Be Proactive for an Acne Solution

Jessica Simpson is lame and infomercials sell crap. We ALL know that.

Well, sometimes, even pigs fly.

Proactive Solution, the acne product that the Dumb Blonde pimps ACTUALLY WORKS.

I had seen it work first hand with a cousin in California who was miraculously transformed in high school, as well as a few other people I have known over the last few years, though not to the same extent. But you never really believe until you try it yourself.

I'm too old to get acne. Acne is for teenagers, kids going through adolescence, hormonal hell. Did someone say Hormones??? Try the first stage of menopause on for size.

Ok, that explains the hormonal issues, but whatever. Women my age just can't have acne. Period. It's un-American.

I'm not sure what happened, considering that I never had pimples even when I WAS an adolescent, so I was thunderstruck when my forehead and chin transformed overnight into a warpath of eruptions. Initially, I thought it might be an allergic reaction, but nothing had changed; no new products, no new foods, no new environment. Weird.

I tried washing my face twice a day instead of once, tried drinking more water, tried crushing an aspirin with water to add a little salicylic acid to my forehead....all to no avail. Of course, this led to wearing a hat to hide my "problem" which only served to exacerbate the acne. Daily, I swear I could feel my T-zone getting greasier and greasier. Ick.

If you can believe it, I endured this for 5 WEEKS. Finally, I hopped on the internet and searched for Proactive Solution.

The problem with ordering on this site, is they force you to sign up for this never-ending cycle of sending you product on a monthly/bimonthly basis. I don't want to sign in blood for life, just try the damned product, thank you very much. If there is a way to just buy the product one time without the membership, it wasn't entirely obvious.

Anyway, I've dealt with such membership issues before, and canceling becomes a ritual in frustration, so I fled this site and ordered from Amazon.com.

The product arrived a couple days later and I started it that night. Cleanser, Toner, Repairing Lotion. Simple and easy to use.

That night, I already felt a difference, but was cautious to be too optimistic.

The next morning, the diffence was pronounced. My skin felt much drier (which ironically, is my normal skin type) and the acne was no longer red and inflammed, and appeared to be healing.

By the second morning, the results were nothing short of astonishing. My acne was almost completely gone and the area was nearly smooth and blemish-free. I will admit that some skin discoloration remains because I scar easily, but this was to be expected according to the Proactiv website.

As far as ingredients go, I'm sure this is right up there with slathering your face in turpentine, but I'm too vain to embrace the acne. In this case, I am refusing to even research the ingredients.

Final word: Proactiv WORKS. Miracle in a bottle. I give it a 10 out of 10 for performance.