Acne runs a natural course. I can't induce that. The condition doesn't go along on a level course. Most often it does have ups and downs, peaks and valleys, so this person may have been clear with no active lesions for a period of time and then run into the problem again. That is why I hesitate to use the word cure, because sometimes they get better for a while and then they get worse.
Age plays a role.
Acne improves with age generally. The peaks and valleys are more often affected by the amount of sunlight the person is getting, environmental factors such as stress. In women acne may have small cycles associated with the menstrual cycle. Pregnancy can make a dramatic influence on acne for better or for worse. . . . I never feel that the treatments that I perform or the antibiotic treatment and topical treatment induces a remission.