Around 80% of young adults will experience acne at some point, and the side effects can be gruelling and a major cause of low self-esteem - and for many, it continues way into your 20s.
Apart from Googling home remedies, antibiotics and topical treatments from your GP, and expensive treatments from private dermatologists, there is no *actual known cure* for acne.
But for those who are sick of hearing "drink more water!" and "eat healthier!", hope may be on the horizon, as researchers have found a vaccination that just might be what we've been waiting for.
Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, made the breakthrough when they found that it's possible to fight the toxin secreted by the bacteria causing acne with an antibody. And if that makes no sense, they've basically found a way to cut it off at the source. Pretty good news, right?
If successful, it's hoped the vaccine could get rid of acne by fighting an inflammation-triggering toxin called Christie-Atkins-Munch-Peterson (CAMP).
The study has been conducted on mice and skin cells collected from humans, and the results have so far proven to be promising.
Common treatments right now include the gruelling drug Roaccutane, which has been known to be linked to suicidal thoughts, as well as liver problems, so the next step in the production of the new vaccine is to test it on humans to confirm there are no side effects.