I am having a lot of problems with spots, too. I never used to mind them much, but I hit 30 in June and I am getting frustrated now. I have had them since I was 12, and I am starting to scar quite badly. Thye seem to get worse towards the end of the cycle, but I never seem to get rid of them completley. Latley I noticed as well, that they have changed and turned into those which stay about 3 weeks, without ever getting "ripe". They just hurt and are quite big and very difficult to cover up with makeup.
I did notice, that they improve, when I go home to Germany, so maybe they are related to the fact, that I live in London. I have tried doctors, creams and the Pill, but nothing has helped yet and I refuse to take Acutane. I just have to hope, that they will go one day
I read the tip about the nappy-rash cream. I don't recognise the name. Could you list the ingredients ? Maybe it is known under a different name here in the UK (Sudocream?)

I once had and am sometimes prone to getting brown patchy spots under my breasts. They are very light in color and do not have texture, hurt, or itch. They're just there . I just happened to be at the dermatologist having something else looked at and I asked her "by the way, what's this?" and she said that it was yeast. She gave me a cream called Spectazole, and it worked well and cleared it up. It has tried to come back a few times and I decided to experiment using monistat left over cream from a previous vaginal infection. And it worked! I do not know if this is the same type of yeast as what people get on their face (there's probably many different kinds of yeast), but it sounds kind of similar. I don't know if I would put monistat on my face though...

I'm actually looking forward to the side benifit Raven mentions of less/no more yeast infections "down there." For the past year I've been having them a lot and it drives me crazy! I know it is due to my eating sugar and carbs, because I used to be very strict about not eating sugar, and consequently never had yeast infections. Now I eat sugar everyday and so am going on Atkins starting this weekend... Yes I'm a newbie :-)

I have very oily, large pores, and I exfoliate at least every day, and use a moisturizer. Yes... a moisturizer! Oily skin, when scrubbed clean, gets really stimulated to produce oil and the skin will be dry with this layer of oil, and prone to irritation. I've found that using moisturizer actually helps control my skin's oilyness and I break out a lot less! I have pretty tough skin so all this exfoliation and scrubbing is good for me as long as I moisturize... don't know if it would work for others though.

Thanks everyone for writing about their experiences.

Deni

Desitin was the only thing that cleared up 'flat warts' on my face and hands. Freezing, burning - nothing worked like Desitin. This worked for my friend, too.

Just passing on a little home made health tip -
XOXO AntiM

Has any one else experienced a rash on your torso from doing a low carb diet? It is sort of red and blochy, but not very bumpy and it doesn't itch and isn't painful?

I started Atkins 22 days ago and feel great except I got this rash that started on the 8th day of my diet, then 3 days later it had spread, and now has spread a little bit more. I went to the doctor last week and she prescribed me Zyrtec thinking it was an allergy to eggs or something else and also gave me hydrocorizone cream if needed, which I haven't had to use much. If any one knows or has experienced this too, please let me know. Also, if you know the cause, if it will go away, ect . . . that would be great!