Clindamycin Reviews
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Prescription summary (358 votes) |
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Common brand names:
Cleocin T,
Clinda-derm,
Clindets |
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Mimi, Canada Jun 30th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | Definitely keeps the acne at bay; takes a couple of weeks to truly kick in, but that's how our skin is! |
| Cons: | If used too much it causes redness, dries, and if using too much it irritates the hell out of your skin! |
| Bottom Line: | It is a good prescription to get, but I'm running out, so I won't know what will happen when I stop using it... |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Mimi has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 23.00 |
| Acne severity: | light |
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Anonymous, Boston, MA Jun 29th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | Has potential to clear up acne very effectively if used properly, applies clearly... |
| Cons: | Can lose effectiveness if not used properly, moderate drying of skin. |
| Bottom Line: | I've used clindamycin on and off for the past few years. When I initially started using clindamycin, it worked great and cleared up the vast majority of my acne. I stopped using it for a while because my breakouts stopped, however recently my acne has returned. I began using clinda quite frequently, 2-3 times daily, with no results.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW, that clindamycin is an antibiotic, and like all antibiotics, must be used in moderation. I was using clindamycin so often, that I developed an antibiotic resistance to its effects. Do not use the medication too often. Use it once in the morning and once at night for about 2 weeks. Then stop for a month or so before trying again. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Reviewer has used this item for an inconsistent period of time. |
| Price Paid: | 5.00 |
| Acne severity: | moderate |
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Specs, Pakistan Jun 18th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | Inexpensive
Cleared up my face REALLY WELL. Nothing else was working and I had really stubborn acne before it.
DOES NOT damage skin or change its texture... no flakiness or long term side effects |
| Cons: | It takes time... I used it for about two months when i noticed the pimples were'nt coming back. No difference overnight.
Felt sweaty and greasy at first but even though I have REALLY oily skin, it balanced out within a week.
Does nothing for sc |
| Bottom Line: | I would DEFINITELY recommend it. I've had acne for 10 years almost and nothing else worked as well. This time, I had the WORST adult acne ever and this worked awesomely even though nothing else was working.
I use Skinoren for a week every month and I'm using Clearsil's super fine scrub (forgot the name) with Acne-Aid liquid facewash.
The results are AWESOME. I was literally sinking into depression before thinking nothing's going to treat my stubborn acne but its almost gone now. The inflammation has all but disappeared. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Specs has used this item for a few weeks. |
| Price Paid: | 3.00 |
| Acne severity: | moderately severe |
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laur, NYC Jun 15th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | reduces amount of pimples |
| Cons: | none |
| Bottom Line: | Clindamycin pledgets 1%
topical antibiotic on a pad leaves my skin feeling clean. Even after you wash your face and then use these pads, you can still see residue that it takes off. it doesnt clear up my skin completly (nothing does), but it does reduce the amount of blemishes. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | laur has used this item for a few months. |
| Acne severity: | moderately severe |
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kelli, fresno, California Jun 15th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | Made acne lessen and redness is still disappearing. a little bit of dryness but not a lot. but i use the clindamycin lotion so it doesn't try up. |
| Cons: | not very fast at reducing the redness but its better than anything i have ever used :) |
| Bottom Line: | use it once in the morning and once at night and it should work. don't over use it or you will get itchy or dry skin. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | kelli has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 100.00 |
| Acne severity: | moderate |
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Remy, Madison, WI Jun 13th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | works well
affordable
easy to use |
| Cons: | none |
| Bottom Line: | this product really does its job. i use it for bacteria caused acne with another prescription called finacea and so far so good. :) |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Remy has used this item for about a month. |
| Price Paid: | 5.00 |
| Acne severity: | moderate |
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Anonymous Jun 12th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | not sure seeing as i've used this product in conjunction with tretinoin cream. |
| Cons: | didn't agree with my oily skin. |
| Bottom Line: | for only $5 it was worth trying. this med. didn't seem to make my acne worse, but definitely didn't make it better. i think that it may work better for those with less oily skin then me. give it a try. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Reviewer has used this item for about a month. |
| Price Paid: | 5.00 |
| Acne severity: | moderately severe |
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Jenna, Huntsville, AL Jun 9th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | Reduced the Size of pimples. Also reduced Redness in my T-zones |
| Cons: | Made face oily. Excessive Sweat. Dried out lips. Sensitive to Sunlight. |
| Bottom Line: | I applied it once in the morning and right before bed. I have not seen AMAZING results. I used Proactiv and saw quicker and better results but I built up a tolerant level to Proactiv. I was also prescribed an oral anti-biotic to jump start the diminishing of my acne which I believed helped more than the lotion. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Jenna has used this item for about a month. |
| Price Paid: | 10.00 |
| Acne severity: | moderate |
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Gail, South Carolina May 28th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | To early to tell. |
| Cons: | Sweating and sunlight causes irritation. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Gail has used this item for about a week. |
| Price Paid: | 1.00 |
| Acne severity: | moderately severe |
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cindy, Suffolk County, Ny May 26th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | inexpensive |
| Cons: | stong smell -- solution liquid |
| Bottom Line: | it works for me, I have been using it now fro around 3 weeks and I see a much improved complexion and it seems to be keeping th acne away as well, it didnt clear over night but every day it seem to be getting better. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | cindy has used this item for about a month. |
| Price Paid: | 10.00 |
| Acne severity: | moderate |
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