If you suffer from a vitamin deficiency, chances are you are going to suffer from acne, regardless of what that particular deficiency may be.  It happens to the best of us.  But this being said, vitamin C is one of the few vitamins that can help you to improve your skin and get rid of your acne, even if you don’t happen to be deficient.  Now if you are, you are definitely going to suffer acne.  But even when used in higher amounts, vitamin C can still be extremely helpful.  It can be found in various foods including oranges of course, but also just about every other fruit.  Strawberries are actually extremely high in vitamin C.  This being said, basically speaking, vitamin C helps you to control your skin’s natural oil production, keeping it in check.  It also helps you to improve the repair and function of your skin so that you don’t suffer scars, inflammation, infection, or wrinkles among other things.  It works as a powerful antibacterial to kill off acne causing bacteria, anti-inflammatory, and for that matter antioxidant to kill off harmful free radicals.  It can also of course strengthen the immune system.  This being said, the average adult should have at least 1000mg of vitamin C per day.