Dear Noel,
Thank you for posting your question to HCM.
From your description above I cant quite understand how severe your
acne is, if you have only
white spots, or black spots and nodules as well.
Anyway, I want to reassure you that acne is a very common problem that almost every teenager can expect to experience to some degree during the adolescent years, and that with the years it may go without the need of treatment, if its in mild severity.
Some advises that may help are:
--to keep the face clean, washing twice a day with soap and water but without rubbing on the skin, since more frequent washing and not being gentile with it, may make acne worse.
--Proprietary antiseptic products for acne may be beneficial. Some specific soaps or solutions you may find in the pharmacies of your country that can be taken without prescription.
--There is also increasing evidence that diets with a high glycaemic load and those containing a large amount of dairy of milk products can aggravate acne. So a diet with control on carbohydrats and fatty foods may help sometimes.
If you have any other question, feel free to ask.
Take care
Dr. Klarida