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"Pizza Face"is what they called me and I tried everything.My mother always said
"You never had that when I used to wash your face."It was heartbreaking.
Finally she took me to a dermatologist which was amazing because my red neck family didn't go to the doctor unless you were either gushing blood or you broke a bone.
That's how bad my acne was.
I was put on a prescription that was very powerful.It didn't work for me.

I have since learned that the tendency to have acne is inherited and my father had suffered the same problem as a teenager.

Finally my doctor suggested laser treatment.Although there is no cure for acne,
laser treatment has produced encouraging results.
This is usually combined with other elements to gain the optimum results.
One such protocol starts with laser treatment to kill the bacteria
that causes acne lesions.
This is followed by using a special kind of acid to shrink the oil producing glands.
After that chemical peels are used to cleanse and exfoliate the skin.
Cell turnover is vital because dead cells clog up the pores and cause more acne.

There are several different kinds of laser treatments at different levels of strength and intensity.
It was a godsend for me.
I am a different person inside and out because of the miracle of Laser treatment
for severe acne.

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