Tazorotene (Tazorac, Avage) Reviews
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Common brand names:
Tazorac |
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Andy, NJ
May 7th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Makes skin smooth and soft, works well on clearing acne |
| Cons: | As everyone says, the initial 6 weeks are terrible. My skin was red, peeling, wouldn't moisturize, but after those six weeks, it looks so much better! |
| Bottom Line: | It works, you just have to be patient. Just think about how little 6 weeks is in the grand scheme of things. People won't remember your skin looked a little peely weeks ago, they will notice your great looking skin though! |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Andy has used this item for about a year. |
| Price Paid: | 10.00 |
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DIANE, HOUSTON, TEXAS
May 6th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | VERY FEW WHITEHEADS COME TO THE SURFACE TO BREAK OUT OTHERS ARE STILL JUST THERE |
| Cons: | REDNESS, PEELING & BURNING |
| Bottom Line: | IT KINDA SEEMS TO BE WORKING, BUT I STILL HAVE ALOT OF NEW LITTLE WHITE HEADS (CLOSED COMEDONES)SOME OLD AND SOME NEW ONES, BEEN USING IT SINCE JAN 08' FIRST CREAM THEN SWITCHED TO GEL. I AM STILL WAITING FOR ALL OF IT TO CLEAR THEY ARE ON MY NOSE AND CHEEKS (UNDER EYES) SEEMS LIKE IT IS STILL SPREADING.
STILL WONDERING IF I SHOULD TRY SOMETHING ELSE. I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED ACNE BEFORE |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | DIANE has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 200.00 |
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Tina, miami, FL
Apr 24th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Eventually gets rid of acne, leaves your skin smooth and less pimply. |
| Cons: | Takes a long a@# time to work, burnt my skin at first, and very pricy but Ihave two medium sized tubes and i still have alot left from the first one after 2 months! |
| Bottom Line: | I have sensitive skin so it took a whole two months and a week for my skin to clear up! (I only have 3 small pimples now)I'm brown skinned and my face felt a little burnt after i used it for three weeks. I also used duac but switched to finacea for scars. I've been using finacea for a little longer than a month. And doryx 100mg a day.
The combo is great. I have no pimples on my cheek near my nose, JUST SCARS ERRR. I alternate brevoxyl wash 4%, cetaphil, and dove soap for a cleanser. I love dove (frangrance free)! Oh yeah, if you have moderate acne and don't have a lot of money just use the Brevoxyl wash 4% twice a day, it WILL CLEAR YOU UP COMPLETELY!(NO PIMPLES)& a good a@# moisturizer. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Tina has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 175.00 |
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Stephanie, Cincinnati, Ohio
Apr 24th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Could see an improvement over night! |
| Cons: | I am so nervous to see how my skin will react over the next couple of weeks |
| Bottom Line: | I have had acne since 7th grade (I am in college now) and it recently got so bad that I was too embarassed to leave my apartment, even to go see the dermatologist! Once I made it there, he recommended Tazorac. Last night, I washed my face with Epicuren Acne Medicated Cleanser, then used the Epicuren Glycolic Peel (I am switching from Epicuren products to Cosmedix products in hopes that my skin will clear quicker), applied a nickel size amount of Cetephil moisturizer, then a pea size amount of Tazorac. I woke up this morning with noticeably smoother skin and less redness around infected areas. This happened in ONE NIGHT. I am dreading the next couple of weeks, seeing as how everyone says their skin got a lot worse before it got better, but what is a couple weeks compared to the years I have suffered from acne? It is worth a shot, I would say! I will update you all in a month or so with the conditions of my skin. Best of luck, don't let acne get you down!! |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Stephanie has used this item for a day or two. |
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me, ca
Apr 23rd, 2008 |
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| Pros: | none really |
| Cons: | TERRIBLE initial breakout. NOT WORTH IT. |
| Bottom Line: | dont use it please, leaves alot of scars |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | me has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 10.00 |
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Eckeley, Chicago
Apr 17th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Beautiful complexion in my skin now. |
| Cons: | Still have a few scars, HORRIBLE (I MEAN HORRIBLE) initial breakout. |
