 [ Symptoms ] my knee locked really bad where i could not unlock it without horrible pain or force [ Disease ] treatment at home can help reduce acne flare ups wash your face or other affected skin  gently one or two times a day do not squeeze pimples because that often leads to infections worse acne and scars use water based skin care products that gently clean your skin avoid products such as milky cleansers cold creams lipsticks and lip glosses that contain oils use over the counter medicated creams soaps lotions and gels to treat your acne always read the label carefully to make sure you are using the product correctly examples of some over the counter products used to treat acne include benzoyl peroxide such as brevoxyl or benzac  which unplugs pores alpha hydroxy acid which dries up blemishes and causes the top skin layer to peel you will find alpha hydroxy acid in some moisturizers cleansers eye creams and sunscreens salicylic acid propa ph or stridex which dries up blemishes and causes the top skin layer to peel tea tree oil which kills bacteria you will find tea tree oil in some gels creams and oils other products that may help your overall skin condition include skin pore cleaning strips when you peel these sticky strips off your skin dirt andor makeup is removed by the strip you will have better results if you follow the directions for using topical medicines if you use a product too often acne can get worse webmd medical reference from healthwise this information is not intended to replace the advice of a doctor healthwise disclaims any liability for the decisions you make based on this information © 1995 2011 healthwise incorporated healthwise healthwise for every health decision and the healthwise logo are trademarks of healthwise incorporated