IN THE MAIL: Acne for Dummies: Battle Breakouts, Reduce the Possibility of Scarring, and Keep Your Skin Healthy and Clear. You know, remedies for acne used to be largely bogus, but now they work. It occurs to me that I don’t see nearly as many pimply-faced teenagers as you used to, and I can’t think when I last saw a full-blown pizza-face, which used to be common. That’s one significant source of human misery that’s been largely cleared up. Hurray!