So, I've had mild acne all my life on my face, back, and a bit on my upper chest. I am now 20 and have recently heard that this could be due to your diet. I then was drinking 5-8 cans of coke a day, and I cut it out of my diet completely, roughly 3 months ago. Now today my acne has gone from mild to boarderline severe.(as i don't get huge cysts).

I am not on birth control or anything like that. I have gotten much encouragement to go on proactive. I've been on accutane, it worked when I was younger but I couldn't handle the dry skin and lips so i quickly got off of it.

My acne very well could be genetic, i doubt it's my diet, i've run out of options. Should I go for proactive and give it a shot? Or am I just wasting my money and time?

I used Proactiv for a few months in my attempt to prove that I had exhausted my options before Accutane.

I noticed that my skin cleared up somewhat, but my skin was SO OILY. I think it brought it all to the surface...I had oil absorbing tissues, and I would go through 3 of them twice during the day (washing my face in the morning and evening).

Whenever I would miss a single day of treatment, my acne would flare up SO badly. My concern was that I was going to be on it for the next several years. My theory is that anything that they're willing to give you free for a month probably won't be a long-lasting remedy.