[madeinengland]

I'm assuming with all the experience on this site there's been some with soldiers and acne in the field. I'm just curious how you deal with this when on assignment.

I suffered from pretty bad back and chest acne when I was younger. I took acutane, and that cleared it up good. I have some nice scars left, keloids. They look pretty awful but cause me no trouble. However, I'm pretty sure if I was to go on a field training exercise, rucking all day long and not wash or change shirts for a few weeks, I'd have some trouble.

I saw a photo of a soldier in vietnam with "tropical cystic acne," and it looked pretty bad. The article said that this particular soldier was excused having to carry a ruck. Not really an option for an 18E soldier (EDIT: or any other for that matter).

I know hygiene is important when on operation. I'm just curious how you guys have dealt with acne, and if you've had to when on operations.

Thanks for reading.