I have some pretty mild acne on my face, and average-to-bad acne on my upper body (chest, shoulders, back). Not so good for the confidence levels, I tell you. I thought what the heck, and bought some stuff from acne.org. So far, the results have been good.
So we're aware, I'm not advertising for them. The postage costs to Australia were pretty horrendous so I only ended up buying the cleanser and benzoyl peroxide. If you're able to get the other products they suggest elsewhere, then by all means do it (especially if you don't have access to a credit card or SPAM). I used to follow a particular daily regimen involving a cheap cleanser, toner (happened to have some in the bathroom) and moisturiser (very important!), and it also worked until I ran out of toner and couldn't find it in stores.
I still get the occaisional little breakout, but nowhere near as bad as I used to - there was a point where I would always have at least one big, sore postule at any given time, but this has stopped that completely. I strongly suggest you follow the instructions carefully, though, and start with small amounts - I initially used more than my skin could handle and the skin on my neck went really flaky for a few days. I cut back on it and within 3 days the flaking was gone.
In any case, NO MATTER WHAT, just ignore the fact that you have acne. Seriously. Even if it's pretty bad, most women will be more turned off by you being insecure about it than the acne itself. Don't look at it (if it's in a visible area...my shoulder acne would sometimes spread down my upper arm a bit - not so good for t-shirts) and certainly don't touch it.
Edit: I also recommended the stuff to my boss at work, whose acne is significantly worse than mine (she's 24 and I'm 20). She ordered some a week or so ago, so we'll have to wait and see how that goes as well.
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