The acne "cure" - anybody try this?

i tried it when the link was first posted here... i tried it for like 4-5
weeks. maybe a little more.. didnt see any noticable difference.. it didnt
exactly make things worse..but it didnt make things better either....so i
dropped it because its one pain of a regime to keep up..
deuce.

"Michael Parks" <mdparks.RemoveThis@gmpexpress.net> wrote in message
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> The people on the acne.org boards are raving about this, but these are
> the same people who have raved about sticking scotch tape on your
> skin, and urinating on your own face, so...
>
> Basically, you apply 2% salicylic acid in the morning, leave on for a
> few minutes, and then rinse. Then you apply an 8-10% glycolic acid,
> leave on for a few minutes, and rinse. At night, you do the SA again,
> followed by a 2.5% benzoyle peroxide cream. You're supposed to use an
> icepack on your face for ten minutes after applying the BP, and then
> rinse it all off, but that seems a bit much.
>
> It seems like it would work well enough, but, lord - SA, GA AND BP all
> at the same time? A heavy-duty moisturizer would be required,
> obviously. Even with a moisturizer, this seems like it would be drying
> to the point of being painful.
>
> I'm thinking about trying this, since my old routine has stopped
> working, for some reason. Problem is, I don't know where to get the
> 8-10% GA. Anybody know any over-the-counter products that would have
> this?
>
> Michael