Acne and pimple problems started in my middle teens, around about 14, 15, in my high school years. I kept breaking out constantly. It felt like I just got rid of one pimple to get another one and that was sort of just in one area, so maybe all together I constantly had maybe fifteen large pimples and they just kept replenishing themselves.
I used a lot of different products, trying to fix the problem and nothing ever seemed to work for me at all. It really put a bit of a downer on life in those years of being a teenager. I just didn't have any luck with anything and then decided to go with trying to cover them with concealer and make-up and I just didn't want to be in photos and just didn't want to be around and nothing seemed to help at all or cover them.
It made me feel really, really low. I used to think to myself, Is this ever going to end? Am I ever going to get any better? My breakouts always seemed to occur in the times when I really needed to be clear, you know, had major events happening, needed to have a clear, bright face and I just had these major breakouts and just really affected my self-esteem.
I had seen the product on TV before and seen the Proactiv commercials and I was on the phone to my mother who had also seen the ads and had become quite interested in the product too, thinking it might be a great option for me. She reinforced that Proactiv might be the way I should go and we purchased it and went from there basically and never looked back.
When I first got my Proactiv kit I was really, really excited. I was really anxious to see if it worked, anxious to see how quickly it would work for me. I think the first week I tried it maybe a little excessively, just 'cause I would like to do it. And I couldn't believe how simple it was, you know, three steps and that's all it took. And it was unbelievable.
Before Proactiv, my skin felt really rough and sort of edgy and it was so complex. It was dry in spots, it was oily in others. It was blotchy and it had scabs on it. It looked horrible. After Proactiv, my skin looks soft, it looks toned. It's rarely got lumps on it. It's really clean and clear.
I think of Proactiv as my guarantee to clear skin. I know that I'm not going to have any breakouts. I know that it's working for me around the clock and that anything that I've got to face I'm going to have great skin for.