Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic I have gone through your concern and I have understood it. Acne, there is no one time solution. Treatment if often long. -I usually start my patients of acne on topical benzoyl peroxide gel OR Clindamycin gel for day time use. -At night I as my patients to apply a topical retinoid e.g either Adapalene OR Adapalene+clindamycin combination. While the combination is mainly used for acne, the retinoid component i.e adapalene increases the skin turnover and consequently decreases the contact time of keratinocytes with melanocytes, therefore it does has a lightening effect on post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation. -I also decide to start my patients on oral antibiotics if they have inflammatory acne e.g doxycycline 100mg once or twice daily. -I would suggest you to use a gentle cleanser for face wash e.g cetaphil cleansing lotion rather than using a soap or face wash. Once your acne is under control, you need to use a maintenance gel, commonly a topical retinoid i.e adapalene gel, to prevent the new lesions/comedones from developing. regards