Vinegar (as a topical) Reviews
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Cj, Brisbane, Australia Mar 24th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | Acne is clearing fast!!
Cheap - $2.60 for a 750mL bottle and you only need a tiny amount
More even skin complexion without drying the skin |
| Cons: | Only use at night or if you are staying at home because it makes my skin very red and warm. Kind of looks like a rash but it goes away after an hour. It smells a bit but it goes away quick and you must have a strong stomach to drink it. |
| Bottom Line: | I have only used this product for 3 days and I am seeing a difference. I have moderate acne and it seems to be disappearing before my eyes. Nothing new has appeared and what was there is going away. I have had acne for 8 years and I have tried everything from proactive to every face wash, creams and nothing worked. I am drinking a teaspoon in water three times a day and as a toner at night. I recommend that you try this! if you can't drink it just use it as a toner. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Cj has used this item for a day or two. |
| Price Paid: | 2.60 |
| Acne severity: | moderate |
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ShagMe, Cali Mar 22nd, 2009 |
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| Pros: | cheap, natural, simple, works, kills the bacteria, safe |
| Cons: | the smell to some, but I don't mind it |
| Bottom Line: | The modern man made humans fat. The modern man more than likely created acne also. Humans aren't meant to be flawed after a certain period of time. If you lived in the jungle away from all cosmetics you would not have acne. It comes to my attention that more and more people have acne this day in age, when so many products are out there! When our grandparents were children this is the way they treated it. Naturally! Natural is the way to go in growing out of acne. Think about it. Do you really think these companies want you to grow out of acne and them lose you as a customer? Hell no. Go natural people! Use acid balanced products so you don't harm your skin and make your acne worse.
PS I use rice vinegar as it seems to work better for me. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | ShagMe has used this item for about a week. |
| Acne severity: | light |
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kristen Mar 21st, 2009 |
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| Pros: | cheap, smells good |
| Cons: | stings |
| Bottom Line: | recommend it |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | kristen has used this item for a few weeks. |
| Price Paid: | 10.00 |
| Acne severity: | moderately severe |
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Kerry, North Carolina Mar 16th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | Skin Glows |
| Cons: | I don't know if it works |
| Bottom Line: | I have read every comment on every website and have no idea how this works or doesn't work. I have been using ACV topically once a day and drinking 2 tbsp/2x a day for 2 weeks. I have had acne for 15 years but now I have counted seven huge cysts on my face and neck. I don't get it. Is it trying to get all the toxins out of my body? I will continue to look like the elephant man for another month but that is all I am giving it. I hope it clears up soon. They hurt! |
| Recommended: | No |
| Usage: | Kerry has used this item for a few weeks. |
| Price Paid: | 2.00 |
| Acne severity: | moderate |
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Frances, South Australia Mar 16th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | Started working straight away. Skin was less oily, congested and red. Size and quantity of acne lessened immediately + got consistenly better with time. Have tried many treatments for yrs including topical antibiotics + retinoid cream with no results |
| Cons: | a little bit stinky when you initially put it on but subsides quickly. |
| Bottom Line: | Fantastic. Has cleared my acne when NOTHING else did. I have tried: liver cleanses, detox's, Vitex herb, Various face washes, scrubs - natural and chemically based. I tried antibiotics and retinoid creams to no avail and then throught one day i'll try apple cider vinegar topically and internally. As a moisturiser i use straight cold pressed organic coconut oil. Which is a fantastic combination. After 8 years I have no acne and my skin looks and feels fantastic. Acne was previously moderate to severe and chronic. Now I have one small pimple under my chin which is only there because I picked at it! |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Frances has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 3.00 |
| Acne severity: | very light |
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JC, Kentucky Mar 14th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | Quick and works when other things have not. |
| Cons: | Undiluted it dries my skin out a small bit and makes it a little itchy. |
| Bottom Line: | I've been working out 4 or 5 times a week since the beginning of February and it seems as a result the acne on my back got much much worse. I've had backne of varying severity since I was 16 and have tried soaps and creams but nothing seemed to have an effect. Finally I heard about using vinegar and picked up a half gallon jug of white vinegar and a spray bottle for about 5.00. Its been amazing, I now only have one small cyst on my back and the rest of my zits are gone or healing. Right after I work out I take a real hot shower and let my back rinse for a few minutes then I spray the vinegar on my back and let it sit for 5 minutes or so (usually brush my teeth while it soaks). I rinse it off then wash like normal - that's it.
