November 2009: My acne had become severe, I would have described it as acne fulminaris. My dermatolical appointment was not until february 2010. I was desperate and began to search the internet. I came across the website acne.org, which heavily recommends benzoyl peroxide. I had heard that this was extremely irritating and dryed your skin out terribly.

However i really didn’t care anymore so went to the chemist and bought BP 10%. My face went bright bright red and flaky and I immediatly abandoned BP and returned to adapalene.

December 2010: Acne getting really severe, with huge nodules and cysts starting to join together - to form like a riverworks of acne. I am forced to re-try BP. This time 2.5% and with a good mositurizer. It doesnt have the severe affect as it did the first time. It seemed to be drying the spots out effectively but I had so many at this point that I could see no dramatic improvement. My acne was so bad my mother thought that I could have a secondary infection and retruned me to the GP to ask to see a private dermatoligist.