My kid's got zits

Thirteen years old and puberty’s set in.  No matter how short he keeps his hair, that forehead looks like the surface of the moon I used to look at in the mirror at his age.

Acne treatment isn’t something easy to talk to a teenager about. The eyes avert, the head turns, it hurts a kid honestly. The best thing a parent can do is make available the few basics.

Noxzema, what was considered the ‘go to’ company for years, has gone ‘GIRLY’! Check out www.noxzema.com and you’ll see what I mean. Forget telling young males about this product, they won’t live it down in the halls at school. The shot to the right is from their front page.

The basics:

1. Keep it clean, gently.
2. Tell him to talk to his doctor.
3. Watch the diet.
4. Don’t revisit the subject for at least a month.

For us we opted for a gentle prescription from his doctor, one topical and one oral. These days there’s options available that we didn’t have as parents, so it’s a good bet to check with the doctor…chances are the doctor won’t make it a priority to ask in this area.