My battle with acne seems to never end. I really need to find one product line that works well, and stick with it.
I used to use Proactiv. I decided to stop using it because there was no way to slow down the auto-ship thing enough so that I wouldn’t end up with piles of boxes of product.
Don’t get me wrong – Proactiv worked for me. But there are only two ways to get it – auto-ship, or at a mall kiosk. I personally boycott mall kiosks because the people who work at them tend to be pushy and annoying. I mean, I go into the mall in search of one specific item, and to get to it, I have to walk past these kiosks, where the salespeople yell at people as they walk by, trying to sell everything from a Custom usb drive to a new cell phone plan – none of which I came to the mall to get.
Also, the prices of the Proactiv products at the mall kiosk are a lot higher than auto-ship. So I won’t be buying any more Proactiv. I had enough trouble getting the auto-ship canceled, and I’m not about to start that back up again.
So after I stopped using Proactiv, I tried the Rare Minerals Blemish Therapy. It isn’t bad, but after several months of using it, I found that it doesn’t work as well as Proactiv. It does a good job of concealing and drying up existing zits, but it doesn’t do much for me when it comes to preventing breakouts.
Now, this recent rash of breakouts could just be hormonal, as it’s coincided with a bout of daily hot flashes. Those seem to have passed for now, but I still have zits.
So what I am going to do now is try AcneFree (pictured above). I’ve seen the commercials for this on TV, and it looks to be the same sort of 3-part system as Proactiv. But it has two things about it that appeal to me. For one thing, it is half the cost of Proactiv. And for another, I can buy it at a store like CVS, no shipping charges, no difficult-to-cancel auto-ship crap, I can just buy it when I need more. Heck, Mike is on so many meds that he practically lives in the CVS in Melrose, he can always pick the stuff up for me when I need it.
Anyhoo, I’m going to buy one of these AcneFree kits and see how well it works. Stay tuned for updates!
