My body does get oily. When I went to the shore in the summer the salt water and sun almost completely rid myself of the acne. Then sure enough it came back.

So tanning in my experience helps. I've also took bath in baking soda which drys up the skin. epsonsalt works as well.

They will go away if we get rid of the culprit. I don't think we should have to live with acne like this at our age. I'm lucky its not on my face.

I will see what the dermatologist says and even try antibiotics but if that doesn't work im going to try to get off the tegretol.

On the other hand the medication works pretty well for me. It just sucks how meds have these terrible side effects. I seem to be extra sensitive to medications.