Adapalene (Differin) Reviews
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Common brand names:
Differin |
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firefly, jakarta, IND Jun 1st, 2009 |
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| Pros: | clears blackheads |
| Cons: | continuous IB even after 3 months |
| Bottom Line: | started with some pustules, ended up with pustules , milias, and whiteheads.
i was very hopeful that i persist on minimum 3 months, but it keeps getting worse.
maybe just not my cup of tea. |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | firefly has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 5.00 |
| Acne severity: | moderate |
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Ria, San Fran May 31st, 2009 |
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| Pros: | Been using it a week, and just got the comment "hey you used to have bumps under your skin, they are disappearing" so far so good. |
| Cons: | don't know the side effects of the the chemicals in my blood stream. Skin around my ears are peeling like crazy and itchy |
| Bottom Line: | I think the tube will last me a good three to four months so will write back after that, but so far so good. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Ria has used this item for about a week. |
| Price Paid: | 120.00 |
| Acne severity: | very light |
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Brad, Canada May 28th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | cleared up acne well, easy to use. |
| Cons: | dry skin, gave me real facial redness that im trying to battle now im off differin now, seeing if the redness subsides but tough to say |
| Bottom Line: | good product if your skin can handle it for me was combined with 2% clindamcyin |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Brad has used this item for about a year. |
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Soso, United States May 26th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | Umm, it didn't really make things worse?! |
| Cons: | I have moderate acne, white heads, and those nasty things under the skin. Been told it's genetic. Well, my Derma prescribes this with benzaclinn (sp?). It cleared allot of the under the skin bumps. Bad part is that I don't think it was the Diffferin. |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | Soso has used this item for a few months. |
| Acne severity: | moderate |
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me, san francisco May 22nd, 2009 |
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| Pros: | it worked |
| Cons: | takes sort of a long time |
| Bottom Line: | I broke out in the beginning, but it did eventually get better. I found something that works. not breaking out like before, and WAY better skin. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | me has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 25.00 |
| Acne severity: | moderate |
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Jaime, Cleveland, OH May 21st, 2009 |
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| Pros: | Absolutely nothing |
| Cons: | made my breakouts worse, my face got incredibly irritated |
| Bottom Line: | I would never recommend this product to anybody. I've been using it for months and my acne is worse. I was hoping that this would be the product that finally worked, but it failed.n |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | Jaime has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 15.00 |
| Acne severity: | moderate |
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christ, ca May 20th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | it kinda works, got rid of all my blackheads |
| Cons: | drying at first makes skin peel |
| Bottom Line: | it seemed to stop working after the peeling subsided, i use it off and on, usually works best 1-2 weeks after a chemical peel |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Price Paid: | 20.00 |
| Acne severity: | moderately severe |
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Luan, Michigan May 19th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | It did not smell or make my skin peel |
| Cons: | Pretty much everything else |
| Bottom Line: | It drew out all the pimples .. but it never made them disappear. My doctor was expecting all the pimples to come and the skin to eventually peel (thus, renewing the acne-affected skin), but this medicine just delivered all the blows and never redeemed itself. I eventually switched to this new medicine (Atralin - Tretinoin 0.05%) which eventually treated my acne. |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | Luan has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 40.00 |
| Acne severity: | moderate |
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Jeff, MI May 17th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | -No Odor -Cost |
| Cons: | -Made skin more sensitive -Took a long time to do absolutly nothin |
| Bottom Line: | I wouldnt waste my time with this product because it doesnt give you the results you hope for, and can actually make it worse |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | Jeff has used this item for a few months. |
| Acne severity: | severe |
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Lynn, Escondido, CA May 17th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | It sometimes works. Once, I popped a pimple and right after, I put the Differin on and the next morning the pimple was flat. |
| Cons: | Sometimes it doesn't work. |
| Bottom Line: | Its just a matter of luck... |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Lynn has used this item for an inconsistent period of time. |
| Price Paid: | 25.00 |
| Acne severity: | moderately severe |
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