Seems to work best on those nasty white cysts. |
| Usage: | JC has used this item for about a week. |
| Price Paid: | 5.00 |
| Acne severity: | moderate |
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soprano, buffalo new york Mar 11th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | cheap |
| Bottom Line: | apple cider vinegar does work great as a topical but didnt cure my acne drinking it. but i did some research and did a intestinal cleanse and have not had a break out in a month and a half after suffering for 9 years. knock on wood.i take psyluim husk 1000 mg and activated charcoal 500mg after lunch and dinner then i take a probiotic at night. i buy them at health food vitamin store gnc or vitamin shop. but the results have been unbelievable. it clears out all bad bacteria and parasites from large intestinte then i restore with a proboitic for good bacteria which bacteria is necessary for digestine. i wrote this very brief i would love to start a blog on this in particular. i no longer spend time looking for miracle!! i would love to share other thing also like how well b5 has also helped sopranoc@aol email me |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | soprano has used this item for a few months. |
| Price Paid: | 350.00 |
| Acne severity: | moderately severe |
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Anonymous, New York, NY Mar 8th, 2009 |
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| Pros: | I recently had a bad breakout (hormonally related) and the vinegar has worked wonders. My dermatologist tried several medications (doxycycline, Differin, benzamycin, new BCP) but the vinegar is what works! |
| Cons: | It did not work overnight for me as some have claimed. Give it some time if it doesn't work right away. Took me about two weeks before things really started clearing up. |
| Bottom Line: | Give it a shot! My acne was somewhat severe and it works. If it doesn't work out, you only spent a few bucks, anyway. Be sure to mix it 50-50 with water so it doesn't burn. I used to drink it too, but it bothered my stomach. I think just applying it topically does the trick. Good luck everyone. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Reviewer has used this item for about a month. |
| Price Paid: | 3.50 |
| Acne severity: | moderately severe |
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Anonymous, Boston, MA Mar 3rd, 2009 |
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| Pros: | I used it for the first time last night and 2 zits are gone. |
| Cons: | The smell gets mildly nauseating after a bit but small price to pay.. |
| Bottom Line: | I literally read about this around 8 pm last night, around 9 walked two blocks to the store, bought Bragg’s apple cider vinegar (unfiltered and organic) and then came home and used it as a toner. I was going to take a shower later on, but wanted to jump start the process. I washed my face, let it dry and then soaked a cotton ball in the acv and applied gently to my face in a thin layer. Three hours later I took a shower and rinsed my face – no soap – and then when I got out, while my pores were still open, I applied the acv as a spot treatment, let that sit for like 20 minutes and then applied the regimen amount of BP.
I woke up and two of my cysts that I’ve had for a month are completely gone, and this really painful cyst I have on my cheek has gone down by about a 1/3 and is way less red.
I’ve used this for like 12 hours and I’m in love.
I also drink it, 2 tsp three times a day. I mix it with the POM brand pomegranate and blackberry tea – can’t ev |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Reviewer has used this item for a day or two. |
| Price Paid: | 5.00 |
| Acne severity: | moderately severe |
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Zack, USA Mar 2nd, 2009 |
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| Pros: | No new pimples the next day
Evened complexion out
Feels good on the skin |
| Cons: | Smells like vinegar (well what would u expect) |
| Bottom Line: | Good stuff, Read a lot of reviews then bought and tried, I would recommend it as its cheap, easy and seems to work so far, I dunno what y'all are on about with diluting it though, I use it full strength as a toner all over my face, it did not make my face red and only stung for a second, also my face didn't feel any dryer the next morning, Suck it up and try it without water, I don't see why anyone would have to dilute it 1/10 or even 1/1 for christs sake. |
| Recommended: | Yes |
| Usage: | Zack has used this item for a day or two. |
| Price Paid: | 3.99 |
| Acne severity: | light |
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