Hi Plasticat, my son who has been suffering from bad Acne for the past 3 years is at last getting some good results. Apart form a healthy diet,2litres of water, Zinc Magnesium, chromium, probiotic, B complex with amino acids formula, herbal mixture to balance his hormones, detoxify and support the liver, he has been having 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in the mornings and also applying it diluted 50% after his wash, during the day he drinks a glass of lemon juice with water, he is also taking glyconutrients which is prepared at home you can get the recipe on this link
http://www.burnoutsolutions.com.au/glyconutrients.htm


I add to the glyconutrients spirulina powder and vitamin C, he also takes vitC during the day up to 2,000mg per day.

To his skin he applies his own urine once a day usually at night so he does not have to wash it off, this is fantastic you must try it, or research it on the net there is nothing so healing as your own urine I have seen sores that would not heal for months disappear over a few days with just urine. He also applies hydrogen peroxide and borax mixed together to a cotton pad and holds it for 10minutes to any of the cystic ones in order to get them to pop and sure enough they do and heal within a couple of days, he also applies tea tree oil during the day to spots to assist with healing process.

His washing routine is the following
Morning:
use a mild cleanser to wash face (most important not to irritate the skin, he used to use harsh products with disastrous results, mainly redness, and soreness and more pimples)

apple cider as a toner (diluted)
sometimes rose water as a toner
Aloe Vera gel
Benzol Peroxide 2.5% (a generous amount)
Once face is dry apply a moisturizer which should contain Vitamin C (This is very important if you don't do it the skin will continue to produce more oil, he uses a moisturizer from uskincare which is light but not oil free, it's an aromatherapy cream whith some healing essential oils.

At Night:
Same procedure except that he applies urine instead of apple cider

Twice per week he exfoliates gently with an aromatherpy product from uskincare made with bamboo and after that he applies mud-mask from the same company, I don't know if you can get this products in USA, we live in Australia, but anyway try to get something that is a gentle natural product.

I know this seems a lot of trouble but he is getting results, at last he is not depressed about getting new lessions everyday, he has been left with heaps of scarring but we will deal with that as soon as the last pimple has gone, meantime some of the scarring appear to be improving, it seems due to the apple cider, aloe gel and vitC moisturiser or maybe a combo of everything he is doing. He was just like you before not being able to find any releif, he was always in a lot of pain, his skin was so angry, red irritated, flaking pussy etc, he just did not want to go out or be seen. Everything turned around when we went to a naturopath who put him on the supplements mentioned above, diet etc and told him that his skin needed nurturing and strenghtening rather than attacking it with chemicals and she was right, you don't need to dry your skin up it will get worse, the opposite works better.

Best of luck

You might just want to try taking more. I had the same experience and saw results when I took more. We all respond differently and for some (as with me) it take months to see any results. I bumped up mine to 1 teaspoon full 3 times a day and finally saw results after a month. Once you see results you can lower the amount you take. Since you already have the product you might want to try.
Cheers!