Neutrogena On-the-Spot Acne Treatment Reviews

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3.7/5
Agreeability

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3.6/5
Affordability

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3.2/5

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3.8/5 (277 votes)
Neutrogena On-the-Spot Acne Treatment Reviews
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Lindz029
Jul 13th, 2008
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Pros:Clears up pimples.
Cons:Very expensive and very drying. It also makes my moisterizer ball up. Whenever I use this my skin literally looks like its peeling.
Bottom Line:Waiting for Dan's BP to come in the mail. Hopefully its better than this expensive neutrogena crap!
Recommended:No
Usage:Lindz029 has used this item for about a week.
Price Paid:7.00
Acne severity:light
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K, Boston, MA
Jul 7th, 2008
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Pros:Did reduce some inflamation
Cons:Made skin REALLY dry, and almost burnt. Never made the spots completely go away.
Bottom Line:This doesn't work, try something a little more on the upscale side. You get what you pay for.
Recommended:No
Usage:K has used this item for a few weeks.
Price Paid:6.00
Acne severity:moderate
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brandon, is awesome
Jul 4th, 2008
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Pros:Works good for me, reduces pimples in a day, and their clear by day 2 or 3.
Cons:a little expensive for a small tube, but it lasts me awhile.
Bottom Line:i dont put this on my whole face, just a little on my chin, and a little on my forhead. so it lasts me around 2 months. but it works good at keeping me clear.
Recommended:Yes
Usage:brandon has used this item for about a month.
Price Paid:7.00
Acne severity:very light
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PKD, NJ
Jun 29th, 2008
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Pros:It reduces my acne fast and it doesn't dry out my face as bad as other BP products. It clears up my skin within a week.
Cons:a little expensive for such a small tube. It ran out quickly
Bottom Line:Out of all BP products I've ever used, this seems to be the best one that helps reducing my acne dilemmas tremendously. Though, it's a bit expensive compared to its quantity, but it's worth the money. I'd rather spend this money for a clean and clear face than spending money on products that don't even help anything.
Recommended:Yes
Usage:PKD has used this item for a few months.
Price Paid:7.00
Acne severity:moderate
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Tina, USA
Jun 26th, 2008
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Pros:gets rid of pimples quick
Cons:CREATES LARGE, DARK POST INFLAMMATORY HYPERPIGMENTATION SPOTS (aka dark spots)!!!
Bottom Line:After reading some of the great reviews about Neutrogena On the Spot on acne.org, I decided to purchase one from my local rite aid. I applied it before I went to bed, and woke up with the pimples having gone down quite a bit. But to my dismay, I also saw HUGE, VERY visible brown spots exactly at the place where I had applied this cream!!! It does get rid of emerging acne, but in exchange for that, I got these brown spots as if someone drew it on me with a brown permanent marker!!! Bottom line: I would return this if I would, and highly regret using it (since now, I'm stuck with trying to get rid of dark spots- which take months to go away, not days/weeks in the case of some acne). Usually, I don't write reviews, but I wanted to let everyone know my experience so it doesn't happen to them.
Usage:Tina has used this item for a day or two.
Price Paid:6.99
Acne severity:light
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MK, MI
Jun 24th, 2008
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Pros:slightly lessens redness
Cons:ineffective, Can make skin flakey, has a very bad odor
Recommended:Yes
Usage:MK has used this item for about a year.
Price Paid:10.00
Acne severity:moderate
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Becca, Illinois USA
Jun 22nd, 2008
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Pros:Drys out some acne, non-irritating.
Cons:Doesn't completely rid your acne, it has yet to fully rid even one of my pimples, it makes them smaller, but it doesn't make them go away.
Bottom Line:Expensive for such a little tube, try something else.
Recommended:No
Usage:Becca has used this item for about a month.
Price Paid:7.00
Acne severity:moderate
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Steve, Oradell
Jun 20th, 2008
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Pros:Good at drying out smallish bumps.
Cons:Very drying and didn't stop a new fairly big bump from forming during daily use. WTF?
Bottom Line:I followed the regimen. I wash with Cetaphil and sometimes Salicylic Ice Wash, then use the on-the-spot and use Olay Complete moisturizer trying to imitate the videos but I still flaked like crazy. During the regimen a new bump formed.

It's really good are removing the top layer of skin. Pretty good at drying out existing pimples.
Awful at stopping new ones from forming.
Recommended:Yes
Usage:Steve has used this item for a few weeks.
Price Paid:6.58
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Michelle, USA
Jun 17th, 2008
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Pros:works well first couple of days
Cons:started to not work as well after 2 weeks or so. EXTREMELY expensive!
Bottom Line:This product is definetly not worth the cost. Instead, I use CVS's acne treatment, which is compared to neutrogena on the spot acne treatment. it's less than $4 and just a great product if used right!
Recommended:No
Price Paid:3.49
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Noelle, New York, NY
Jun 8th, 2008
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Pros:Helps my big pimples but not the small ones.
Cons:It is so expensive! And it takes a while to work for me.
Bottom Line:I am 14 years old and i just started to get a lot of acne on my forehead and above my lip. I found Dan's website and i decided to try this out. I like the Neutrogena On-the-Spot treatment but it makes my skin very flaky even when I moisturize. What i use:
1) Cetaphil cleanser
2)Neutrogena on-the-spot treatment
3)Cetaphil moisturizer
Recommended:Yes
Usage:Noelle has used this item for a few weeks.
Price Paid:6.99
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