If you can, I would have your parents take you to a dermatologist or at the very least, an esthetician. If this is not an option, read further.
All teenagers break out -- this does NOT mean they have acne. I have seen so many kids who jump on the acne bandwagon and end up ruining their skin.
What happens: Teen breaks out. Teen freaks out. Teen buys a multitude of harsh chemicals and slathers them on said breakout. Chemicals dry out skin. Skin is angry and produces MORE oil to restore balance. Teen breaks out because skin is angry and chemically imbalanced.
What I would recommend --
Washing Your face (2x daily) - Use a gentle cleanser (try Cetaphil)... Wet your face, and smooth on the cleanser. Start at your chin, and circle with your fingers up towards your earlobes, slide back to the corner of your mouth and circle to the center of your ear, slide to your nostrils and circle to your temples. Slide back to nostrils and circle up the nose. Circle on forehead. You can splash to rinse or use a washcloth for gentle exfoliation. (Wet cloth, rinse face... rinse the cloth and go over again to get any other residue off) Follow with a water based moisturizer. This will hydrate your skin with water so that your skin does not feel the need to produce excess oil.
Blemish treatment -- If you have blemishes, you can use several things to spot treat. 1: Boudreaux's Baby Butt Smooth. Yes, this sounds weird. But it works. Do this at night. http://www.buttpaste.com/BabyButtSmooth.php 2: Make a paste of powdered aspirin or baking powder -- place it on your blemishes.. it will draw the impurities to the surface so you may get rid of them. Do this no more than 2x a week.
Any sort of treatment generally takes about 4-6 weeks to show a HUGE improvement. What I am suggesting is that you let your skin try and balance itself without all those harsh acne treatments and see if it clears up a little. If it turns out you actually do have acne, Murad has an acne kit thats relatively inexpensive, as far as acne kits go. http://www.murad.com/acne-complex-treatments/
PS: I'm an esthetician...I've seen lots of teens ruin their skin with harsh treatments... so please try giving your skin a break.
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