What's in the acne cream?

So I was thinking(not very hard) and I came up with this:
1. People want to make money off of something that a lot of people struggle with.
2. They decide to try help people who have acne.
3. They find the cure but think to themselves:"Hmm... if we cure acne then there wouldn't be any customers left, so why don't we make the cure only temporary so that they pay us money to keep their skin clean"
4. They do so and a lot of people are fooled.

Now my question is Is this really true. If anyone of you wise older people have dealt with such research and know about the process of making the cream or whatever it is that the person would use please tell us or more importantly me.

Its made out of semen and magic. What the fuck else could it be?

I checked out the proactiv, the instuctions wasn't fucking clear so I'm not buying any.

of there was no acne everyone would have a data and then where would be the sad lonely kid who started to draw manga and then grows up to become one of our beloved manga artists! thats why...

sounds like a case for the sandwich chef

unfortunately my photoshop skills are less than capable of presenting one, so i ll just leave it at that.

This generally only happens when a company holds a monopoly over a certain industry. Acne products don't keep acne away permanently because they only treat the symptoms, the true cause of acne lies in a combination of genetics, diet, and adolescent hormones.

If someone really had discovered a way to easily treat acne in a way that prevented it from ever coming back, they would have to be very stupid to keep it a secret. No amount of money offered by the current industry to keep it quiet could equal the amount you would make if you simply put it on the market. There would be no need for ANY other acne products. Unless you put the price so high that people couldn't afford it, you would drive everyone else out of business, and you would hold a monopoly. Since you would only have to do it once, presumably your production costs would be very low as well. Now granted the overall industry might shrink a little, but you would control the entire thing. And you would never really run out of customers either, there will always be new generations.

This:

i always thought off this. its reminds me of a show where they advertised a deodorant that made you stink, there for you'd buy more. they're creating a market for themselves

And the ignorant are willing to give up their cash for anything that seems convenient.

well what ever it's made of
it freaken doesent work!!!!!!!!!!!

Benzoyl Peroxide is the active ingredient in most acne creams I believe. The fact that benzoyl peroxide is effective in treating acne is no corporate or scientific secret. It's a reactive chemical that forms free radicals very easily; basically what you do when you put acne cream on is that the benzoyl peroxide releases free radicals which kill off your skin cells so that you make new ones faster, replacing the infected skin cells. You can imagine what happens when you have too much of that shit on.

Initial use, I believe, may actually end up looking like you're getting more of that acne, simply because it takes time for your skin to adapt to what you're putting on, which is essentially a mild poison. If you haven't used it for very long and aren't seeing results, I suggest to keep on trying; the results are more long-term I think. Also, every person is different, and what may work well with someone may not work well with another person.

Of course, I have no idea what the companies are actually doing, but I'm sure competition from other companies, as well as the danger to being sued will be enough to deter companies from deliberately making their products shitty. It is only in the case of a monopoly that a company can afford pulling tricks like that, but with so much competition out there, if a product does not work all the consumer has to do is try another one. You want your product to be the most cost-effective on the market, so that people will keep coming back, and not go to your rivals instead because your product sucks. Furthermore, unlike electric appliances and electronics, many of which are designed to die after a certain time frame, I don't think pharmaceutical companies would deliberately half-ass their stuff, because they are dealing with someone's well-being. The fact is, as StaticChange pointed out, acne creams don't cure acne, but simply relieve the symptoms. Trying to cure acne would be like trying to "cure" having to urinate; it just won't happen (right now at least).

All this is coming from someone who does not use acne cream, so it's all theory and no experience. Take what you will. XD