I've was prescribed this with Tretinoin to help with the initial breakout. It does not seem to help prevent acne, it just seems to help with the swelling, if that makes sense. I have actually stopped using this cream and started using BP instead as a treatment since the Tretinoin was giving me a horrible breakout. I'll conisider using it again if my skin gets better.

Bottomline, I would recommend this to someone with ight acne. For me, it wasn't nearly strong enough.

I was on Doryx and Ziana but i still had a lot of hyper pigmentation left from my blemishes no matter what! Even if i didn't touch them at all, i would have a dark spot and redness. Aczone is great! it has a creamy white consistency (its the newer version). It doesn't seem to work at first, but over time my skin has REALLY improved. I have much much less pigmentation left and its great on any blemish i'll get. Just use it religiously and you'll see some great results.

I've been using it since june or july and by september it made a huge difference.

Free with a coupon from my dermatologist, otherwise it would cost me about $50.00.

I've had acne since I was 12. I'm now 27 and for the last year have experienced hormonal breakouts and irritated, inflamed skin, almost rosacea-like with clogged pores(blackheads). After using this product in the morning along with Tazorac at night, my skin has improved significantly. My face looks 75% clearer since I started using these two products almost 3 months ago.

Bottom line is if you can get the coupons from your doctor then Aczone can be included in your daily regimen, otherwise, it is well over 200 dollars per tube here in California.

My doctor has had me use Aczone in the morning and evening, along with Differin (Adapalene) at night AFTER the Aczone has been applied to my skin for 45 minutes. The combination of these 2 has turned my hormonal, adult moderate acne into smoooooth skin.

Aczone doesn't seem to prevent acne from forming but if I feel like a pimple is brewing under the surface, I will put a dab of this Aczone on it and it usually prevents it from becoming a full fledged cystic acne.

Because the Aczone doesn't seem to prevent acne from forming, I usually only use it as a spot treatment.

Good luck!

I really like this stuff. I was carrying it around in my purse and putting it on my pimples during the day, which seemed to help them go away faster.

I think it is making my red marks worse, but as long as it keeps the actives away, I will tolerate it. I put it on my trouble areas and it seems to keep new pimples at bay.

My skin has really cleared up since my prepubescent and using the made my skin go completely insane! I don't believe in "purging" like many people do. If this product claims to be calming then it shouldn't cause a purge. Purging from talking to derm and aetheticians is defined as a skin irritation from a new product. In conclusion, this may work for some people but it made my skin a nightmare. I literally want to yell at my derm for putting me something when all I wanted was a new BP cream. My acne has gone from very light with one inflamed pimple and some noninflammatory acne to cysts and tons of papules and whiteheads! UGH

Ive been using this product for the past 4 months in the AM and it has improved my acne tremendously. It also feels nice on the skin and does well under makeup. I started noticing an improvement in about a week. I would definitely recommend Aczone to anyone batteling cystic acne!!!

my skin sucks. i have reaalllyyy bad acne. at this basically just isnn't good, doesn't work. good thing i got free samples from my dermatologist...

I have redness and sensitive skin. Pretty much a tough combo to deal with!! I have tried alot of treatments, like Ziana gel, but they always dry my skin out.

Finally, my derm gave me this to try. It didn't break me out in the beginning, and I was quite pleased! Also pimples are getting smaller, and disappearing. I have been using this for a week now. My face looks pretty darn clear! :)

I agree with other reviews that it does not prevent acne but the acne I do get heals faster when I use Aczone. It helps with inflammation as well. I use it once a day in the AM before putting on my makeup. It is also very gentle and doesn't cause redness/irritation like many other acne products.