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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January 20, 2008

Pros:

Made my skin very soft. It also made it feel clean.

Cons:

I was sort of expensive.

It will make you look very butiful, or hansome. It will make you feel good about yourself too.
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January 17, 2008

Cons:

Did not see any change to my skin...good or bad.

It didn't work for me and I would recommend Sodium Sulfacetamide.
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January 15, 2008

Pros:

I liked the scent of the product

Cons:

This did not work well for me.

I applied this product twice. I have very little acne but suffer from rosacea. When I woke up the following morning after using it at night my face was a huge mess. Pea size acne was all over my face it was dry and itchy. I used this product December 26th 2007 and my face is still a mess today january 15th. They did refund my money and sent me a product made from botanicals which I did not use. My face is a mess, I wish i never used it.
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January 15, 2008

Pros:

it works

Cons:

none really

its great i was a pimply git until i used this stuff as directed, twice daily. slowly but surely my horrible acne dissappeared. now i get the occasional tiny pimles but i hit em with proactiv. only need to use the prcess every three days or so now, but i do use a bit of cleanser nearly every time i shower.
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January 14, 2008

Pros:

Works good and fast.

Cons:

Kind of stinks.
After a while stops working.
There's better products for way less.

You'd be better off trying clean and clear. ProActiv is good for clearing up your face fast, like emergency use, but after a few months i guess your skin gets immune to it and it stops working.It's not worth all the money you pay for it either. 'Clean and Clear' works wonders and its cheaper.
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January 11, 2008

Pros:

works wonderful IF you happen to not be allergic to benzoyl peroxide!!! Which ofcourse I am. I used ths for a year in highschool and loved it. Then i woke up one morning with an itchy red rash on my chin and around my eyes.

Cons:

Alot of people are allergic to benzoyl peroxide

Before you buy this dtuff go to walmart and get a cheap benzoyl peroxide cleanser and lotion to see it you are allergic first. And if you arent then go and buy proactive of you arent but the cheap stoff shpuld wrk just as well.
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January 10, 2008

Pros:

Works temporarily...other than that....NONE!!!

Cons:

Dried out my skin and caused acne and scars ( I DID NOT GET A REFUND SINCE I PURCHASED IT AT A MALL :( )

I tried Proactiv about a year ago and it did not work for me. Let me just say that my skin only broke out during that time of the month, and I would get a few pimples here and there...but I do not have bad acne. I would say that I have normal skin, but it is also sensitive. I did not like the fact that the cleanser had the micro beads because I was worried that it would irritate my face, but I was willing to try. I followed the Proactiv regimen like I was supposed to and after about 14 days I was loving my skin! I hadn't broke out and any previous pimples had gone away! Then, that's when the problems started. My skin became very dry and flaky. My face would hurt when I touched it and I started getting bad acne that turned into dark scars on my face! So I stopped using it. It literally took MONTHS to get my skin back to normal. So I went back to Neutrogena. I would probably only recommend Proactiv for people who already have bad acne to begin with because it didn't work for me!
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January 7, 2008

Pros:

Smells nice but...this product sucks!

Cons:

More pimples, irritation and VERY dry skin.

Okay, I bought this product 2 months ago - It did NOTHING! I thought it was actually working the first few days, but I was totally wrong. About 2 weeks after using it, my face starting burning when I applied the cleanser (i thought it was part of the process) then I continued with the next step and so on....my face started getting dry and irritated. The last time I used it was last friday, Jan 4, 2008...I this stuff(PROACTIVE) and it was burning sooo bad that i took out a bar of soap and washed my face, again, just to wash off the Pro-active stuff. I couldn't take it anymore. Do not use this product. I think this whole thing is just a scam. If you wanna have clear skin, just take really good care of your skin. Use clean & clear, Nutrogena or St. Ives. I used st. Ives Apricot scrub and it worked well, now I'm gonna start using again. I'm not going put up with dry, red skin and have no results. There goes $50 DOWN THE DRAIN!!!
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January 5, 2008

Pros:

Not really sure anymore...

Cons:

My face just got incredibly worse.

I used this product a couple of years ago and it worked very well. AFter that i quit using it and used a cheap scrub that worked. All of a sudden I used the wrong scrub and started using proactive again. Well I've been using it for 3 weeks already and it only made my skin really really bad. I only had a bit of acne around my neck and using proactive only spread throughout my whole face. I am horrible. It hurts to go to bed at night since i'm the type of person that sleeps on my chest. I wake up with small amounts of blood from my pimples that pop. My face dries out and gets really flaky... I think i am going to quit and use something else.
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January 5, 2008

Pros:

Reduced acne immediately, within first few days

Cons:

After a few weeks my skin got really flaky, and not even constant application of moisturizer would make the flakes disappear. The skin became very tight as well.

Proactiv worked as a quick fix, but was too harsh for my skin long-term.
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