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How Long Should I Apply Benzoyl Peroxide For?

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(@roboricky)

Posted : 07/11/2015 9:54 am

I used to apply benzoyl peroxide until it was just about dry, but that's extremely time consuming, and I'm looking for ways to cut back on irritation. The official regimen page says to apply for 3 minutes and then let it absorb on its own, but other acne.org employees have said to apply until the skin feels tacky and it becomes difficult to glide the fingers along. So which is it? Or does it mean that I should apply it until it feels tacky unless 3 minutes passes? Recently I've just been applying it until I can't see any more of the white of the benzoyl peroxide and it just looks like the skin is kind of wet, but I want to make sure I'm applying it right.

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