Benzoyl Peroxide Reviews

The Benzoyl Peroxide works very well. I started to use the 2.5% but it was not so good how the 10% is.

I'm 23 and have had Acne since the age of 14 or so. I tried several things, all non prescription, with absolutely no success over the years. Finally I got some over-the-counter Benzoyl Peroxide. I read on the internet that the key was to stick with it - which is why I bought two tubes, and it was good advice. I'm been using it twice a day for about 2 months now. It caused some dryness at first, but now my skin has adjusted and is in so much better shape. There's the odd little red bump that fades after a day - nothing like what I used to deal with. I took about 1 1/2 months for me to see real consistant results, but now that I do I'm happy with how it's turned out.

At first my skin really cleared up but now my skin is so flaky and i feel like a lizard. My forehead is completely blothcy and extremely itchy. I am returning to the dermatologist for a different medication.

I have used over the counter bp since I first got acne when I was 11, it is the only thing that always seems to work. Although it never completly clears up my acne, but it keeps it under control. Now I am starting on benza-clin at night some m word anitbiotic and some other gel in the morning the name I cant rember but hopefully it works

OK, so far so good. After having a nightmare with differin cream and isotrexin gel that made me look worse, redder and dryer I have been doing this program as suggested on this site for just 2 days. Already there is HUGE improvment. I am using Oxy On the Spot and it is doing the job well in conjunction with a derm tested Norwegian Formula Body Lotion on the face. Already redness is fading nicely and the spots are flatening too. I do not know entirely if the Differin and Isot which I suffered through for 2 weeks prior have provided a better place for bp to work, but as it is working I am not going to stop now. Also I have used Clearasil Ultra Treatment cream whcih seems to be a slightly altered version of bp (with Parfum!) which aggravates my acne. Avoid in my opionion and go for Oxy on the Spot (bp%2.5). Also I have been on anti-b's for 7-8 years now (have stopped using for a month now, they were no longer effective), I would now looking back advise not to take anti-b's they only end up fixing the problem short term while long term producing a more resistant version of the acne, not good + they destroy the good bacteria that would help long term killing the acne for good. I refer to any anti-b (tetrac/ doxyc/ minoc/ euth/ even flucloxillan which was the wonder anti-b for me, it really clears you up short term only, any1 who has started a flare up should try fluclox for a short term (1 week or 2) with bp, then avoid the fluclox until a big flare up again. If after a year (on-off ofcouse say 2 weeks every 3 months) you are still coming back to the fluclox, stop using. You can become very dependent as it works so well on cystic and sever acne, so that is why i say use it moderately. Anyway BP for me for the time being. I am anti-b free now.....

I have been using Oxy On The Spot cream (BP 2.5%) for a little over two weeks now & it seems to be working great. I do exactly as Dan says in the video on this site & always apply the same amount of moisturiser that I used BP - this seems to combat the dryness & I haven't had any flaking at all. My acne has now all but cleared,apart from two pimples that are on their way out!! The scaring also seems to be less since on BP. Hopefully this may be the answer to my problems once & for all (I'm 30)

ok, i am certainly a victim of disfiguring acne. Its funny, while im broken out, people dont talk to me as much, i dont feel quite as confident about myself, and my social life suffers. However, when my skin is clear I'm king, and girls are trying to get friday night. Untill I started breaking out, mirrors were my best friends. I started using 2.5% BP and i've fallen in love with reflective surfaces all over again. i experience some drying, but not enough that cant be solved with moisturizer. btw, i never would have gotten some of the ideas i have if not for this site.

Just ordered PanOxyl 2.5% aquagel in. Hoping it will work. For those of you worried about sensitivity to the benzoyl peroxide, my prof says the water based (aquagel) may help. Also only applying every other day may help.

I've been using Benzac AC for about a year and it has been the best thing I've tried. I tried 2% but then upped it to 10% cos I thought more must be better right? NO, 10% is EVIL - I couldn't control the dryness and flakiness it caused. So I've switched to 5%. It dries the skin out a bit and makes you very photosensitive so an SPF moisturiser is a must. Also, it wrecks your clothes and towels if you're not careful. The BP products you buy at the chemist are WAY better than stupid Proactiv.

I've tried bp on and off for the past 2 years. I had such great skin, but soon as puberty hit, it got really pocked with acne. It also got really sensitive and oily to the point where I would wake up to a soggy pillow!
The bp relly helped with the marks, but i don't know if it was because of my high sensitivity to it. I would apply a thick layer of the bp to my mark, and after a continuance of living it on for 3-4 days (weekends, not during school), I would be able to peel the mark off in a sheet, leaving evenly toned skin behind! The first time it happened, it was after i had guessed that leaving it on in a thick splat would bleach it faster. i couldn't have been happier with the results as it turned out!