| Bottom Line: | Ok basically, you're going to want to quit when you use this product in the beginning. It makes you're skin look like absolute crap the first month or two. Trust me, I wanted to kill myself after looking in the mirror each day. But suddenly, after 2 months of enduring, I suddenly started clearing up. It's my third month now, I can finally go to school and actually interact with people. Don't give up, give this product a chance! |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Eckeley has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 350.00 |
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Brenda, Los Angeles, CA
Apr 15th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Clears up acne w/in first few months, nice glow to face, smaller pores |
| Cons: | Drying only around pimples |
| Bottom Line: | Okay, so I started using Tazorac once a day for 5 min. and then washing it off w/Benzic Wash 5%, since I have an oily face. I didn't know, but my Dr. was setting up my skin w/using it 5 min. in the morning and then washing it off. Well, my acne got so bad that I stopped using it and getting depressed. He didn't tell me it would make me break out! I stopped using it and immediately scheduled an appt to see him because I was so upset that I wasn't clearing up. He told me to use it at night from now on and leave it on. So, I listened to him and I was taking Spironolactone (75 mg in the AM and another 75 in PM to reduce oilyness) and washing my face twice a day with the Benzic Wash 5%, applying 0.5% Desonide cream to reduce redness, then the TAzorac and I was still breaking out so bad, all over my forehead I was getting a ton of little pimples and my only problem areas before were my cheeks!! I decided to stick it out and finally! 8 weeks later I am finally clearing up! |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Brenda has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 10.00 |
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Rachel, Baton Rouge, LA
Apr 13th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | my skin is softer and smoother than ever before. I'm really seeing results |
| Cons: | dryness, redness, breaking out at first which is inevitable with the start of any acne treatment |
| Bottom Line: | I've been using this stuff for about a month and a half so far and I've really seen some great results. I use zaclir face wash (benzoyl peroxide wash) and clindagel (clindamycin) in the morning and cetaphil wash with the tazorac at night. I'm also on solodyn which is an antibiotic and was prescribed yaz birth control by my gyno. The combination of all of these things has really made my skin great. The dry, peeling, red skin really sucks at first. Stick it out! It gets better and it's totally worth it. My dermatologist also recommended the magic mitt (a Jane Ireland product, can find it online or some stores). It's a very soft mitt you wear over your hand when you wash your face. It gives you a deeper clean that gets rid of more bacteria and really makes your skin smooth. This will help you with the peeling and to clean it all you have to do is wash it with soap and hang it up to dry Everyone should have one! |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Rachel has used this item for about a month. |
| Price Paid: | 40.00 |
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Shannon, New York, NY
Apr 12th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | Cleared up acne on chest and face and back, glowy complexion, no side effects after first few weeks of dryness |
| Cons: | Dryness/redness at first |
| Bottom Line: | This has been awesome. I definitely recommend moisturizing first with an oil free lotion (I use Peter Thomas Roth oil free). I can't really believe how positive it's been. I used it every other night for the first few weeks, and only a pea sized amount like the packaging says. This stuff is intense, so I followed the rules and am v v happy. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Shannon has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 20.00 |
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anonymous, virginia
Apr 9th, 2008 |
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| Pros: | none at all. |
| Cons: | unfortunately does not work for everyone. i wish i had not tried it because it left me with many many acne scars. |
| Bottom Line: | i realize that this medicine works for some people, but it was really HORRIBLE for me.
my dermatologist gave this to me for mild-moderate acne.
after the first couple of weeks, my skin broke out really badly, which i expected it would after reading reviews of it. then i waited another month, then another, then another, and as the time passed the acne just got worse. i really thought i'd see SOME improvement but there was none. i stopped using it and as soon as i did, my skin became a lot better, aside from huge amounts of red acne scars from all the zits tazorac gave me.
maybe i was allergic or have super sensitive skin or something, but it was so awful that it made me not want to go out in public. |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | anonymous has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 10.00 |
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