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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December 6, 2009

Pros:

It has cleared up my acne completely! :)

Cons:

It left my skin a little dry, But the green tea moisturizer solved the dry skin prob and it feels and smells beautiful!

I love this product. I feel so much better now and my acne is all gone.
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November 17, 2009

Pros:

It worked for the first bit, caused my acne swelling to go down

Cons:

It dries out your skin super badly, the toner smells really gross, it stopped working for me after 2 months now my acne is pretty much back

If your acne isnt super bad then i would suggest going on proactiv, if its pretty bad go to the dermatologist and demand something to get rid of it, screw the benzol 5%.
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October 31, 2009

Pros:

It definitely *feels* like a medication.

Cons:

It's a harsh product, over priced and smells scary.

This product is pretty harsh on skin. When using Proactiv I was always pretty gentle, yet it sucked a lot out of my skin and left it dry, flaky and irritated. Their so-called "amazing" product, the refining mask did *nothing* for me. Except for leave my skin flaky. It's not worth the price, in my opinion. Plus it smells bad. Spend your money elsewhere.
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October 31, 2009

Pros:

Works quickly while removing acne and clearing away blackheads and scarring

Cons:

The smell is terrible! It's like playdoh and sulfer. Leaves the skin looking oily or leaves it very dry

Proactive is a great product, but the smell makes it hard to use it every day. The sulfer smell is in the toner, and can make your eyes water like crazy. It does shrink and remove acne, but if you have a very sore acne spot, the pain won't disappear as fast as the apperance of the acne. I like the mask though, that's excellent.
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October 30, 2009

Pros:

Clears skin, smells good, DESTROYS blackheads lol

Cons:

Burns if used while sunburned (found this out the hard way) dries skin if not used with moisturizer, took a while for it to work, at least with me

This isn't a miracle, but it's the only thing my skin has ever even reacted to (positively.) I used it for a couple months, didn't think it was working, so I stopped using it. Broke out horribly, started using it again, and now I'm clearing up. Right now I have about five pimples (huuuugee improvement over what my face used to look like) and they're clearing up, too. As I said, if you don't use moisturizer you're asking for a world of pain, including dry, flaky,hurting skin. But, use a moisturizer and you're fine. And they're serious when they say use sunscreen. Get sunburned and pray for mercy.
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October 30, 2009

Pros:

My skin looks much better, even my blackheads are gone now! Fragrance is not bad. Skin feels softer and smoother than it ever has!

Cons:

All of my pillowcases are white now!

Proactiv has worked great for me and I will continue to use this product. I have always been embarrassed about my skin and now I don't even have to wear makeup!
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October 19, 2009

Pros:

none

Cons:

My face got even worse as I used this product as directed. The sales people are completely incompetent as well.

I use the Neutrogena Wave right now and that has worked so far :)
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October 4, 2009

Pros:

proactive offered a "extra strength kit" that works fine. agents on the phone know what there doing (good customer service), you can order anything you want in there catalog for ur next shipment and the price will stay the same as long as its 3 thing

Cons:

skin did become emune to reg formula. i guess kits are sent out every in 2mnth supplys at 39.90 + 5.99 s&h but if you divide that in half thats still 19.95 a mnth + S&H i just wish they told me they we going to do that.

worked for the first six months, my skin kinda became emune to it. was very angry called proactive they refunded the money for the last kit and then sent me a free extra strength kit which worked fine, now that's what i use.
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August 28, 2009

Pros:

i have sensitive skin and my skin dries out easily. proactive didn't dry it out.

Cons:

it made my acne worse. it also left a shiney film on my face after i used it which made it hard to put on makeup

didn't work
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March 30, 2009

Pros:

It works in the beginning but you have to be patient.

Cons:

Your skin gets addicted to it, miss a day = break out. Well for me, in the long run it seems to not work for me anymore. As much as i try to follow the steps, it doesn't work anymore.

if you want to have clear skin for the short run, get it.
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