Can the acne medication Proactiv, a well-publicized, and expensive, acne treatment be replicated at home?
Dermatologist Jeffrey Benabio suggests a more inexpensive alternative using generic pharmacy-branded products which have the same active ingredients.
The difference is more than half the price.
topics: acne, skin










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