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Back in high school, I never thought I’d be someone that needed use Proactiv. I may have gotten a tiny pimple all of like once or twice.

But in college, that changed.

Zits started to regularly pop up all over my face.

In particularly, they favored my forehead, making it look like I slept on pizza instead of my pillow. Here’s proof…

Some of you may be thinking, that this isn’t that bad.

But this photo was taken shortly after I had started using Proactiv. Plus, it was the summer so my skin is in it’s most radiant state.

Except for my forehead.

I tried anything I could get my hands on (thank you work study paychecks)! Proactiv was the only product that completely cleared up my skin.

Recently, I started to break out again. It usually does in the winter, because of my moisturizer usage. But this time it was much worse. It’s been my forehead all over again, only on the bottom half of my face.

I’ve hear of adult acne, but come on! Seriously?

So, I started using Proactiv again (well, Proactiv Plus).

Pros: Effective (like I said, it was literally the only product that cleared up my skin), a little goes a long way and the amount of product you receive can last over two months. I also happened to already have some (after discovering that extreme stress also triggers my skin to breakout). 

Cons: One thing I noticed about Proactiv is that typically my skin will get a little worse before it gets better. It’s kind of addictive. Not in a I need it, I need it sense, but more of a if you stop using it your skin tends to go back to looking like pizza really is bae. It can also be costly, especially if you go to cancel your subscription. 

For me, the pros outweighed the cons. Plus, this time I noticed that my skin didn’t get at all worse and started to clear up almost instantly!

Do you get break outs? Share how you treat them in the comments below.