Benzoyl Peroxide Reviews
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Prescription summary (207 votes) |
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3.2/5 |
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4.0/5 |
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Common brand names:
Benzac AC,
Brevoxyl,
Triaz |
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Anonymous
May 14th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | it clears acne better then any other product i've tried! & i've tried em all! |
| Cons: | it severely dries ur skin & burns & makes ur skin highly sensitive to the sun! |
| Bottom Line: | It clears acne! I don't know what i'd do with out it! |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Price Paid: | $10.00 |
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Peter, Wash. D.C.
May 7th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Clears face, and reduces redness. Rubbed it in constantly for one night and left marge globs on open zits. The next morning my skin was VERY dry, but i washed my face and the redness had gone down by leaps and bounds. |
| Cons: | Had to use a lot, but since the one Dan makes comes in a huge bottle it didn't matter. |
| Bottom Line: | Great stuff. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Peter has used this item for a few weeks. |
| Price Paid: | $12.00 |
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Holly, Australia
Apr 11th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | helps blemishes fade faster, dries out blemishes |
| Cons: | bleaches towels and such |
| Bottom Line: | This product has only done very minimal for me.
I'd reccommend it simply because when you have acne, its worth giving everything ago. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Holly has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | $10.00 |
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holly, uk
Mar 30th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | helps a bit and anything that helps is worth it when you have acne! |
| Cons: | takes time to work, dries out skin, redness |
| Bottom Line: | i started using this maybe 2 or three weeks ago, I definately didnt see chnages overnight, infact for a few days things got worse before they got better. This hasn't prevented me getting spots i dont think but rather just stopped them getting so big and red and helps them fade faster, seems to help clear pores too. On the down-side - it makes skin dry and red, my skin got pretty flaky for the first while but is calming down now - i'd rather dry skin than loads of big red spots. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | holly has used this item for a few weeks. |
| Price Paid: | $14.00 |
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Anonymous
Mar 29th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Makes skin not oily, clears and prevents acne fairly well |
| Cons: | drys out skin, bleaches clothes, towels, and hair |
| Bottom Line: | Besides the fact that it bleaches everything I really like this products. It is very good for oily skin and works pretty well on acne. If you use this I recommend using only white towels and making sure it does not get in your hair. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Reviewer has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | $30.00 |
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Tayler, usa ga
Feb 26th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Its cheap to buy oxy and other benz products... |
| Cons: | All benzoyl producs made my skin red, and made my acne WORSE..... of course proactiv did too. |
| Bottom Line: | i will never use this product again! |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | Tayler has used this item for a few weeks. |
| Price Paid: | $12.00 |
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Anonymous
Feb 4th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Improves acne only slightly |
| Cons: | Redness, Dryness |
| Bottom Line: | I find that my skin is kind of pink the next day after I use it. It also has not prevented acne at all, only made breakouts less severe. It will make pimples go away in time, but wont necessarily keep your skin from breaking out more. Nonetheless, it has worked better than other acne medications I've used before so I would recommend it. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Reviewer has used this item for about a year. |
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JR, Austin, TX
Jan 28th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Works well if you're persistent and vigilant. you can wash your face with brevoxyl and apply dan's gel afterwards. |
| Cons: | Dryness |
| Bottom Line: | I have used Dan's BP regimen, as well as proactive, acne free, brevoxyl, duac, and others. In terms of effectiveness, i would recommend either brevoxyl or dan's bp regimen (the gel laced with BP, that is).
brevoxyl does give you a clean feeling after you use it (the feeling is equivalent to the one i get after i use noxema or clearsil cleanser) and i think it's very effective in killing p. acne. however, it leaves you extremely dry afterwards, so you would have to use a very good moisturizer and lots of it.
i recommend dan's gel because one in my opinion you do need to have a good amount of BP on your skin at all times to fight the bacteria and two dan's gel disappears right into your skin and becomes invisible unlike other bp creams.
however, brevoxyl is expensive and you would need to get multipe dan's gel to make the shipping cost-effective. coupon for brevoxyl (and other stiefel products) is available at [link removed] |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | JR has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | $80.00 |
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1 of 1 visitors found the following comment helpful.
Beth, Charlotte, nc
Jan 10th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | helps prevent acne due to period (hormonal acne) |
| Cons: | slight dryness |
| Bottom Line: | I breakout before my period. About 1 week before my period begins, I wash my face twice daily with medicated apricot scrub, then apply it to my face, especially the problem areas(mostly around chin, and jaw line, and tops of cheeks) even if there is no pimple yet. I find that this prevents them from forming at all! YAY! |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Beth has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | $3.00 |
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1 of 1 visitors found the following comment helpful.
Orlanda, Australia
Dec 14th, 2007 |
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| Pros: | Improved my skin slightly, easy to use |
| Cons: | Bleaches other stuff or dries skin, can leave white residue, didn't make a significant difference |
| Bottom Line: | This worked for me a little bit in the early days of my acne. In combination with Vitamin B5, my acne improved from bad to moderate. Since then I have found it to be less effective though, both the 2.5% and the 10%, and it also isn't good for my skin which is dry anyway. Definitely worth a try though. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Price Paid: | $10.00 |
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