Article: Acne was ruining my life. I was virtually suicidal until acupuncture cured me at last; By Band Of Gold star DAVID SCHOFIELD.(Features)

FOR ten years actor David Schofield's life was hell. At school he was teased, called names and bullied.

When he left to pursue a career that was eventually to bring him a starring role as a corrupt detective in ITV's Band Of Gold, work was difficult to find.

"I got so upset I became almost suicidal," he says. "I could see my career in ruins." The root of all his troubles? Acne - an affliction that causes Britain's young such physical and emotional misery that they spend an astonishing pounds 45 million a year on over-the-counter cures.

Today, as ...

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