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tayzer55 from Anchorage, Alaska
April 7, 2011
| Pros | Does the job just takes a little time. I live in Alaska, which means winters are DRY and I am able to use this every night without having to worry about it drying to skin out too much. |
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| Cons | Sometimes (not is all cases) bad breakout at first. |
| Bottom line | I used this way back when I was a sophmore in high school and was stunned how fast this stuff worked to clear up the small bumps on my forehead. Now as a sophmore in college I have acne on my cheeks and have been using it again. It was helping, however I was using a foundation that I didn't know until recently which I am allergic to one of the ingrediants in it that helped keep bringing up those pimples. I stopped using the foundation and my skin is clearing up faster than ever. So, my advice is when using this (or any kind of acne treatment) be concious of what else you put on your face. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $20.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Christine from San Diego, CA
April 6, 2011
| Pros | -Great on sensitive skin -Odorless -Significantly decreases the size of pimples/decreases redness |
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| Cons | None really |
| Bottom line | As a longtime sufferer of acne, I feel like I have tried every product on the market, including an unsuccessful chemical peel treatment. I have very sensitive skin and tend to scar easily every time I break out. I highly recommend Differin for breakouts-it does not irritate my overly sensitive skin, and greatly reduces the size/redness of my pimples in a short amount of time-safe to say overnight as well! I use this consistently whenever I have breakouts and it never lets me down. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $20.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
ADRIAN from CT
April 6, 2011
| Cons | UNPREDICTABLE |
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| Bottom line | MADE MY MODERATE TEEN ACNE TURN TO SEVERE -VERY ,VERY BAD .I STAYED ON IT FOR 8 MONTHS WAITING FOR IT TO GO IN TO REVERSE BUT NEVER DID .MADE THINGS SO BAD THAT NOW I NEED TO SEE A DERMATOLOGIST AND MY FACE IS BADLY SCARED ! |
| Recommended | No |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Jacky Tsang from Hong Kong
March 29, 2011
| Pros | Renew your skins gradually Clear most of my whiteheads and blackheads Fade away dark spots |
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| Cons | Skin gets really dry (you need plenty of moisturizing for your face, including masks and cream) It gets really worse before it gets better. You have to be very patient. You need a gentle cleanser for your skin when you use that medicine. Occasionally you do experience breakouts. Try to avoid picking them. (but obviously i cant which made some small wounds on my face) |
| Bottom line | I am on the third week of this treatment. I guess I still need to wait for a further few weeks before the actual result can be seen. Hopefully this is a final treatment for me as I have tried numerous treatments from AHA/BHA and Duac to isotretinoin and antibiotics. I didn't ask for a taller nose or bigger eyes. I just want a clear face! |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Price paid | $13.50 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Kaylee from Wichita, KS
March 22, 2011
| Pros | Too away the majority of my acne. |
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| Cons | Dried out my skin. |
| Bottom line | I tried Proactive, it didn't help, I tried all kinds of facial washed, they didn't help. Adapalene, which I am using with Clindamycin, an antibacterial, gave me results almost immediately, and I am very glad I started using it. |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Acne severity | moderate |
AH from Texas
March 22, 2011
| Pros | -Gets rid of the majority of acne |
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| Cons | -Dries your face out a bit -Makes your face red -Makes your skin sensitive to the sun's rays -Makes your skin (more) sensitive period |
| Bottom line | All of you guys freaking out about breaking out horribly for like the first month need to realize that that's how this works. It brings everything to the surface first. I was on Differin for 3 years and it worked very well. It got rid of almost all of my acne. Of course I would still get some around that time of the month, but I've yet to find anything that gets rid of every last zit for the rest of your life. |
| Price paid | $10.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Michael from CA
March 21, 2011
| Pros | Not Sure Yet |
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| Cons | Broke me out hella bad after the 1st week |
| Bottom line | I hope that this will heal my skin my acne is not very bad and the fact that i am breaking out is horrifing to me... definitely try it but i hope that its one of those things where it gets worse before it gets better ... i have also changed my diet beacuse of the break outs im hoping to like make milder the initial bad effects of the um adapalene or differin |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Acne severity | light |
Ashamed of my Adult Acne from Northern VA, USA
March 18, 2011
| Pros | soothing, easy to apply, simple dispensing design |
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| Cons | ...heard it works really slow and that my acne will get much more worse before it can better... umm how is that?! |
| Bottom line | So I've only been on this gel for about 5 days now. I'm an adult and was sick of seeing my face look so ugly. As a teen, I used Proactiv and had great results. So autumn last year, I decided to go back to it. Well it was horrible! the regular stuff didnt help, so cust. svc advised me to use their "extra strength" version, which I did. It dried my face so bad I stopped using it. and 6 weeks after I stopped using it, my face was just peeling worse! It is so bad I would rather live with the Acne then this flaking, which also made my face very red and sore. Not to mention the scarring that I'm seeing :( Ok anyway, my doctor has now prescribed me the Gel Diffiren. So she warned that it will get worse before it gets better. So far it feels warm when I put it on. but in a way, it soothes my dry & sore skin. Then I just put a moisterizer on top. I have noticed that the white heads increased. but when I researched online about the medicine, it confirms that this will do exactly that. It will bring all the nasty stuff up to the surface of the skin... and that's why the process will take so long. So I will try this and so we'll see what I see in 8 weeks (my next dr. follow-up is in 8 weeks) ;) |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Hope this Helps from FL
March 18, 2011
| Pros | May work on some... |
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| Cons | Did not work on me.... |
| Bottom line | I found this site helpful for me when I was questioning whether Differin was working for me or not. I was told like many others to give it at least 3 months to start working. Inititially, I think people think it is working because it is so drying so everything on your skin kinda goes away. Eventually that drying turned into extreme dryness for me to the point of discomfort. After about 4 weeks into Differin, my skin got significantly worse and again, like others, I was told this was going to make my skin get worse b4 it got better. So I sucked it up. Long story short, I had breakouts that were not typical 4 me (not the normal areas I would break out, nor the type of breakout; it almost looked like a rash). I kept up the Differin though bc I had hope until about 1 week ago when I couldnt take it anymore. I looked way worse than when I started! (That was 2 weeks b4 my 3 months of trying were up). Bottom line is... 1 week later my skin looks way better! The Differin was definitely irritating it. I started using OXY Clinical which was way more soothing than the Differin. I am still taking Doxy 4 my hormonal breakouts too. I just wanted to share my story in case someone else is wondering if it is making their skin worse too. You know your skin the best! If you feel it isn't working the way it should; STOP! My other advice is, since most of us spend a ton of $ anyways on acne treatments, try investing in a Clarisonic. It really helps any acne treaments get into the skin better and reallys helps get rid of dead pore clogging skin cells. Best investment for my skin yet, and girls, it helps get rid of any traces of makeup left on your skin. I hope this helps someone!!!!!! |
| Recommended | No |
| Price paid | $35.00 |
| Acne severity | moderate |
Ye from US
March 13, 2011
| Pros | Goes on smooth Works well at first Reduce the amount of oil on skin |
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| Cons | After a while does not do anything |
| Bottom line | I got differn from a family member and it was recommended by a friend so I tried it. I worked pretty nicely for the first 3 months, but I feel like my skin is just immune to it now. Now it doesn't really prevent or get rid of my acne or maybe I just can't tell. I feel like I can do without this product because I'm still breaking out weekly. But I do think It's worth a try if your acne is less serve. |
| Recommended | No |
| Acne severity | moderately severe |
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