I have found the best product for those painful deep in the pore blemishes (you know the ones that have the area sore a few days before the pimple actually rises to the surface, usually chin and nose) is an astringent called Sea Breeze for Sensetive Skin. Okay, so I didn't really find it, it was on my bathroom vanity, because my husband heard me complainng about the painful blemish rising by my right nostril (TMI, sorry) and said rub a small amount with a cotton pad and it will go away completing without even rising into a full blown pimple. I know what your thinking, YEAH RIGHT! But he was actually right! In two days it was completly gone. The pain faded the first day and the second I didn't even notice it(do apply both days maybe three). The only thing it smells very masculine, not bad, a little eucalyptus-y.Oh, and of course it is good for the stubborn ones that never want to go away. It also does not leave your face all dry and flaky. I use weekly to deep clean my entire face and neck and ears. You'd be surprised to see what even the best cleansers leave behind.