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Home and over-the-counter treatment

Here are general tips to prevent your acne from getting worse
Wash the face twice a day with a gentle soap. Washing your face more often than that may irritate and dry your skin. Avoid hot water. Using hot water can make your acne worse.
Do not [...]

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Prescription medication for acne

Treating Blackheads and Small red pimples
For non-inflammatory acne (blackheads and papules) the treatment of choice is the prescription drug tretinoin (Retin A, retinoic acid), a vitamin A derivative, or adapalene (Differin), also a vitamin A derivate prescription cream, or benzoyl peroxide 5% (Panoxyl) in the evening.
Both Retin A and Panoxyl may cause redness, burning and [...]

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