I decided to do some research on acne creams on the Mayo clinic website.

The site says that acne creams can work by a variety of ways.  Acne creams can dry oil.  Some acne creams can kill bacteria.  Other acne creams even support removal of dead cells from the skin.  The Mayo clinic says that there are numerous creams that contain all sorts of medical ingredients (too lengthy to list here).  The Mayo clinic states that these ingredients are helpful in treating the acne that we all wish we didn’t suffer from.  The Mayo Clinic even discussed some creams that were created from vitamin A!  (Perhaps this means I need to reconsider a daily vitamin). 

Finally when it comes to creams, the Mayo Clinic talked about antibiotic creams that I could put topically on my acne.  The site says that the antibiotics kill bacteria on the skin (presumable this bacteria would be a cause of acne if not killed).  Overall a very informative site that gave me some things to think, and write about.   My mom recommends the antibiotic cream.  My doctor recommends the prescription strength cream with the medical ingredients.  As my mother suggested, and I agree, I would imagine that to some degree it depends on the type of acne as to which cream works best.