Just saw this thread but I've used proactive for about 6-7 years now. WOW, that's a long time. I've recently started getting lazy and some acne is coming back but not horribly. Way better than when I started using this stuff. I've had acne since I was in 5th/6th grade (bad genes
) and I can't even begin to tell you everything I've used.
I think I made my mom broke from dermatologists, doctors, facewashes, toners, pills, creams, gels, I've tried everything. Everything made me break out more, made me oily, red, flaky, some even made my skin feel like I had a really bad sunburn.
Proactive is the only thing that has worked for me, my skin is also combo. I get oily, but then other parts are dry (get even dryer in the winter) and I've noticed this helps a lot. The only part of the Proactive system I can't use is the Mask... it also makes me break out horribly (i have no idea why.) So when I do get that occasional pimple I use Clearasil vanishing cream.
I say give this stuff a shot, you can always cancel it if it doesn't work. Oh and like someone else said I too ran out of the facewash before anything else. I didn't know we could customize the order (after 6 years LOL). I'll have to look into that.
Good luck!
ETA: If you do buy this stuff for him, make sure you buy him a set of washcloths. I ruined my parents black and dark green towels so many times! OOPS! They finally had enough of re-buying towels and bought me a bunch of white washcloths. LOL