Apple Cider Vinegar is cleansing,drink it and splash it on your skin and it drys and heals like almost instantly...
Drinking nettles is good and red clover for blood cleansing...

Really chocolate does make my skin go arrggghhhhh

If I eat cheese or any dairy product I get acne. If I cut out dairy completely I rarely get it. Take calcium supplements to get the calcium you need. Take calcium with magnesium and vitamin D. They help the body absorb calcium.

Wheat, Corn, Dairy Citrus, Soy, ALL common food allergens, limit one common food allergen per day or meal time to see if it helps. No, hydrogenated oils. Integument=Liver chi, yellow astringent herbs are best. Invigorating scrubs exfoliate.

I've found drinking the juice of 1-2 lemons in water each day helps, often makes it worse for a couple of days but after this is improved, something to do with the fruit acids being expelled through the skin i believe.
The juice can also be put neat onto skin overnight, stings a bit but its antibacterial effect is strong, if you dont mind waking up with a sticky shiny face that is!

hi katrina, i know that you have gotten alot of wonderful and helpful suggestions, but i just wanted to add a little more. first, i have found that overcleansing (especially if your skin is oily) can be harmful, it can wipe away the important oil that your skin needs so just a simple routine is good. maybe just finding a simple, non-soap, cleanser or gentle scrub, you can even make your own with a little clay and some ground oats, almonds and herbs such as chamomile and lavender and nettles (this can also double as a mask once a week if you want). then a simple spray of rose water is nice as a toner and if you have to use moisturizer use a dab of quality olive oil or grapeseed oil which is lighter. secondly, i have found burdock root or dandelion root to be very helpful for problem skin because the not only cleanse the blood but also cleanse the liver and help it to properly eliminate toxins from the body (which is one of the primary functions of the liver). sometimes it is good to work with the liver because alot of skin conditions stem from liver stagnation or the liver not being able to properly function for some reason or another. anyway, whatever you are trying i hope that it works for you!
greenest blessings in health and happiness
honeybee

heyyyy... i dunno, maybe this is silly- but for me, i find when i break out, its cus i havent changed my pillowcases in awhile! usually doing the laundry does the trick for me. haha, i know, i sound like a gross hygenically-challenged individual, but i just wanted to mention it. i dont eat sugar, fried things, wheat, meat, dairy... for me, i've always been more sensitive to environmental factors, moving between different cities and states usually causes or calms breakouts.

I agree with the comment that acne come from hormone imbalances and bacteria. I have always had a problem with mild acne UNTIL I had a tubal ligation. Ever since the procedure I have had a clear face. Testosterone is the culprit...and some of us are more testosterone sensitive than others.

dirty pillowcases are my worst enemy.
ive swapped out my old cotton ones to organic cotton and my face has been much better off. bamboo is also a good switch too.

I've found that foods high in antioxidants also help in making the skin clearer, as well as providing other health benefits. Blueberries, cranberries, and a variety of fruits provide a good amount of antioxidants.

Any kind of dairy will make me break out massively AND screws up my stomach really badly. I don't use dairy products anymore, the problem is, is that I like butter on my bread. So I have substituted that with soybutter. No breakouts.

As for cleaning up your skin: Just do what you always do, wash it with a non-soap facial wash in the shower. If it is all really bad, don't use too much facial scrub, until your face is ready for it. After you've dried off your face, you apply organic lemon juice, except for the areas around your eyes. The reason you have acne is that your facial skin is too alkaline (dairy will do that for you, amongst other things). A healthy facial skin is acidic, hence the lemon juice. At first it will burn and sting, if it is too much to handle, rince it off. After a couple of days your skin will have become more acidic and then you don't rince the lemon juice off anymore. This will be your skintoner too! Now your skin can handle makeup without freaking out! Your skin will look amazingly healthy.

I can speak from experience. My skin has always been really bad. The pimples and blackheads I had were big and gross, in large quantities (especially around my chin and mouth) and when I tried to get rid of them, they wouldn't come out! In december I started doing the above drill and now I don't even use the lemon juice anymore, not eating dairy is enough. My skin is still oily, but my powder will take care of that, oily doesn't have to mean pimply! Every once in a while I will have a small break out, due to my period or eating dairy without my knowing it, but now they are SO easy to get rid of! I can recommend this to anyone with acne.

Good luck!