Proactiv Solution : Acne Treatment System

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Renewing Cleanser Active Ingredient: Benzoyl Peroxide (2.5%). Inactive Ingredients: Water (aqua), magnesium aluminum silicate, glyceryl stearate, PEG-100 stearate, sorbitol, dimethyl isosorbide, disodium PEG-12 dimethicone sulfosuccinate, tridecyl stearate, neopentyl glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, polyethylene, cetyl esters, anthemis nobilis flower extract, sodium hyaluronate, sodium PCA, xanthan gum, tridecyl trimellitate, propylene glycol, Imidazolidinyl urea, methylparaben, propylparaben, fragrance (parfum). Revitalizing Toner Water (aqua), glycolic acid, hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) extract, anthemis nobilis flower extract, rosa canina fruit extract, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, sodium PCA, panthenol, glycerin, propylene glycol, allantoin, polysorbate 20, hydroxyethylcellulose, sodium hydroxide, benzophenone-4, tetrasodium EDTA, imidazolidinyl urea, methylparaben, propylparaben, fragrance (parfum), blue 1 (CI 42090), yellow 5 (CI 19140). Repairing Treatment Active Ingredient: Benzoyl Peroxide (2.5%). Inactive Ingredients: Water (aqua), ethoxydiglycol, cyclotetrasiloxane, cyclopentasiloxane, cetearyl alcohol, propylene glycol, dimethicone, glyceryl stearate, PEG-100 stearate, panthenol, allantoin, xanthan gum, ceteareth-20, carbomer, triethanolamine, diazolidinyl urea, methylparaben, propylparaben, fragrance (parfum).

Items marked with red have tested a 3 or above (out of 5) in comedogenic (pore-clogging) testing.

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September 21, 2013
Dried out my skin

Cons:

Harsh for my skin
Expensive

Proactiv was too harsh on me and made my skin dry so I stopped using. I know that people have different reactions to products, so this may work well for others who can tolerate the harsh formula. But I do think it's too expensive. Seeing that the active ingredients listed are quite common and found in more affordable treatments, I think there's nothing special about Proactiv.
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September 21, 2013
Over charged account - poor customer service.
I kept the account for over a year as a gift to my daughter. When closing the account, the customer service rep indicated I had to wait until my last payment month. I did. I was charged another two months. I called to get the issue corrected and the manager did not seemed interested in correcting the problem, only offered an very rude "sorry" saying they would not correct the issue. I have a paper trail of my payments and have filed a case against them with them with the US BBB. Because of the poor customer service, I would not recommend their product. I am reading other comments...same issue!!!!!!!
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September 14, 2013
Really bad experience
First I placed my order, sent a check, that was cashed quickly, but I never received the product. I called after one month and 10 days, they said that they were enable to process my order and didn't explain why. I was told that a refund check had been sent to me, so I went on and purchased another brand at my local drugstore. two months from the date that I sent Proactive my order/check, I called again to see where my refund was, and they told me that they decided to cancel the refund and send me the kit. Guess what, first I don't want it anymore, and I still waiting, it has been almost 3 months since I placed my order. No I do not recommend this product.
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September 11, 2013
This did not work for me
I didn't want to believe that once you get off it, breakouts come back...well, they did...not good.
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August 19, 2013
Do you want you acne to become 10X worse? Than use this product!

Pros:

Nothing

Cons:

more pimples
costly
popular

My friend suggested that I use Proactive because I was asking around about solutions to my acne problem. I was really happy to try a new product and thought that it was defiantly going to work. WRONG. My whole face broke out and I felt insecure and awful. It irritated my skin and cause my number of pimples to grow rapidly after using it for months I finally stopped.
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August 18, 2013
Is it really worth it?

Pros:

Got to keep proactive as a souvenir

Cons:

Skin got much worse
too damn expensive
harsh chemicals

Acne has been part of my life for years. For one thing I've had acne since 3rd grade and all throughout high school. No joke. So of course to any naive person trying proactive was the ideal choice. However once I started to use the product I didn't see much improvement and if anything all it really did for me was give me MORE acne than before. I know that some acne products make you break out because your skin is getting used to it but that only shows how many harsh chemicals are involved within the product and those can lead to premature aging and other horrible things depending on the person. Honestly proactive was an Okay product but for $40 a month?, you can do better. I am now proud to say that I am completely acne free all because of a great product called NOXZEMA. For those of you who are having acne problems and still haven't found the right product I suggest you give this a try'.it's cheap and at least doesn't have ANY harsh products what so ever. Also never give up! Had i not looked up any acne products than I would have never found this Noxzema. by the way i'm in college now, my 3rd year and i STILL don't break out. that's how good Noxzema is :)
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August 12, 2013
This is the worst treatment I have ever used.

Cons:

Chemically Burnt Face
Stings
Doesn't work after few weeks of use

I have had acne since the age of 12-13. Around three days before the school year started I did my normal shower routine. Srubba dubb dubb then get out and use my proactive. But on that day, the liquid stuff you pud on a cotton cleaning pad thing burnt my face more than it usually did. I instantly stopped and ran cold water over my face. I slept with ice packs on my face because it seemed that my whole left side of my face was an open wound (but not deep enough to bleed.) When i woke up the next morning nothing changed. School started on a friday the next day and my face stayed the same. It felt like I had rug burn all down my face. That night my mother took me to the doctor and they said put diaper rash cream on it. Then the next morning my whole face looked like shattered glass and the top layer of skin was peeling off and sounded like cling wrap coming off plastic when it did. It took three weeks to completely rid myself of those (as the doctor considered them) chemical burns. I have never used that crappy product again. I have multiple friends and even girlfriend who have acne from being mild to severe and they all even say this product may work for 1-4 weeks but after that it is just a hassle. I MUCH more recommend Benzoyl Peroxide face gel and got the generic brand from my pharmacy that is actually stronger than the name brand kind. Hope no one buys this product!
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July 26, 2013
DO NOT USE PROACTIV

Pros:

Worked for a year

Cons:

Expensive
Stops working
Makes face worse

I used to use duac for about 3-4 years through high school, then it stopped working. Switched to proactiv and it worked amazingly for 1 year, then one morning I woke up feeling the most pain ever on my face. Kept applying it for another month hoping that it would get better, but it just got worse. Had huge red cystic acne that would never come to a head until like 2-3 weeks. DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT, IT WILL ONLY HURT YOU.
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July 23, 2013
Proactiv is bad for you

Pros:

Got to say I used Proactiv

Cons:

rebound acne and oiliness
BP contributes to red marks
expensive for stuff that doesn't work

I used this for about a year. The active ingredient in all their products, (even the moisturizer) is benzoyl peroxide which just dries out your skin. You might just as well throw some random chemicals on your face. It seemed like it work at first, then I got terrible rebound oiliness and a cystic acne. And the red marks turned into what seems to be permanent spots. That's why they offer a dark spot corrector!! I kept thinking I was doing something wrong! And it was a huge hairy deal to cancel my auto subscription.
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July 17, 2013
TERRIBLE

Pros:

Works for like a week

Cons:

Drys skin
Makes it red
Makes your skin break out

I started breaking out in fourth grade, with minor pimples, so my mom bought me proactiv. It worked for about a week, then my skin got red and broke out. It was terrible. I was a little chubby and now i had zits, so the stress got worse and worse. Now I am in seventh grade and my skin is almost clear, but proactiv started this nightmare i went through with my skin... IT'S A SCAM DO NOT BUY THIS TERRIBLE PRODUCT!
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