Proactiv Solution : Acne Treatment System

I put off buying this product simply because of its price. I gave in because i've been suffering from pimples for 9 years. I've tried everything out there and have even taken roaccutane which as well did not work. This product was just one more disappointment. I would never recommend this product, doctors and dermatologists will tell you only to use cleansing wash such as Cetaphil. I will be going back to that.

proactiv's products all contain FRAGRANCE, a dreadful ingredient if you have super sensitive skin like mine. it broke me out worse than before I used it and my face looked absolutely terrible. tried it two different times. never again.

i ordered proactive to try it out. used it a month a worked pretty well after a week or two. it took too long to go through the process for my busy schedual. so i decided to cancel the reocurring shipment of my order. only the second month in and i have already payed $45 or so on the product. i call to cancel and they say i still owe over $40 for some reason. i guess the day i call to cancel, they send 3 months worth of product without any warning. i think its a messed up system they have going to get peoples money...

It works for some people. When i first started using my face would get irritated and sting i went back to the shop and they added on products as i was 12 and had a sensitive face (i was overconfident and didnt bother reading the directions turns out i was using more of the step 1 cleansing than told so kinda my fault >_<) only at night would i use the products with benzyl peroxide but i would also have to use the green tea moisturizer. Since then my face rarely stings hardly any pimples.

The BP gel is nice, and works well (in a pinch) with the acne.org regimen. I found the cleanser to be irritating. It always felt good to exfoliate with it, but in the end it just ended up causing more acne. I used Proactive for years-- teenage years and early twenties-- and as soon as it would clear up some of my acne, it would just cause more in a few days/weeks. It worked occasionally, but I was never able to get completely clear with Proactiv.

I used Proactiv Solutions for about 5 years, at the time it seemed like the only thing that actually worked on my face by clearing my acne. But I noticed that once I started using it, I ALWAYS had to use it. I got redness for the first week, but after that it cleared up my acne. Over time, it dried out my skin a lot! My whole face was flaky, and I was using the Daily Moisterizer. Because of how dry my face was, I went through the bottle very quick, so I bought new moisterizer quite often and it wasnt cheap! I've read your supposed to switch cleansers every few months so your face doesnt become immune to it, so I tried doing that but every time I use anything other than Proactiv, I broke out like crazy! But for some odd reason, it got to a point where I switched back to Proactiv, hoping it would clear the acne caused by the previous cleanser but instead, it made it even worse, my face was filled with acne, no one spot of my face didnt have a pimple. I then switched to Biore Deep Pore Cleanser instead and my face cleared up right away. but as soon as I even tried to use Proactiv, I once again broke out. It wasnt just a pimple here and there, it was A LOT of pimples. Spot treatment (Refining Mask) used to work for the first few months, then it stopped! If anything, I think it makes the pimple worse. The pimple(s) will become more red/painful. So would I recommend it? No, and why? Because its a short term effect, and once you start using it, you cant stop. If you stop, you'll break out, and if you start again, at one point you'll still break out. Im not sure if it would happen to everyone, but thats what happened to me. Don't be fooled by the celebrities on the commercials!! There are plenty of other products out there, where you can spend half the amount of money on it and it'll work way better than Proactiv.

DO NOT ORDER!

On my second week of using proactiv and so far I can say its great. I never really had bad acne i would just have a couple pimples on my face at a time very light. I tried a lot of products to try to get rid of it but none worked. Before proactiv I tried a product called exposed skin care. It made my acne very severe and I used it for about 5 weeks before I stopped and it never got better I just tried it because of all the good reviews and they guaranteed your money back. After I stopped that I felt I had no choice but to try proactiv. I see a lot on negative reviews about this product so I've been ducking it but now I wish I would have tried it earlier!

DO NO WASTE YOUR TIME

If you use this product by following the directions and using all three steps, it works. I see a lot of people complaining about it bleaching your clothes, it tells you on the package. No offense but thats your own fault. It may not work for everyone, so far ive been lucky. It does dry out my face a lot but it is working. Its hard to find a perfect face solution when everyone has different skin. I would suggest this to anyone who has tried other brands without results. It worked for me it just took some time.