throughout the south for many years.. i can attest to its benefits.

but on the flip side.. i want a way to control and prevent these little monsters from happening. any over the counter product reccomendations???? i know that blkmane mentioned the sulfur soaps helping with acne but i've been having trouble finding them.

[NayNay]

http://www.acnedoctor.com/glycolic_acid.html
http://www.med.umich.edu/cfcs/glycolic.htm

Girl do I hear u on the acne. All through high school and until I hit 25 I had PERFECT skin! Beautiful...all of a sudden my skin just TRIPPED. I have been on antibiotics, retina A, benzoyl perioxide, and etc. I also tried natural products and believe it or not they worked better than ANYTHING! Here are a couple of things to try. I started using Tea Tree wash (prevents breakouts-in a yellow bottle forget the name) and a sulfur soap (helps eliminate dark marks) (Try Health food storefor products -Wholefoods). Drink a lot of water IN ADDITION to what u normally drink. I drink about 70 oz per day! When u wash your face DO NOT use a wash cloth or a towel use your hands to wash and let the skin air dry. While it is drying try put on your moisturizer/sunscreen. That worked and my skin is ALMOST CLEAR and I noticed BLACK HEADS UGGHHH! So I went to a dermatologist and she hipped me to (the links above). GYLCOLIC ACID and Differin gel. Glycolic acid u can buy on line the 2nd link is the brand I use. I also use a heavy duty sunscreen 30UVA. Dermatologist says heavy duty sunscreen helps diminish the dark spots and I have noticed IMPROVEMENTs! She also gave me a betahydroxic (I think that is the name and is the same type of product) deep facial mask. I use all the facial mask, glycolic acid, and sunscreen and everyone says my skin looks a lot better. The Differin is a prescription and does wonders eliminating pimples! Best I have seen they disappear QUICKLY! Hope this helps. check out the links and good luck Girlfriend! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Honey Vibe]

Great advice! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
All I can say is that my acne problems began on the inside, and topical ointments didn't seem to affect them much. Er, why'd you go off the pill again??