Good moisturizer: Because you'll be using lots of 2.5% benzoyl peroxide, your skin will most likely be dry and a little flaky. Applying a good moisturizer will help keep your skin in balance and allow you to go out into public with non-flaky, normal looking skin, thus your skin have been cleared. When you get older, a larger and larger segment of the population is very interesting in anything about anti-aging. Be it special creams, surgery, nutrition, genetic manipulation, hyperbaric chambers, there are many avenues of research. Some people will have you believe that anti-aging is not possible. I think this is untrue, but it requires that the concept of anti-aging be defined properly.
Gentle face wash to get your skin clear: A gentle face wash will help prepare to clear your skin for benzoyl peroxide. Removing surface oils allows the benzoyl peroxide to penetrate more easily. Washing very gently helps avoid irritation. While scientists and doctors do not know exactly what causes acne, we do know that irritation alone can make it worse.