Quinoderm : (5% or 10%) Benzoyl Peroxide and (0.5%) Potassium Hydroxyquinoline Sulfate Cream

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Active Ingredients:
Benzoyl peroxide, hydrous 5% or 10% w/w and potassium hydroxyquinoline sulphate 0.5% w/w.

Other ingredients:
Lactic acid, white soft paraffin, edetic acid, sodium dihydrogen phosphate dihydrate, maize starch, cetostearyl alcohol, sodium cetostearyl sulphate, macrogol 40 castor oil and purified water.

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December 26, 2010

Pros:

It's cheap, no prescription needed even though contains antibiotics, effective, starts working relatively fast.

Cons:

Stings when applying, dries out your face, can leave your face very red and sore.

A few weeks ago my GP prescribed me some tablets for my spots. He also recommended quinoderm cream. I bought the cream, not realising the qunioderm 5 cream was available, this would have been perfect if I'd have known as I have quite sensitive skin. I started using the cream a few days before I started my tablets and found that even though it stung for a few minutes after applying it, it worked very well. It did dry my skin out though and made it a little red in areas and no amount of moisturiser would help this. Once I started taking the tablets, I found that the cream was less effective and the redness on my face was getting worse. Due to this, I only used it once rather than the suggested 2-3 times a day. My skin was still red after reducing the usage and so I stopped using it altogether and moisturised more often. However, a day later (Christmas eve), after not using the cream, I woke up one morning with a very sore and very bright red face. I put on some moisturiser but it just seemed to aggravate my skin more and so I washed it off. During the rest of the day, my skin became quite itchy and extremely red (it looked like I had been sunburnt quite badly!) I took some piriton to stop it itching which helped however the redness didn't go. That night I went to bed with my face covered in talcum powder as that soothed the soreness slightly. I woke up the next day (Christmas day) with my face still as bright red and sore. I took another prition and did nothing else to my face for the rest of the day. I woke up today (Boxing day) with my face less red and my skin completely dried out and even starting to crack! I have applied moisturiser which seems to help it slightly but I am just hoping it gets better now. Overall, I would recommend quinoderm but if it's your first time using it, buy the 5 cream and only use it once at first on a small section of your skin to see how it reacts - I don't want anyone else going through what I did - especially at Christmas!
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September 28, 2009

Pros:

Very affordable

Cons:

Did not agree with my skin - it turned incredibly dry and scaly - redder than ever. Bleached my bedsheets/pillowcases (although it does warn on the packaging)

After reading all of the reviews on this site, I was feeling very optimistic at trying out this product but after several months use (5%), I've decided to stop using it as I have noticed no improvement. If anything, my skin is in a worse state than ever.
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April 15, 2007
it works but not 100% i still get a few spots here and thir.. lumps but overall its cleaer in most places.
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March 5, 2009

Pros:

clears spots sometimes but i have to use it up to 4-5 times a day to get the best of resaltes

Cons:

smell a tiny bad
takes long to rub in
makes skin dry and crusty

Its very good and works a treat but must have really clean skin
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January 13, 2013

Pros:

I have been using for the past month or so the quinoderm antibacterial facewash in conjunction with the topical cream with bonzoyl peroxide, as soon as I introduced this topical cream I really started to see results, my skin lost a lot of redness, a lot of my blemishes became smaller, some disappeared!

Cons:

I found I was applying it to blemishes that were not actually spots or zits and it just caused irritation. Also parts of my skin that ARE suffering with acne started to feel very dry and almost burnt. I've been applying Elave which has helped to alleviate this dryness and burning

yesterday I took a break from all creams, chemicals, makeup, and I took a walk in the fresh air and drank a lot of fresh water and my skin looks so much better now. I would really advise anyone using these creams to take a day break, allow your skin to breathe! it'll thank you. Also get plenty of sleep, fresh air, and water,and if your doctor will prescribe it try an antibiotic to tackle your acne from within too.
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August 30, 2011

Pros:

Stops the appearance of nodules and cysts and other painful spots,
Makes skin less painful and feel smoother,

Cons:

Makes skin flakey,
Still get smaller spots emerging so does not fully treat acne,
Spots take longer to fade,

I've been using this product for two months or so and the results have been very blanaced. I used to suffer from very sore cystic acne along the cheeks and the jawline, I was very self-conscious about it because I could always feel the swollen spots. I used this product for a week and noticed it really helped as it got rid of these big cysts. However, now and then I have a break out of a lot of small spots which appear on the jaw and cheek and when poppd the blemishes take a long time to fade (and by the time they do fade I have had another break out) so it hasn't stopped my acne. I would still recommend it though as the smaller spots are a lot less irritating and I usually forget about them after a bit which helps with confidence, so it is better than not using it.
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February 17, 2009

Pros:

Spot dissapeared

Cons:

left my face burning and the burn and leathery feel spread down my neck

Going to the docs now cause its so bad - face is swollen and beetroot - scratching my skin off almost
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November 8, 2008

Pros:

Spots do go reasonably quickly

Cons:

Extremely dry skin and redness!!!!!

I have suffered from acne for years but always just 'put up with it' but had a really bad outbreak and a friend recommended to me. The first 3 days i used it there were no problems and my spots got noticeably better, but on day 4 my skin went really really red and dry and itched terribly to the point of wanting to stratch my face off!!! I am moisturising but as at day 5 it still looks and feels as bad, maybe i just over used it wanting the results or it did not agree with me. I would recommend but proceed with caution.........
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September 20, 2008

Pros:

I suppose it does clear up spots in a few days

Cons:

VERY VERY DRY skin when u use it, Burns Alot Feels like my face is on fire when i use it

Quinoderm can be good in some cases but im not sure i have uses it for about 4 days no wand my skin is so dry mosturiser cant even help it people will probably say then dont use it so often but i only use it once a day im gonna start to use it once every 2 days and if that doesnt work then i might change to a lower consistence with 5%
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January 3, 2011

Pros:

Cheap to buy, gets rid of spots

Cons:

Swelling, redness, dryness and itchiness

This cream was cheap to buy and could be bought from most places. When I first started using the cream I was pleasantly surprised as it did clear up my spots and other people noticed this too (HURRAH!). However, after about a week my face turned very dry, red and was INFURIATINGLY itchy. I'd wake up in the middle of the night scratching my face raw which left scratch marks. After a further week I woke up one morning, looked in the mirror and my face had swollen up (!). The cream did clear up my spots which is what I wanted it for, but to me personally the side effects were just too much. Redness, dryness and itchiness?... No thanks.
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