There was a recent study that allowed American teens specifically to voice their opinion on acne medications and treatments.  Apparently, American teens in general would pay big bucks to be acne free.  I’m not sure we could say the same for parents, depending of course partly on their particular income.  But they found they would be willing to pay more than $100 for a month’s supply to be acne free than they’d pay to clear acne by 50% which was $10 or to have clear skin that happened to also have acne scars, which was $0. 

Those with more severe money put higher estimates in for what they would be willing to pay to see greater results and the clearing of acne.  Acne has been shown to cause great embarrassment in teens and adults alike.  It has been shown to cause anxiety, depression, embarrassment, and social problems in general.  With knowledge of this, it should motivate researchers to get the best products out or eliminate acne with better solutions in general.  Well at least you would think so.  Most just release more hyped up products in lieu of those great products that would actually work not only in theory, but in real life instances and areas.