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

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.

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.

Because it dries out your skin so quick you have to make sure you apply a lot of moisturiser. To be honest I found just washing my face when I woke up and before I went to bed with soap and water and using a flannel or wash cloth worked much better. My spots were gone within a few weeks and my skin wasn't red and itchy. Using quindoderm for a few weeks make my skin really uncomfortable and because I had to keep applying moisturiser made my skin even worse and I got more spots.

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.

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!

I tried this after trying various salicylic acid combos with little success. This has an immediate effect. Skin was tighter, drier and acne was clearing. The only problem is that it bleaches clothes. I've had to toss out 3 t-shirts and two towels due to very obvious bleaching. Not a good thing if you're trying to keep your acne battles private

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.

i started using it yesterday and it has worked abit will comment in afew days and tell you if it works

This stuff does sting the skin and I bought it as I had a wedding coming up and wanted clear skin..in three days. Yes I know..nothing can really clear the skin in three days especially not hard cyst type spots, which was what I was suffering with. Anyway I tried it and yes it does dry out your spots and it turns the skin over helping to shed away all the old cells and dirt which cause spots. I am impressed with the results as my skin is starting to look totally acne free however it is very drying. It did reduce the redness and shrink the spots after two applications so you do notice results quickly. Being 28 and having started to see the signs of aging I do worry about using this product but its a toss up really...aging skin or spots? I will continue to use this if I am having very bad breakouts but I certainly do not think i would continue with this product after using it consistently for a month as I really dont want the long term wrinkled effect.

good value for money but make sure you test it first